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Africa: Countries With Free Primary Healthcare More Successful in Malaria Fight #ZeroMalaria
allAfrica, 23 April 2021
"As we commemorate World Malaria Day this year, we must remember that this is a disease that is preventable and treatable and yet it kills more than 400 000 people every year. We… Read more »
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Africa: Malaria Vaccine Becomes First to Achieve WHO-specified 75% Efficacy Goal
Oxford University, 23 April 2021
Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, which demonstrated… Read more »
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Tanzania: U.S. Supports Tanzania's Anti Malaria Campaign
Daily News, 24 April 2021
THE United States has provided US dollars 176 million (equivalent to 408bn/-) to Tanzania in the past four years to support the fight against Malaria in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Needs N1.89 Trillion to Reduce Malaria Prevalence, Mortality By 2025 - Minister
Premium Times, 24 April 2021
About N1.89 trillion will be needed if Nigeria is to achieve malaria prevalence rate of less than 10 per cent and reduce mortality rate to less than 50 deaths per 1,000 live births… Read more »
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WHO, 23 April 2021
Malaria vaccine coverage through childhood immunization programme signals strong community demand for vaccine. Read more »
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Burundi: Pumps, Bicycles and Satellites - How MSF is Fighting Malaria in Burundi
MSF, 23 April 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021 — Teams from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have carried out a number of large-scale malaria prevention campaigns in eastern Burundi in recent years,… Read more »
Malaria Vaccine R21 'First to Achieve WHO-Specified 75% Efficacy'
Researchers from the University of Oxford and its partners have reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, In their findings, they note that they are the first to meet the World Health Organization's Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap goal of a vaccine with at least 75% efficacy - days before World Malaria Day on April 25.
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23 April 2021
#ZeroMalariaTogether - Indoor Residual Spraying in Burundi
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Malaria remains one of the most deadly diseases on the African continent, although it is a preventable disease and thousands of children can be saved ... see more »
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International organizations working to sustain the dramatic reductions of malaria deaths across Africa are calling for a 'holistic' approach to intertwined crises in health, ... Read more »
