A trial of a malaria vaccine that targets the most dangerous variety of parasite that causes the disease has shown some positive early results.

A three-member team from Institute of Topical Medicine and International Health, Berlin, Germany, will commence a research within two weeks to study the causes for increase in malaria cases in the

Household products maker Reckitt Benckiser has pledged support to a fresh nationwide six-year plan to eliminate malaria in Nigeria, estimated to cost N4.13 billion in implementation.

Maun — Okavango Sub-district is not doing well in the fight against malaria.

This is despite progress made by countries and voluntary organisations in eradicating malaria epidemic.

AFRICAN countries are the most affected by the growing global drug resistance to malaria and tuberculosis (TB), a situation, which is compounded by incomplete data due to lack of information and po

GOVERNMENT says the number of people infected by malaria since the beginning of the year fell by 50 percent compared to the same period last year.

the northeastern states of India are co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. The transmission intensity is low-to-moderate resulting in intermediate to stable malaria. Malaria control prioritized P. falciparum being the predominant and life threatening infection (>70%). P. vivax malaria remained somewhat neglected. The present study provides a status report of P. vivax malaria in the northeastern States of India.

Three-quarters of countries do not have plans in place to preserve antimicrobial medicines, the World Health Organization says.

Minna — Niger State Commissioner for Health, Hadiza Ladi Abdullahi, has said that the state loses over N5 billion annually as a result of Malaria.

Over a 2-year period, from 2013 to 2014, WHO undertook an initial “country situation analysis” in order to determine the extent to which effective practices and structures to address antimicrobial resistance have been put in place and where gaps remain.

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