Sports Men and Women Urged to Become Malaria Ambassadors
Accra, July 25, GNA – The Country Director of the John Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) Voices, Mr Emmanuel Fiagbey, has called on sports men and women as well as their...
View ArticleText Messages Advance Malaria Care
Text messages could be a cost effective way of improving care for African children with malaria, according to researchers. A six month study involving 119 health workers in Kenya, published by The...
View ArticleAfrican Leaders Launch Malaria-Beating Scorecard
A coalition of African leaders on Monday launched a “scorecard for accountability and action” to track their progress in the fight against malaria, following on successes in battling the disease that...
View ArticleMalaria Vaccine Trial Raises Hope
Researchers are to expand a clinical trial of a new malaria vaccine after promising results in a preliminary study in Burkina Faso. The trial was designed to test safety, but researchers found that...
View ArticleMalaria Deaths Fall over 20% Worldwide in Last Decade
There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says. A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries where...
View ArticleMalaria Vaccine: Now A Possibility
GlaxoSmithKline research head Moncef Slaoui explains how change of focus to cellular immunity was key to breakthrough Moncef Slaoui was on holiday with his family when he heard the results of the first...
View ArticleHope for Malaria Vaccine After Blood Entry Route Discovered
By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News The route all strains of the most deadly malaria parasite use to enter red blood cells has been identified by researchers at the Sanger Institute in...
View ArticleFight Against Malaria Compromised by Resistance Spread
Scientists have found new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for malaria is increasing. They have confirmed that resistant strains of the malaria parasite on the border between...
View ArticleWHO Says Progress in Malaria Threatened by Funding
Recent gains in the fight against malaria could be reversed because funding has stalled, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Its latest World Malaria Report says 1.1 million lives were saved...
View Article“Happy” World Malaria Day
Today is April 25th. It is designated as World Malaria Day. Unlike other celebrated days like New Year, Valentine, Independence, today is meant to remind us of the scourge of a pernicious disease that...
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