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A recent report by the Malaria Futures for Africa (MalaFa) says Nigeria may not be able to meet the 2030 target by Africa to eliminate malaria.This is contained in a statement issued in commemoration of the world malaria day, marked every April 25. The 2018 edition is themed 'Ready to Beat Malaria'.According to the 2017 world malaria report, there were [...]
The federal government has pledged to commit $300 million (N108 billion) to eliminate malaria in the country.A statement issued by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) on the just concluded Commonwealth meeting in London said the government promised to secure the fund from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank and African Development BankNAN reports that the federal government also promised [...]
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting came to an end on Friday night as the secretary general, Patricia Scotland and leaders from four regions of the Commonwealth addressed the press.Scotland was joined by UK Prime minister Theresa May; President Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana; Keith Mitchell, Prime minister of Grenada; and Tuilaepa Malielegaoi, Prime minister of Samoa.They shared the conclusions of [...]
Chimamanda Adichie, distinguished Nigerian writer and literary icon, says malaria is to blame for her poor grasp of mathematics, highlighting how the mosquito-borne infectious disease keeps children out of school across the world.Speaking at the Malaria Summit in London, holding on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018), Adichie shared her experience with malaria, and how it [...]
A recent research suggests that triclosan, an ingredient found in toothpaste, could be developed to fight drug-resistant strains of malaria.What is triclosan?Triclosan is an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in some consumer products, including toothpaste, soaps, detergents, toys, and surgical cleaning treatments.Scientists from Cambridge University used an artificially-intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ to conduct high-throughput screening.According to the researchers, triclosan, showed the [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said the progress in the global fight against malaria has stalled amid signs of flat-lining funding and complacency.WHO said in its annual world malaria report that malaria-infected about 216 million people in 91 countries in 2016, an increase of five million cases over the previous year.The UN organisation said malaria killed 445,000 people, [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria can save 10,000 lives by November if targeted steps are taken towards malaria prevention and control.Pedro Alonso, director of WHO’s global malaria programme, said WHO and its partners were strengthening surveillance systems to monitor cases and outbreaks of malaria in Borno.Alonso said they were also increasing access to care in health facilities, spraying [...]
With about 100 million cases and 300,000 malaria deaths annually, Nigeria has the highest burden of malaria in the world.The statistics are shocking and are as a result of a number of factors including lack of resources, weak political commitment and a lack of communication and ignorance of the causes and how to prevent malaria, a source who spoke under [...]
Isaac Adewole, the minister of health, on Tuesday, announced the ban on chloroquine and artemisinin monotherapy for the treatment of malaria.Speaking during the commemoration of World Malaria Day, the minister said doctors and nurses have been informed that chloroquine is "no longer useful" and that the prescription of artemisinin monotherapy was wrong.“With a new emphasis on citizen accountability and rights I [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that the world's first malaria vaccine will be introduced to Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in 2018.In a statement released on Monday, WHO said the vaccine, which is called Mosquirix, trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread through mosquito bites.The organisation said the vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has the [...]
The poor health indices reeled out on this page repeatedly are pointers to the fact that much more is still being expected from the Nigerian government to turn around the health system to save the needs of the majority poor souls residing in Nigeria.Discerning observers have wondered why year in year out we kept recycling the same old epidemics that [...]
Nigeria needs to modify its malaria intervention strategies to achieve measurable success, the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), has said.Muntaqa Sadiq, chief executive officer of PHN, said this at a press conference held by Access Bank to discuss a financing platform that galvanises private sector resources to avert at least one million deaths by 2020.He said the country [...]
The federal and state governments have to do more as regards the intervention and treatment of malaria, as the fight to eliminate malaria is mostly donor driven.The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and the Society for Family Health (SFH), implementation partners of the global fund for malaria programme in Nigeria, lament this situation saying governments at all level can do [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has secured 15 million dollars funding for phase one of pilot deployments of the world’s first malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa.Pedro Alonso, director of WHO’s global malaria programme, said in London that the go-ahead came after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved the money.He said Global Fund has assured [...]
Nasiru Shua’ibu of the biochemical parasitology department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, says he has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent high rate of death from malaria fever.Speaking with NAN in Zaria, Kaduna state on Tuesday, Shu’aibu said the new malaria vaccine was different from others currently in use.Shu’aibu, who is currently working with the Institute of Tropical Medicine, [...]
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