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Tanzania: Sumitomo Chemical Recognized for Addressing Global Health Needs
[Sumitomo Chemical] Tokyo - Sumitomo Chemical, maker of the WHO-recommended Olyset long-lasting insecticidal net, is the co-winner - in the 'Application of Core Competence' category - of the 2012 GBCHealth Award.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:46

Africa: Treat the Mother - Save the Baby
[IRIN] London - The past decade has seen great advances in child survival, but while toddlers and small children are benefiting, the death rate for new-born babies remains stubbornly high.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 14:48

Nigeria: Insecticide Resistance Threatens Malaria Fight
[Daily Trust] Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said yesterday.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 10:12

Labiofam Partners Health Ministry to Fight Malaria
[Public Agenda] LABIOFAM entrepreneurial group, a Cuban Government-owned company which produces probiotics and some bioplaguicides used to kill mosquitoes? larvae, has partnered the Ministry of Health to help eradicate malaria in Ghana.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 11:45

Gambia: Country On Course to Roll Back Malaria
[Daily Observer] Balla Kandeh, the deputy programme manager at the National Malaria Control Programme has disclosed that in The Gambia, malaria significantly affects social and economic development but that the country is one of the leading countries to meet 'the Abuja Targets'.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 11:41

Concerted Effort Key to Winning War Against Malaria
[Daily News] THE current rains that have pounded Dar es Salaam and other parts of the country seem to provide temporary reprieve to many people as they have been spared the soaring heat and scorching sun.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 06:18

Africa: Board of Global Fund Speeds Up Implementation of Its Strategy
[Global Fund] Geneva - The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria concluded its 26th Meeting today with broad agreement to direct more than $1.6 billion in available funding into effective programs that save lives, accelerating implementation of the Board's ambitious strategy.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 16:37

Nigeria: The Battle to Eradicate Malaria in Rivers
[Leadership] On May 4, 2012, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year's World Malaria Day.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 13:55

Africa: Leaders Release New Malaria Report
[African Leaders Malaria Alliance] The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) is a coalition of 42 African Heads of State and Government that is committed to ending malaria deaths in member countries.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 10:00

Africa: ALMA Scorecard for Accountability and Action
[Afican Leaders Malaria Alliance] In 2011, ALMA Heads of State and Government requested the ALMA Secretariat to establish an accountability and transparency framework to track progress, facilitate a rapid response to emerging issues and bottlenecks and allow for the sharing of lessons learned.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 09:54

Africa: Game Partners With Philanthropist, Donates 2700 Mosquito Nets
[Biz-Community] As explorer and philanthropist Kingsley Holgate's team departed from Game's Ballito store on Friday 3 May 2012, they took with them the group's donation of 2700 mosquito nets to distribute to the highest malaria risk group pregnant mothers and young children.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 08:03

Nigeria: 'Niger Spent N156 Million on Malaria Eradication in Three Years'
[Daily Trust] Minna - The Niger State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Sule yesterday said the state government in the past three years, spent N156. 5 million on the roll back malaria program. The commissioner, who spoke at an event to mark World Malaria Day in Minna, said the state loses N5.2 billion annually to the scourge.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 07:26

Africa: Global Fund Has More Money
[Health-e] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) estimates that more than U.S. $1.6-billion in additional funding will be available in the next two years.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 19:23

Africa: Global Fund Forecasts $1.6 Billion in Available Funds for 2012-2014
[Global Fund] Geneva - A new financial forecast by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria estimates that more than $1.6 billion in additional funding will be available in the 2012-14 period for investment in projects that save lives.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:13

Africa: Decisive Year for Global Fund
[AfricaFocus] "We write as global health groups, communities affected by HIV, TB, and Malaria, and researchers from around the world to urge you not to undermine the founding principle of a demand-driven Global Fund. We are united against proposals to set 'envelopes' or 'allocations' for each country, which would result in limited ambition, scaled back or skewed plans, and ultimately a failure to get ahead of death and new infections. Limiting ambition now will only cost more in the future - in lives and money." - c
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 13:34

