May 10

• FG Distributes 1.9 Million Treated Nets in Delta to Fight Malaria

  This Day

  The National Committee on Universal Malaria Control / Elimination at the weekend said it will distribute 1.9 million insecticide mosquito treated nets to fight against malaria... Read more »

May 9

• Switzerland Announces Large Increase in Its 2013 Pledge to the Global Fund [analysis]

  GFO

  Switzerland has raised its pledge to the Global Fund for 2013 from seven million Swiss francs (about $7.5 million) to 10 million Swiss francs (about $10.6 million), an increase of... Read more »

• AMMREN-Gambia Distributes Mosquito Nets to Communities in NBR

  Daily Observer

  As part of activities marking World Malaria Day, the African Media and Malaria Research Network (Ammren), Gambia chapter, on Wednesday distributed 1000 mosquito nets to the... Read more »

• AMMREN-Gambia Chapter Distributes Mosquito Nets

  The Point

  As part of activities marking World Malaria Day, the African Media and Malaria Research Network, AMMREN-Gambia chapter, last Wednesday distributed mosquito insecticide treated nets... Read more »

• FG Yet to Embrace Bio-Larvicides for Malaria Control - Expert

  Daily Trust

  Despite successes recorded from the use of bio-larvicides to kill off mosquito larvae in some African countries, the federal government is yet to key into the programme to combat... Read more »

May 8

• New Tips to Avoid Malaria [analysis]

  Observer

  If blue is your favourite colour, you regularly drink a lot of alcohol and have ample body weight, chances are that you are highly vulnerable to malaria, an expert says. Read more »

May 7

• TB, HIV and Malaria Vaccine Research Gets Major Boost [press release]

  Aeras

  Aeras, a nonprofit biotech advancing TB vaccines for the world, the University of Oxford and Okairos, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in T-cell vaccines, today announced a... Read more »

• Switzerland Raises Contribution to Global Fund By 43 Percent

  Global Fund

  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomed an announcement from Switzerland that it intends to increase its contribution to the Global Fund by 43 per cent in... Read more »

• Communities, NGO Delegations Seeking Info on Global Fund's Model [analysis]

  GFO

  The Communities and NGO delegations on the Global Fund Board have written to Executive Director Mark Dybul seeking clarification and additional information on how funding was... Read more »

• Don Calls for Home Grown Anti-Malaria Drive

  Daily News

  AN expert has advised the government to initiate increased funding of anti-malaria programmes from local sources and stop the dependence syndrome on external donors in fighting the... Read more »

• In Africa, A Third of Malaria Drugs Sold Are Substandard - NIMR

  Vanguard

  Expert in malaria control has declared that estimated one third of anti malaria drugs sold in Nigeria and Africa at large are fake or substandard. Read more »

• Malaria Is Over-Diagnosed, Over-Treated, But...

  Vanguard

  Francis Abu has never been to hospital to treat malaria. "I think it's a waste of money and time going to the hospital because of malaria. Whenever I feel feverish, I go to the... Read more »

• Malaria Society, Total Seek Collaboration to Tackle Malaria

  Vanguard

  President of the Malaria Society of Nigeria, Dr John Babajide Puddicombe has called on stakeholders in the fight against malaria to join hands to kick malaria out of Africa, just... Read more »

• The Complexity of Net Distribution

  Daily Trust

  "My sister died in my arms," journalist Florence Egbade declares. Her sister's death at the tail end of a bout of malaria convinced her that the mosquito-borne illness claims more... Read more »

May 6

• TB, HIV/Aids, Malaria Fund - Global Fund Warns Nigeria

  Daily Trust

  For not remitting Nigeria's counter-part fund for the treatment of TB, HIV/AIDS and malaria on time, Global Fund officials met the Federal Government where they raised the issue... Read more »

• Civil Society Concerns Over Global Fund's New Model [analysis]

  GFO

  Civil society organisations (CSOs) and advocates for key population endorse the basic thrust of the new funding model (NFM), but are concerned about several aspects, according to a... Read more »

• Time to Fight Malaria Is Now [opinion]

  New Vision

  Jane stays in Masaka and she is a mother of five children including a four-year old daughter called Alice. One day Alice developed a high temperature and was complaining of... Read more »

May 3

• Perseus Mines Battles Malaria in Catchment Communities

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  In line with its aims and objectives of improving the lives and development of people within its catchment communities, the management of Perseus Mining Company Limited, located at... Read more »

• FG, Dangote Re-Strategise On Malaria

  Daily Trust

  The Dangote Foundation, the federal government, World Bank and other stakeholders are re-strategizing on how to tame the tide of the deadly malaria scourge. Read more »

• Gowon Centre Sued Over Malaria Project

  Daily Trust

  A civil society group in malaria control, Delybimb Malaria Foundation, has sued the Incorporated Trustees of Yakubu Gowon Centre for failure to pay the contract of store... Read more »

May 2

• Shaquille O'Neal Slams Malaria [interview]

  Global Fund

  Ray Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Health Financing interviews NBA legend and Malaria Champion, Shaquille O'Neal Read more »

• Managing the Malaria Scourge [editorial]

  Daily Trust

  The global effort to tackle the spread of malaria again came into focus in this year's World Malaria Day, marked last Thursday. Instituted by the World Health Organization (WHO)... Read more »

• Danger of Drug-Resistant Malaria Parasite [column]

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  Last Thursday, April 25, 2013, was celebrated world-wide as World Malaria Day, first declared in 2007 by the 60th Session of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of... Read more »

• Seeking an End to Malaria Scourge [analysis]

  This Day

  To mark the World Malaria Day, the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), Federal Ministry of Health and other stakeholders reiterated commitment to the fight against... Read more »

• Dangote Foundation, FG, Others Re-Strategize On Malaria Scourge

  Daily Trust

  The Dangote Foundation, the Federal Government, World Bank and other stakeholders are re-strategizing on how to tame the tide of the deadly malaria scourge. This is coming as... Read more »