The Senate has mandated its Committee on Health to investigate the circulation and consumption in the country of anti-malaria drugs banned by the European Union. Read more »
The country is aiming to achieve the milestone of having no new malaria cases by 2020, but donor fatigue is a concern with a funding gap of over U.S.$25 million. Read more »
The Minister of Health Prof Isaac Adewole says that although the country's Malaria Strategic Plan has been lauded for being focused and articulate, resources to control malaria are ... Read more »
There has been some improvement in the reduction of malaria cases since 2010 but Africa needs to urgently put a number of additional measures in place to move towards eliminating ... Read more »
According to the Health minister Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016. Read more »
"The more we understand the parasite and how it can be carried by the mosquito from one human to the next, the easier it will be to find ways to defeat malaria," an expert says. Read more »
Bill and Melinda Gates have released their annual letter, and this time it is addressed to their "dear friend" Warren Buffett, who donated most of his fortune to the Gates ... Read more »
The leader has replaced Dr Mwele Malecela with Prof Yunus Mgaya after Malecela reported that the Zika virus threat was growing in the country. Read more »
Over the last 16 years the malaria mortality rate has been halved but more needs to be done, the UN's health body says. Read more »
The business mogul Aliko Dangote has called on organised private sector to join the movement towards ensuring that Nigeria attained its target of zero malaria by 2020. Read more »
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