Tag Archives: malaria

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Six countries in Africa, the continent where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020, according to a WHO report published Monday to mark World Malaria Day. One of the goals of the World Health Organization’s 2016-2030 programme against malaria is …

By Flavia Nassaka Global Fund CCM says there’s low absorption, Ministry says all is well On Feb.01, the Ministry of Health released yet another statement on malaria outbreak in Northern Uganda saying the number of people testing positive for severe malaria was increasing again.  According to the statement, malaria had …

By Ronald Musoke and Flavia Nassaka Doctors say worst affected are children born in the last three years At the moment, the children’s ward is one of the busiest at St. Mary’s Hospital, Lacor, in Gulu district of northern Uganda. Almost every baby has a pistol-like needle plastered on their …

By Flavia Nassaka World’s first malaria vaccine could be available early 2015 In the sector performance report released last year by the Ministry of Health, Malaria was ranked the number one killer disease claiming about 80,000 lives. It accounts for 20- 23% of all deaths among children under five, 25-40% …

By Stephen Kafeero Promising new vaccine under trial provides hope to millions British pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, says a malaria vaccine could be on the market by 2015. This would be the first vaccine for the disease that has claimed millions of people especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The global NGO, Malaria …

By The Independent Team An estimated 2.85 billion people worldwide were at risk of contracting malaria in 2009, according to a report published in the journal PLos Neglected Tropical Diseases. Researchers mapped out the prevalence of the common malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax and found that it was more widespread than …

By The Independent Team Scientists have discovered a new metabolic pathway used by malaria-causing parasites that apparently helps them survive inside human blood cells. The finding, by researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, clarifies the picture of …