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Africa: Fight Against Malaria Has Stalled, Says WHO
UN News, 29 November 2017
After unprecedented global success in controlling malaria, progress has stalled, the United Nations health agency reported Wednesday, citing an estimated four million more cases in… Read more »
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Africa: UN Agency Flashes Warning Light on Malaria
WHO, 29 November 2017
For many years, the global response to malaria was considered one of the world's great public health achievements. WHO reported time and again on the massive roll-out of effective… Read more »
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Africa: Path Statement On the World Health Organization's World Malaria Report, 2017
PATH, 28 November 2017
A statement from PATH’s Vice President for Essential Medicines, Dr. David C. Kaslow, follows: Read more »
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Africa: Global Response to Malaria at Crossroads
WHO, 29 November 2017
After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled, according to the World malaria report 2017. There were an estimated 5 million more malaria cases in… Read more »
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Africa: Malaria No More Statement on the WHO World Malaria Report 2017
Malaria No More, 30 November 2017
This year’s World Malaria Report exposes the high stakes of maintaining the progress the world has made against malaria since 2000, an achievement that makes it one of the… Read more »
Urgent Action Needed as Fight Against Malaria Stalls - WHO
The world was doing well in controlling malaria, but in 2016 there were about four million more cases than there were 2015 - and the 2017 World Malaria Report says there were 445,000 deaths. "We are now at a turning point... we risk going backwards," says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
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29 November 2017
World Malaria Report 2017
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- WHO
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For many years, the global response to malaria was considered one of the ... see more »
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29 November 2017
Foreword of the World Malaria Report 2017
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- World Health Organization
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- World Health Organization
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The forward is presented by WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. see more »
InFocus
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"Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based nets and spraying with outdoor-based solutions by taking the battle to mosquitoes, and drones are ... Read more »
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In Borno State, the number of malaria cases and deaths has soared, particularly among young children. WHO recently launched a special campaign aimed at rapidly reducing the malaria ... Read more »
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Despite dramatic progress against it, malaria still kills nearly half a million people a year, over 90 percent of them children in subSaharan Africa. Almost all those deaths are ... Read more »
