Nearly every minute, a child under five dies of malaria, according to the WHO Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ghana on April 13 became the first country to approve public usage of a new experimental vaccine for children to protect them from malaria. The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine is a low-dose …
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Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana, one of the world’s most serious malaria-stricken countries, approved on Thursday a new vaccine for children to protect them from the deadly disease. Delese Darko, the chief executive officer of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), told a press briefing that the R21 vaccine …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Forum on Malaria has urged the government to consider using drones to spray insecticide targeting large mosquito breeding grounds. The legislator’s Led by their chairperson, Dr Timothy Batuwa Lusala, made the call while addressing journalists at Parliament on Tuesday in preparation …
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The RTS,S, the first vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization to prevent malaria, is expected to save thousands of lives each year in Africa with the expanded rollout Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | Kenya has launched a campaign to expand the use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, …
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What this means for control of the disease Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku subcounties of Marsabit county in Kenya’s northern region. This mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, is native to South Asia and the Middle East. It …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A species of mosquito that can carry malaria known as Anopheles stephensi has invaded eastern Africa. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, in October 2020 asked Jeremy Herren and Clifford Mutero; scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, to provide …
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Health experts prescribe prevention and early treatment to avoid infections and deaths Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda is experiencing a worrying surge in malaria cases, according to the Ministry of Health with figures showing there was an increase in malaria cases from 100,000 in 2021 to 199,695 cases in …
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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo district has registered an upsurge in malaria cases. Records show that malaria cases in the district increased to 78,574 in 2022 up from 47,088 in 2021 and 44,971 cases in 2020. According to the breakdown, malaria cases in pregnant women increased to 736 in 2022 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to make a major shift in the battle against malaria, with focus turning from treatment to prevention, especially at household level. Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine said government has agreed with the Global Fund and other partners to put …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Malaria remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases, causing high morbidity and mortality especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, malaria is endemic in approximately 95% of the country, affecting over 90% of the population up to 20% of all hospital deaths. Malaria is …
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