May 21, 2020
Africa: Four Ways to Combat Malaria in the Time of COVID-19
Globally there are more than 5.1 million cases of COVID-19 with most cases currently in high income countries. The U.S. and Europe are responsible for 72% of COVID-19 cases, 63% of… Read more »
May 04, 2020
Africa: Could Kenyan Research Point Towards Malaria Breakthrough?
Today the open-access journal Nature published results of a promising study on a potential way to block the malaria parasite from infecting mosquitoes that transmit malaria through… Read more »
February 20, 2020
Africa: We Can Make Our World Better - Mark Suzman of Gates Foundation
AllAfrica's Juanita Williams talked with Mark Suzman, the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropy. He assumed the position this month. In… Read more »
February 11, 2020
Africa: From London to Kigali - We Must Embrace Change to Beat NTDs
True watershed moments are rare. Personally and professionally, our lives changed when we became Minister of Health for Rwanda and Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases for the… Read more »
October 24, 2019
Uganda: How Anzisha Prize Helped Young Ugandan Grow Her Mosquito-Repellent Soap Business
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Joan Nalubega, 22, who was 2018's Anzisha Prize second-runner up. She is the co-founder of Uganics, which produces mosquito-repellent soap to… Read more »
August 06, 2019
Burundi: Govt Playing Politics with Deadly Malaria Outbreak?
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 5.7 million cases of malaria were recorded in Burundi in 2019, and with a population of… Read more »
July 19, 2019
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Not Just a Dream - Dr. Aminatou Kone
An African scientific conference this week was "a platform for this young generation to express their views about how they perceive the future of science in Africa. We will leave… Read more »
July 17, 2019
Africa: 2019 DELTAS Africa Scientific Conference - Interview of Dr Sam Kinuyanjui from Kenya
"There is still a huge amount of effort in trying to develop malaria vaccines." Read more »
July 01, 2019
Africa: Boost for Research into Home-Grown Drugs Designed for Africans
Research scientists aiming to develop medicines and dosages specially designed to suit African patients have received a boost with a donation of more than $1 million to a South… Read more »
May 22, 2019
Africa: This is How Universal Health Coverage Led to Algeria Being Malaria-Free
Algeria is now the second African country after Mauritius to be officially recognized by the World Health Organisation as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country… Read more »
April 25, 2019
Africa: To Achieve a Malaria-Free World, We Need Lifesaving Tools to Reach Everyone
As a doctor, I have seen the devastating toll of malaria firsthand. Working as a physician in my home country of Cameroon, I’ve been shocked watching once-healthy patients… Read more »
Namibia: Namibia Pursues Malaria Elimination
Namibia was not on the list of six African countries identified by the World Health Organization as having the potential to become malaria-free within the next two years. Read more »
November 21, 2018
Namibia: Namibia Makes Strides in Tackling Malaria
The Namibian government and its health partners seem to be at the forefront of the battle against malaria, as WHO launches a new country-driven “High burden to high… Read more »
November 19, 2018
Africa: Getting the Global Malaria Response Back on Track
The foreword to the 2018 World malaria report by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: Read more »
October 30, 2018
Africa: Waging Justice: The Alchemy of Living with Optimism
We are living in a time of huge social and geopolitical upheaval. Institutions and established doctrines that once appeared predictable and protective now seem crazily unmoored. Read more »
July 02, 2018
Africa: New Drive to Develop Drugs in Africa to Fight Malaria, TB
In a bid to generate African solutions to African challenges, researchers on the continent are being offered grants to come up with new drugs to fight malaria, tuberculosis and… Read more »
April 25, 2018
Africa: We are Ready to Beat Malaria, Are You?
Today the world commemorates World Malaria Day. Although Malaria is a life-threatening disease the good news is that it is curable and can be prevented. You can be infected with… Read more »
April 24, 2018
Africa: Zambian Malaria Expert Honoured on World's Greatest Leaders List
An African scientist on the cutting edge of research into drugs which have the potential to both protect and cure people from malaria in a single dose has been named as one of… Read more »
Africa: When Malaria is Just Part of Growing Up
Growing up in West or Central Africa, malaria is the most common illness you suffer from. I would say, where I lived in Buea at the foot of Mount Cameroon, that nearly… Read more »
April 23, 2018
Africa: 'You're Miserable. You're Beyond Miserable.' - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Having Malaria
For millions of Africans, malaria is a debilitating disease which repeatedly disrupts their lives and their productivity, leaving them "miserable, beyond miserable" every time it… Read more »
April 19, 2018
Africa: Malaria Summit Sees U.S.$4,1 Billion Committed to Fight Disease
More than a dozen heads of State and government, Bill Gates, ministers from 19 Commonwealth countries, scientists and private sector and international organisations have made… Read more »
April 18, 2018
Africa: Ready to Beat Malaria: Thematic Areas and Case Studies
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Africa: Now or Never - Quashing Malaria Before It Roars Back
A powerful international coalition of civil society organisations launches a new campaign in London today to fight back against the threatened resurgence of malaria. Read more »
August 07, 2017
Africa: Defeating a Major Killer – One Step at a Time
Despite dramatic progress against it, malaria still kills over 420 thousand people a year – an estimated 92 percent of them in sub Saharan Africa. Most of those are children. Read more »
Africa: Study Links Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests to More Antibiotic Prescriptions and Finds Ignored Results
Despite dramatic progress against it, malaria still kills nearly half a million people a year, over 90 percent of them children in sub Saharan Africa. Almost all those deaths are… Read more »