Africa: Online Gamers Join Battle Against Malaria
[State Department] Washington - Improving malaria diagnosis in the developing world may get some help from an unlikely source. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have developed a computer game that could use the power of online crowdsourcing to identify the parasites that cause malaria, one of the greatest killers of Africa's children.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 13:12

Gambia: YCFAC in the Limelight - a Young People Organization to Combat Malaria
[Daily Observer] Your Change For a Change (YCFaC) is a non-profit organization founded on the 6th day of April 2011 by a group of dedicated youths based in different areas of the world who are motivated in giving back to their communities and the world at large. It was first registered in the state of Nebraska, in US and launched on the 7th of January in the Republic of The Gambia.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 12:25

Namibia: Country Gradually Eradicating Malaria
[New Era] Katima Mulilo - Namibia's World Malaria Day commemoration took place recently in Katima Mulilo where Caprivi Regional Governor, Lawrence Sampofu, noted Namibia has made considerable progress in the eradication of malaria.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 12:24

Nigeria: 'Good Sanitation Practice, Use of Nets Will Check Malaria'
[Daily Trust] Sokoto - Communities in the country have been urged to ensure good environmental sanitation practice and proper use of insecticide treated nets to check malaria scourge in Nigeria.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 09:47

Nigeria: 30 Million Malaria Treatment Courses From AMFM in 2012
[Vanguard] AT least 30 million treatment courses of affordable malaria treatment drugs are being expected in the country before the end of the year.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 09:42

Africa: Trade Talks Threaten Access to Aids Drugs
[allAfrica.com] Humanitarian aid has come a long way in the last 40 years, says the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Unni Karunakara, but he warns that important health care gains made in the last decade may be reversed if funding is not maintained.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 15:55

Africa: Raising 'Uncomfortable Questions' in a Changing World
[allAfrica.com] Cape Town - Part 2 of a conversation with the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 15:36

Africa: Great Gains Against Killer Diseases At Risk
[allAfrica.com] Cape Town - Part 1 of a conversation with the international president of Mèdecins Sans Frontières.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 15:27

Gambia: YMCA Observes World Malaria Day
[Daily Observer] The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in The Gambia last Saturday joined the rest of world to commemorate World Malaria Day at the Arch 22 in Banjul.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 13:30

Hundreds Die of Malaria As Drugs Lie Idle At NMS
[New Vision] As hundreds of Ugandans succumb to malaria, AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other diseases, tonnes of drugs are piling up at the National Medical Stores as health units avoid to requisition for them.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 06:10

Malaria Fight Needs Incisive Approach
[Daily News] LACK of consistence in efforts to control malaria is a nationwide problem that undermines the determination to eliminate malaria, the number one killer of children aged under five years and pregnant women.
AllAfrica | 05-May-2012 17:55

Nigeria: Malaria Kills 200,000 People in Nigeria Annually - Programme Coordinator
[Leadership] Dr Chioma Amajor, the Chairman of the National Malaria Control Programme, said on Friday that more than 200,000 Nigerians died of malaria annually.
AllAfrica | 05-May-2012 09:29

Malaria a Pain to Families
[New Vision] Jacob Odongkara, a peasant and resident of Labigiryang village in Lamwo district, on a normal day was a jovial and energetic 35-year-old man. As a pillar of the family, he always worked hard in the garden to make sure his two wives, eight children and extended family had food on the table.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 17:24

Kenya: Naija's Omawumi Brings Malaria Fight to Country
[Capital FM] Assertive Nigerian musician Omawumi visited expectant mothers at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital on Thursday, launching an education exercise on preventing malaria.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 16:44

Nigeria: The Global Concern On Malaria
[Daily Trust] As in the past, this year's World Malaria Day was marked on April 25 to further renew global concern on the debilitating effects of the disease which has over decades claimed millions of lives, mostly in the tropics. In 2010, about 216 million people were infected with the disease globally, out of which 655,000 deaths were recorded.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 08:57

Gash-Barka Region - Popular Participation in Malaria Prevention Registering Satisfactory Outcome
[Shabait] Barentu - The Health Ministry's branch in Gash-Barka region stated that remarkable task has been accomplished pertaining to the prevention of malaria infection in line with the growing public awareness regarding the disease.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 06:11

