Rwanda First African Country to Fully Integrate Drone Technology in Fighting Malaria
New Times
In a world still grappling with malaria elimination, Rwanda was the first country to integrate and deploy drones in the most malaria endemic zones of the country for an accelerated… Read more »
U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Commends the Ministry of Health for 'Laudable Job' in Reducing Malaria Infections
FrontPageAfrica
Dr. David Walton, United States of America's new Global Malaria Coordination, has commended the Ministry of Health, along with community health workers, for a 'laudable job' done… Read more »
UN Ramps Up Aid As Millions Affected in Cyclone Freddy's Wake
UN News
UN agencies on Monday were scrambling to reach millions affected by the deadly tropical cyclone Freddy, which has worsened cholera outbreaks in Malawi and Mozambique as communities… Read more »
WHO Announces New Director of the Global Malaria Programme [press release]
WHO
WHO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi, MD, MPH as Director of the Global Malaria Programme, effective 8 April 2023. Read more »
Leaders Blame High Number of Malaria Deaths On Health Ministry Failing to Sending Medicine
Nile Post
Butebo leaders have blamed the high number of Malaria related deaths in the district to drug stock out. Read more »
New Mosquito Discovered in Seychelles Through Genetic Sequencing
Seychelles News Agency
Wrongly classified mosquito larvae in Seychelles have now been rightly attributed to a new species after an entomologist and his team analysed new samples through the use of… Read more »
New Malaria Threat to Africa's Urban Areas
Independent (Kampala)
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria known as Anopheles stephensi has invaded eastern Africa. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, in October 2020 asked Jeremy… Read more »
Dengue and Malaria Cases Rise in Khartoum
Dabanga
The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to control the dengue fever outbreak, along with an increase in malaria infections. Read more »
Kenya Rolls Out Vaccination Campaign Against Malaria
VOA
Kenya this week rolled out a campaign using the world's first vaccine against malaria to inoculate more than 400,000 children against the mosquito-borne disease. Health officials… Read more »
Children at Risk of Cholera, Malaria in Aftermath of Cyclone Freddy - Unicef
allAfrica
Authorities are still grappling with the magnitude of Cyclone Freddy's devastation in Malawi and Mozambique, with over 370 people verified deceased, hundreds still missing, and… Read more »
WHO Publishes Recommendations On Two New Types of Insecticide-Treated Nets [press release]
WHO
Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class -… Read more »
A New Invasive Mosquito Has Been Found in Kenya - What This Means for Malaria Control [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku subcounties of Marsabit county in Kenya's northern region. Read more »
Kenya Expands Use of World's First Malaria Vaccine in Lake-Endemic Region
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
Kenya's Ministry of Health announced that, starting on March 7, 2023, more children in the country will benefit from the added protection of the world's first malaria vaccine,… Read more »
