218 News items related to 'Malaria'
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention intervention scaled up for the first time outside the Sahel
Mozambique has become the first country outside of the Sahel region to scale up its use of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC). Beginning today, Malaria Consortium, in collaboration with…
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World Malaria Report 2022: Progress against malaria is stalling – what needs to change?
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its World Malaria Report for 2022, assessing global and regional malaria trends over the last year and providing an opportunity to reflect on…
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Malaria Consortium presents data quality evaluation results to Mozambique’s Ministry of Health at national malaria strategy meeting
Malaria Consortium presented results from an evaluation of data quality for in-hospital malaria deaths to Mozambique’s Minister of Health at the at the 13th meeting of the National Malaria Control…
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UK Government reduce contribution to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Today, the UK Government announced its pledge of £1 billion to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The long-anticipated announcement comes nearly two months after the Seventh…
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Uganda celebrates launch of SMC as part of roadmap to achieve zero malaria status by 2030
Today, Uganda celebrated the official launch of its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme at an event in Moroto, attended by Uganda’s State Minister for Health - General Duties, Anifa…
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Community health workers are saving costs of care for the three major childhood illnesses in Mozambique and Uganda
New research from Mozambique and Uganda has shown that effectively trained community health workers (CHWs) can reduce treatment costs for malaria and pneumonia among children under five in rural…
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WHO urges African countries to join forces to stop the spread of Anopheles stephensi
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new initiative in the hopes of stopping the invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, from spreading further in Africa. Through this,…
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UK must move quickly to match commitments of allies at Global Fund conference
Yesterday, governments around the world pledged a record US$14.25 billion at the Seventh Replenishment conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York, hosted by US…
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Genomic surveillance used to improve malaria treatment in Mozambique
Health workers in Mozambique are collecting samples for genomic surveillance of malaria to monitor malaria transmission intensity and resistance to antimalarial drugs and diagnostics. Mozambique has…
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R21 malaria vaccine gives up to 80 percent protection
Impressive trial results for the R21/Matrix-M were published yesterday in the Lancet showing up to 80 percent protection against malaria in children aged five to 17 months. The vaccine, developed by…
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Inauguration ceremony and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council
Today in Nigeria, the inauguration and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC) – a public-private partnership formed to support the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in achieving…
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Community dialogues increase knowledge and improve uptake of malaria services among internally displaced communities in the Southwest and Littoral regions of Cameroon
Globally, Cameroon is among the 15 highest burden malaria countries, with three percent of all global malaria cases and three percent of malaria deaths in 2019; this represents the third highest…
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Access to anti-malarials must be synchronised with access to diagnostic tests to avoid malaria medicine misuse in Nigeria
The supply of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) medicines needs to be synchronised to prevent high levels of ACT misuse in Nigeria, a new study has found.…
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$4 billion renewed commitment to end malaria and NTDs as countries mobilise to get progress back on track
Yesterday, over US$4 billion in funding was committed to ending malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) at a Summit co-convened by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Uniting to Combat…
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Research insight - Shared malaria surveillance expertise has transformative effect on success of surveillance as a core intervention in moderate to high transmission settings
New research suggests that making use of practical experience can have a transformative effect on the success of malaria surveillance as a core intervention (SACI) in moderate to high malaria…
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Malaria Consortium join discussions with UK Government on climate change and global health
Yesterday, Malaria Consortium’s Senior Country Technical Coordinator in Nigeria, Olusola Oresanya, joined civil society representatives at a roundtable convened by Action for Global Health (AfGH) and…
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WHO issue new guidelines on seasonal malaria chemoprevention implementation – our response
On 3 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new malaria chemoprevention guidelines. While previous WHO policy recommendations provided specific guidance on how chemoprevention…
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Annual SMERG meeting drives digitalisation of malaria surveillance
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria hosted its 33rd meeting of the Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation Reference Group (SMERG) from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. Discussions focused on…
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Virtual Microbiology and Infectious Disease Summit 2022 explores malaria diagnostics
Yesterday, the Virtual Microbiology and Infectious Disease Summit 2022 hosted a selection of world-leading health experts in microbiology and infectious disease, presenting on a range of cutting-edge…
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Launch of UK government’s new International Development Strategy raises more questions than answers
The UK government has this week published its International Development Strategy (IDS), detailing how the UK plans to take forward its strategic priorities to support low- and middle-income countries…