New Hope for Preventing “World’s Deadliest Curable Disease”
Updated: Wed 6 Mar, 09:27 pm
A new study finds that a shorter course of drugs to prevent tuberculosis - one of the world's deadliest diseases - is effective and can safely be given to people who are also being treated for … read more »
New Drive to Develop Drugs in Africa to Fight Malaria, TB
Updated: Mon 2 Jul, 02:30 pm
In order 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 neglected tropical … read more »
Africa: Dealing with Malaria Needs New Approach
Updated: Fri 25 Mar, 08:14 am 2011
Eliminating malaria by controlling mosquitoes may prove impossible unless control programmes consider that mosquitoes reproduce faster as their numbers dwindle, says a study. read more »
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A new study finds that a shorter course of drugs to prevent tuberculosis - one of the world's deadliest diseases - is effective and can safely be given to people who are also ... Read more »
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Community and Anglican faith leaders have gathered in the northern town of Ondangwa to mobilize a broad-reaching initiative that aims to reduce and ultimately eliminate malaria ... Read more »
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Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World Malaria Report 2018, triggering a new country-led response to scale up ... Read more »
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The veteran producer was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital after he was allegedly given an overdose of malaria drugs at another hospital. Ekejimbe was the owner of ... Read more »
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In order 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 »
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A 24-year-old software engineer has won the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Brian Gitta is the first Ugandan to win the prestigious prize, and the youngest winner to date. ... Read more »
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The malaria outbreak which has been attributed to the heavy rains that fell in the country, has infected more than 1.5 million people and killed at least 3,853 in only 6 months. Read more »
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Floods have also displaced about 48,177 households - that's 260,200 people without home - in the areas prone to drought, with Tana River, Garissa, Kilifi, Kisumu, Mandera, Isiolo, ... Read more »
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22 people died of malaria in the past three months, authorities have said. This comes after the country dropped further down the African Leaders Malaria Alliance's ranking in ... Read more »
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On World Malaria Day, a tiny killer still claims a child's life every two minutes. AllAfrica Senior Content Editor Michael Tantoh, born in ... Read more »
