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Rwanda Reconsiders Malaria Vaccines Amid Surprise Surge

The country saw a decline in malaria infections for about a decade, with cases falling from nearly five million in 2016, to 430,000 in 2023 -- a 90% reduction. In 2024, however, malaria cases rose by more than 45%, prompting health authorities to reconsider an earlier decision to opt out of receiving malaria vaccines during the first phase of distribution by the World Health Organization and GAVI in 202

Rwanda: Rwanda Reconsiders Malaria Vaccines as New Cases Surge

SciDev.Net, 5 August 2025

After years of progress in reducing malaria cases, Rwanda is confronting a surprising resurgence and signs of treatment resistance that have forced officials to revisit vaccine… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda's New Malaria Control Strategy Detects 30% More Unreported Cases

New Times, 23 June 2025

A new malaria control strategy launched in April has started to bear fruits as health officials report to have detected at least 30 per cent of new cases that had not been reported… Read more »
Africa: Africa Sounds Alarm On Malaria Drug Resistance

Independent (Kampala), 27 May 2025

Over the past two decades, Africa has made tremendous strides in the fight against malaria. Through the widespread use of insecticide-treated, bed nets (ITNs), rapid diagnostic… Read more »
Africa: African Health Ministers Demand Urgent Action On Rising Drug-Resistant Malaria

New Times, 22 May 2025

Health Ministers from malaria-endemic African countries are calling for a more coordinated international effort to contain the spread of drug-resistant malaria, noting that… Read more »

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Africa, Time is Now to End Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases!

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and malaria have caused suffering to communities worldwide, especially in Africa. NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and toxins. More than a billion people are affected by NTDs diseases globally, and Africa accounts for nearly 40% (400 million people) of the global burden.
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Rwanda's Fight Against Malaria Gets U.S.$53 Million Shot in Arm

The government has received a U.S.$53 million grant from the Global Fund as a contribution towards the U.S.$280 million required for malaria prevention and treatment efforts from 2020 to 2024, writes Nasra Bishumba for The New Times.

The Global Fund is a global partnership designed to accelerate the end of HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics in more than 100 countries. A February 2019 report shows that the Global Fund invested about US$1.4 billion in
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- Rwanda: Rwanda's Fight Against Malaria Gets U.S.$53 Million Boost
- Rwanda: How Drones Are Fighting Rwanda's War on Malaria
Rwanda to Start Using Drones in Malaria Fight

Drone and manual spraying initiatives will supplement the measures taken to fight the disease - this include the distribution of bed nets, malaria case management in communities where health workers are equipped to screen and treat malaria, as well as the indoor residual spraying in malaria-prone districts.
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- Rwanda: Use of Drones in Malaria Fight to Begin With Gasabo
- Rwanda: Fresh Bid to Reduce Malaria Cases in Gisagara
Rwanda Looks to Eradicate Malaria

The country has just completed a two-day mass mosquito net distribution exercise in its latest attempt to root out malaria. Read more »
- Rwanda: Ministry Looks to Eradicate Malaria
- Rwanda: Government Launches Mass Distribution of Mosquito Nets