November 20
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Youth Matters - Eradicating Malaria in Our Communities
Daily Observer
After the distribution of 500 bed nets to the communities of Marakissa, Bakary Sambuja, Bajiran and Darsilameh in the West Coast Region by Your Change For a Change (YCFAC),... Read more »
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Daily News
SIMBA striker Emmanuel Okwi has set himself the target of becoming the highest goal-scorer in the forthcoming CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup slated for Kampala, Uganda. Read more »
November 19
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Searching for a Solution to a Mass Killer
Vanguard
Last week, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, disclosed that the Boko Haram sect has killed 3,000 people in the last few years. That is a high figure... Read more »
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Premature Birth Rate Continues to Rise in Uganda
New Vision
Uganda is one of the countries grappling with a high number of premature babies, which strains the health budget and retards development, experts have disclosed. Read more »
November 18
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UAM to Fight Malaria At Cecafa
New Vision
United Against Malaria will utilize the forthcoming three week CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup to sensitize the public on the fight against malaria. Read more »
November 17
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Volleyball 'Malaria Cup' Starts Today
New Times
The inaugural Imbuto Foundation-sponsored Malaria volleyball tournament starts today with Group B matches of the first phase in Nyanza District. Read more »
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Global Fund Gets New Executive Director
New Times
The former United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Dr. Mark R. Dybul, has been appointed the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Read more »
November 15
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Open Access Initiative Reveals Drug Hits for Deadly Neglected Tropical Diseases [press release]
MMV
DNDi screens MMV's open access Malaria Box Read more »
November 14
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Pay Attention to Your Blood Group [analysis]
Observer
You might avoid some diseases: Read more »
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Sustain Fight Against Malaria - Isles Vice President
Daily News
THE government and public have been challenged to spare no efforts in ensuring that the achievement recorded thus far in combating malaria in the Isles is maintained. Read more »
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Plans to Curb Pneumonia Underway
Observer
As Uganda celebrated World Pneumonia day on Monday, the Malaria Consortium, an international health NGO, called for the scaling up of community-based interventions for child... Read more »
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New Strategies to Battle Malaria [analysis]
The Star
Malaria kills 1.2 million people each year, according to new research and published in the British medical journal the Lancet in February 2012. This is more than twice as many... Read more »
November 13
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New Tool for Fight Against Malaria [press release]
ASTMH
Speaking at ASTMH Annual Meeting, researchers say breakthrough could make it much easier to evaluate new drugs and vaccines while also becoming a vaccine itself Read more »
November 12
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Kent Campbell Honored for Innovation in Malaria Fight
allAfrica
The way Dr. Carlos (Kent) Campbell sees it, the world is on the brink of something great in the battle against malaria – a fight that Campbell has been waging for nearly... Read more »
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Health Workers Brainstorm On Malaria Deaths
NEWS
Health workers across the country have concluded a three- day annual internal review of the implementation of malaria related activities during the last implementation year. Read more »
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AIM
Mozambican Health Minister Alexander Manguele warned on Friday that, despite the progress made in reducing mortality and morbidity from malaria in the SADC (Southern African... Read more »
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It's Best to Use Bednets [guest blog]
PATH
Bednets, like seatbelts, are a proven lifesaver, a simple tool that has been shown to sharply reduce deaths from malaria. Yet like seatbelts, bednets can sometimes be a bit of a... Read more »
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PATH Director Comments On Malaria Vaccine Results [guest blog]
PATH
Dr. David Kaslow is director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI). Read more »
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PATH's Kent Campbell Honored for Lifetime Achievement in the Fight Against Malaria [press release]
PATH
Kent Campbell, PATH's Malaria Control Program director, today received the distinguished Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of... Read more »
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Efforts to Beat Fake Drugs Begins
The Star
The pharmacy and poisons board will introduce a handheld electronic device to screen for counterfeit drugs at the borders. The world health organization has estimated that as much... Read more »
November 10
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Major Malaria Vaccine Less Effective Than Hoped
IPS
Researchers unveiling critical trial results of a potentially major anti-malaria vaccine are expressing disappointment that the drug's efficacy levels have proved lower than they... Read more »
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Leadership
Malaria has the highest burden of disease in Nigeria with an estimated 300,000 children dying of malaria each year. It accounts for over 25% of infant mortality (children under... Read more »
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Eleven Countries Participate in Research on Malaria Vaccine
Leadership
Eleven African countries are meeting in South Africa to research on the possibility of having a malaria vaccine to reduce infant and under-five deaths, a trial investigator, Dr... Read more »
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Hope for Malaria Control Comes With New Trial Vaccine
The Star
We could have a new malaria vaccine in two years if the WHO approves a trial vaccine that reduces malaria cases in children by half. Read more »
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New Times
Up to 17,000 people have been affected by floods after torrential rains hit Orientale province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), according to a... Read more »
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