A Kenyan family with their new mosquito net.
UN Malaria Decade Counts Gains, Renews Efforts
Countries and partners are making commendable efforts to accelerate and sustain progress in malaria prevention and control in the region, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official says.-
Africa: Researchers on the Move Against Malaria
PATH, 25 April 2011
Malaria is not something we usually celebrate. It is something we overcome. Day in and day out, too many of us struggle against its insidious threat to our children. As scientists… Read more »
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Africa: UN Envoy Stresses Malaria Deaths Can Be Eradicated
UN News, 25 April 2011
Efforts to combat malaria in Africa are bearing fruit with 11 countries where the disease is endemic reporting a 50 per cent decline in mortality as a result of a global initiative… Read more »
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Africa: 2011 Closes UN's Roll Back Malaria Decade
ANGOP, 25 April 2011
The commemoration of the World Malaria Day this year marks the end of the UN's roll back malaria decade and offers an opportunity for renewed commitment on the pandemic. Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Work Hard to Eradicate Malaria'
Leadership, 25 April 2011
The National Coordinator, Roll Back Malaria Programme, (RBMP), Dr Babajide Coker, has called on all stakeholders in the health sector to work hard to eliminate malaria in Nigeria. Read more »
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Angola: Mosquito Nets Distribution to Salute World Day Against Malaria
ANGOP, 25 April 2011
The World Malaria Day, April 25, will be marked in the south-eastern Kuando-Kubango Province with the distribution of mosquito nets treated with insecticide, ANGOP has learnt. Read more »
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Kenya: Let's Stop Importing Solutions From Abroad
Nation, 24 April 2011
Today, Kenya and the rest of the world take stock of the progress so far made in reducing malaria illnesses and deaths. It is also a time to rethink strategies that work in… Read more »
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Africa: Malaria Scourge And Urgency of Eradication in Africa
Independent (Lagos), 23 April 2011
Its symptoms could easily be recognised even by the most primitive - shivering, cold, fever and sometimes vomiting and loss of appetite as well as headache and tiredness - are all… Read more »
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Africa: Help to Keep Pregnant Women Malaria-Free
State Department, 22 April 2011
In the past, Adissa Silga didn't like to take the then-recommended drug that would protect her from getting malaria during pregnancy because she didn't like its side effects or the… Read more »
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25 April 2011
Breaking the Cycle: Saving Lives and Protecting the Future
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Our vision is that illness and death from malaria are dramatically reduced and controlled over the long-term in the countries currently most affected. ... see more »
