Malaria Prevalence Reduces Marginally
Malaria prevalence among children under age five has decreased from 27 per cent to 21 per cent. This is according ...
Tag: Plasmodium
Malaria Rates Plunge In The Gambia
The Gambia could become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria, reports Reuters. The prevalence of the malaria ...
‘Only 40% Use Treated Mosquito Nets In Ho’
Though 70 per cent of residents in the Ho Municipal Area have treated mosquito nets, only 40 per cent use ...
US Ambassador Launches 2017 School Net Distribution Campaign
The US Ambassador, Robert Jackson, has launched the 2017 Primary School Insecticide-Treated Nets distribution campaign. The launch was on Monday, ...
Ghana Registers Remarkable Reduction In Malaria Cases
Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, the Behavioural Change Communication Specialist of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has observed that there is ...
Malaria Rise In Zimbabwe After Heavy Rains
They say more than 150 people died of the disease over the past two months Health officials in Zimbabwe say ...
NDC Chairman Campaigns Against Infant Malaria Deaths
The Lower Manya Krobo Constituency Chairman for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. David Walter Hormenu, has launched a ...
First Drug-Resistant Malaria Parasite Detected In Africa
For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to ...
GM Malaria Vaccine ‘milestone’
A malaria vaccine that uses a weakened form of the parasite has passed a "critical milestone" in human safety trials, ...