AFRICA – World Health Organization has prequalified Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) for malaria control by Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. VECTRONTM T500 is a new IRS product containing TENEBENALTM, the world’s…
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The Global Fund boosts Cape Verde’s fight against HIV/AIDS with US$4.7m
CAPE VERDE – The Global Fund has allocated US$4.7 million to finance programs that fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Cape Verde for the period 2023 to 2025. US$2.99 million…
Read MoreKenya scales up malaria vaccination in the lake-endemic western region
KENYA – To reach more children with the vaccine, the Ministry of Health is scaling up malaria vaccination using the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), in an additional 25…
Read MoreIfakara Health Institute to use drones in identifying hard to reach mosquito breeding sites
TANZANIA – Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) researchers in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region have started using drones to identify mosquito breeding sites which are hard to reach and kill them by…
Read MoreMinistry of Health to conduct malaria vaccination drive in eight malaria prone counties in Kenya
KENYA – The Ministry of Health is set to conduct a massive malaria vaccination drive in eight malaria prone counties in the next two weeks. This is after the World…
Read MoreNew mosquito species discovered in Kenya, threatening efforts made in fight against malaria
KENYA – Researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Division of National Malaria Programme (DNMP) have discovered a new species of mosquito…
Read MoreMinistry of Health concerned with rising malaria cases in the past year
UGANDA – Ministry of Health has reported a worrying surge in malaria cases with figures showing there was an increase in malaria cases from 100,000 in 2021 to 199,695 cases…
Read MoreDual insecticide mosquito nets reduce malaria incidence by 46% – The Lancet
AFRICA – A second study in Africa by The Lancet has shown that Interceptor G2 nets, which contain chlorfenapyr and pyrethroid, reduced malaria incidence among children aged between six months…
Read MoreWHO, Global Fund support Sao Tome and Principe in the fight against malaria
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE – The World Health Organization in partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria, has supported the Ministry of Health in Sao Tome…
Read MoreUganda to accelerate its battle against malaria with US$587m boost from Global Fund
UGANDA – Uganda is set to make a major shift in the battle against malaria from its contribution to the Global Fund, with the focus turning from treatment to prevention,…
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