Namibia: WHO Warns Against 'Complacency' Against Malaria
[New Era] Oshakati - The World Health Organization(WHO) has commended Namibia for moving towards pre-elimination stage and progress in combating malaria but warned against 'complacency', highlighting the need to further reinforce ongoing surveillance.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 16:18

South Africa: Malaria and HIV - Living With Aids #514
[Health-e] Malaria symptoms are often mistaken for the common flu and many people leave them unchecked.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 13:47

Gambia: Ammren-Nation Chapter Observes World Malaria Day
[Daily Observer] The Gambia Chapter of the African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN) through support from its parent body's secretariat in Ghana Friday joined other stakeholders in the health sector to commemorate World Malaria Day. The event organised in the form of aworkshop was held at the hall of the National Malaria Control Programme in Kanifing.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 12:42

How Mosquitoes Will Kill Themselves
[The Star] Mosquitoes may soon be tricked to kill their own offspring in a new effort to control malaria. Scientists said the approach has been successful in Peru and they are now testing its viability in East Africa. The plan works by enticing mosquitoes to pick up dour-baited chemicals as they rest and delivering the poison to their own breeding sites. "We need to see whether we can entice enough mosquitoes to be unwitting carriers of the chemical - to make a measurable impact on the abundance of malaria mosquitoes
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 18:22

West Africa: Venezuela to Renegotiate Financial Offer for Ecowas Malaria Elimination Programme
[Foroyaa] ECOWAS and Venezuela have agreed to take measures to operationalize their 2009 memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the elimination of malaria in West Africa.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 17:18

Gambia: Ammren Celebrates World Malaria Day With a Difference
[Foroyaa] African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN) Gambia Charter which was formed in November 2006, a network of African journalists and scientists working together to reduce the burden of Malaria , on Friday 27th April 2012 celebrated World Malaria Day at a workshop for journalists from the Print and electronic media in The Gambia.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 17:17

Nigeria: Anti-Mosquito Larva Campaign Kicks Off Next Year
[Daily Trust] A massive effort to kill of mosquito larvae throughout the country has been approved to begin next year, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 13:31

Tanzania: Engaging Kids to Beat Malaria in Lindi
[Daily News] ACCORDING to the Tanzania HIV/Aids and Malaria Indicator Survey of 2007-08, Lindi was among the regions in Tanzania with the highest malaria prevalence for children under the age of five.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 06:32

Eritrea: Positive Outcome Being Witnessed As Regards Malaria Eradication in the Southern Region
[Shabait] Mendefera - The Health Ministry's branch in the Southern region stated that significant achievement has been registered as regards malaria eradication, and that not a single report of death was not reported in connection with malaria since the year 2006.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 05:45

Africa: UNICEF Marks World Malaria Day
[Unicef] New York - Despite great progress in the fight against malaria, the disease remains the third largest killer of children globally, UNICEF said today on World Malaria Day.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 18:41

Nigeria: Lagos Calls for Behavioural Change in Fight Against Malaria
[Vanguard] THE Lagos State government has urged Lagosians to take appropriate action through Behavioural Change Communication, BCC, activities in order to help the sustenance of the gains made so far in the malaria eradication efforts.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 12:57

Nigeria: LASG, Reckitt Benkister Unite to Save Pregnant Women, Children From Malaria
[Vanguard] Since the first Africa Malaria Day in 2001, efforts to reduce the incidence of malaria on the most vulnerable groups, notably, pregnant women,nursing mothers and children have heightened.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 12:28

Nigeria: 'Half of World Population At Risk of Malaria'
[Daily Trust] Bauchi - Hajiya Saadatu Uba Ringim, the director of Tship, a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) on heath care in Bauchi State has said that 3.3 billion people, who roughly represent half of the world population are at the risk of contracting malaria.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 10:16

Nigeria: Military, Police Get Mosquito Fighting Techniques
[Daily Trust] A new method of fighting malaria using Vitamin B-1 Thiamin has been introduced to the military and the police.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 09:23

West Africa: Ecowas Gets U.S.$20 Million From Venezuela to Fight Malaria
[Daily Trust] ECOWAS and Venezuela have agreed to take measures to execute their 2009 memorandum of understanding (MOU) towards the elimination of malaria in West Africa.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 09:17