Malaria remains a huge health challenge in Botswana and has compelled the government to reintroduce the use of Dichlo-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT).
The federal government plans to distribute 63 million nets between the end of this year and next year, with the provision of two per household, and to provide treatment for case management for every case of malaria in every public hospital in the country free of charge.
In a novel approach at disseminating scientific research, the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) will hold a web summit to release the latest breakthroughs in malaria research, including new approaches to boosting mosquito immunity to malaria, mapping mosquito migrations, and the promise of a rapid sputum test that could revolutionize the way malaria is tracked and tested for in ...
A news conference was held on Sunday at the sea side resort of Yasmine Hammamet as part of the 64th edition of the Junior International Congress JCI scheduled for November 16 to 21, 2009.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it has transferred USD 336 million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria to pay for the provision of more than 50 million long-lasting insecticidal nets in the next few months. Together, this will amount to a 2/3 increase of the number of bed nets in Africa through Global Fund supported programmes.
Every time Fredros Okumu spends his free time in a mosquito infested field, the world moves a step towards finding the elusive long term cure for malaria.
Executive Director of Nigerian Inter-Faith Ation Assocation (NIFAA), Bishop Sunday Onuoha has said the fight against malaria menance was a holy obligation and a noble service to humanity.
THE insecticide-treated mosquito nets sent to Nakasongola district for sell at a subsidised price have not been sold, the district health inspector, Moses Ziwa, has said.
MALARIA infections top the list of patients seeking medical services at Nkozi Hospital, doctors have said.
'MEWE',an Italian -based NGO orphanage, organized its fourth annual edition of the orphanage's rural bicycle race competition on at Wawase in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District at Central Region.
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are among the five East, Central and Western African countries which are going to benefit from the global funds US $336 million to battle malaria.
His Excellency the president of the Republic of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, has expressed appreciation to the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, for the message sent to him and the people of Mali during the celebration of their National Day.
The number of East Africans protected from malaria through bed nets is set to rise dramatically following the release of $336 million by the Global Fund for the purchase of the protective items for five countries.
Kenya hopes to eliminate malaria by 2017, a malaria conference heard last week.
Health ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are expected to gather in Limpopo next week to discuss issues related to malaria.
