A recent study reveals that up to one-third of malaria parasites in Kampala are resistant to chloroquine and quinine, Uganda's first-line treatment for malaria. The study
At least 1,000 people have been killed in western Kenya in the past three months due to an outbreak of malaria, president Daniel Arap Moi said. Moi visited the worst hit Kisii district, 155 miles
A widely-available anti-malarial drug has been blamed for some of the military excesses committed by United Nations troops in Somalia. The drug, mefloquine, is recognised by the World Health
IN AN effort to combat malaria, four United Nations' organisations - the UN International Children's Fund, the UN Development Programme, the World Health Organisation and the World Bank - joined
THh Union government has issued a notification banning the use of quinacrine for female sterilisation/contraception. The notification bans quinacrine in pellet form for use as a contraceptive, Anyone