Cape Verde has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. The archipelago to the west of Senegal consists of 10 islands, and has a population of over 500,000 people. It is the third country in Africa to be declared malaria-free, after Mauritius (in 1973) and Algeria (in 2019). This brings the total of malaria-free […]
Tag: Malaria
Kampala — 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 vaccine that can be manufactured at mass scale and modest cost, enabling as many as hundreds of millions of doses to be […]
It is an oft-repeated fact that the deadliest creature on earth is the mosquito, a terrifying transmitter of the malaria parasite. According to the most recent World Malaria Report 2022, there were 619 000 deaths in 2021, with 90% of these occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Those most likely to die are children under five years […]
Nairobi — Kenya’s Ministry of Health announced that, starting on March 7, 2023, more children in the country will benefit from the added protection of the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (or RTS,S). The malaria vaccine expansion follows the Kenya National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (KENITAG) recommendation for expansion within Kenya’s lake-endemic region and the […]
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 transmits the two malaria parasites that pose the greatest risk of severe illness and death: Plasmodium falciparum and […]
The provisional approval for R21/Matrix malaria vaccine by the federal government has raised hope in Nigeria. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday granted the approval for the vaccine, days after Ghana became the first country to approve the vaccine, which is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India Pvt […]
Kinshasa, DRC — Stability hangs in the balance in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where military leaders from five regional countries have been meeting for days to devise a coordinated military strategy to end hostilities that risk escalating into a regional conflict. EFFORTS TO END HOSTILITIES For days, military leaders from the […]
Abuja — The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted registration approval for R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted). The vaccine is manufactured by Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL). Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists in Abuja, yesterday, said the vaccine was for prevention of […]
Introduction by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, president centre4s.org In the Sahel, increasingly long-lasting violent terrorism as well as chronical military coups d’état are distracting attention from a situation that undoubtedly reinforce both of them. That is Gold formal and informal productions and sales. It must no longer be excluded that Sahel Islamists have approaches closer to […]
Lusaka, Zambia — The novel coronavirus pandemic laid bare the stark disparities in global access to essential medicines. The world’s most vulnerable populations were often left behind in the scramble for life-saving vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. This underscored the urgent need for a paradigm shift in global health security and local production as a pivotal […]
Yaoundé — Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease. They pledged to sustainably and equitably address the threat of malaria in the African region, which accounts for 95% of malaria deaths globally. The Ministers, gathering in Yaoundé, Cameroon, signed […]
Kampala, Uganda — Even though the government has over the past couple of decades masterminded a wide-range of interventions in its fight against malaria, one of the deadliest diseases on earth, Uganda remains the third most affected country in the world according to data from the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO). Recent victims of the […]
According to the WHO, the African region is home to 11 countries that carry approximately 70 per cent of the global burden of malaria. Ministers of health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have committed to ending deaths from the disease, as the African region accounts for 95 per cent of malaria […]
Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria cases. The disease kills an African child every 60 seconds. These figures are alarming. But malaria is preventable and treatable. The progress made between 2000 and 2015 is proof of what can be achieved. Support from global donors helped […]
In the aftermath of COP28, where world leaders convened to address the pressing issue of climate change, the stark reality emerges: the realization of the vision of the “Africa We Want” is at risk. Despite global commitments to limit global warming to 1.5°C, carbon emissions fall far short of the 45% reduction target by 2030, […]
UN agencies on Monday were scrambling to reach millions affected by the deadly tropical cyclone Freddy, which has worsened cholera outbreaks in Malawi and Mozambique as communities recover from devastating damages caused by storms, massive flooding, and mudslides. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said millions of children are at risk amid cholera outbreaks in Malawi […]
Malaria is a major public health problem and can be life-threatening. The disease, mostly found in tropical countries, is transmitted to humans by the female Anopheles mosquito. Nearly half of the world’s population is at risk of the disease. In 2021, for instance, around 247 million cases of malaria were reported and about 619,000 people […]
New York — Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. The rollout is a critical step forward in the fight against one of the leading causes of death in the continent. The allocations have been determined through the […]