Red Cross Wants Concerted Fight Against Malaria
New Dawn
Red Cross urges strong fight against Malaria, a killer disease in Liberia and rest of Africa. Read more »
Critical Conversation With Health Minister to Reduce Burden of Malaria On Citizens of Uganda
Malaria Consortium
This week, Malaria Consortium's team in Uganda and Chief Executive, Dr James Tibenderana, engaged in key discussions with Uganda's Ministry of Health on partnership approaches to… Read more »
China Helps Uganda Fight Malaria As Global Funding Shrinks
Independent (Kampala)
For Milly Nakazzi, an assistant nursing officer at Uganda's Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, the fact that at least six of every 10 patients she treats have malaria is business… Read more »
Three More West African Countries Inaugurate Malaria Vaccination
Premium Times
The three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine malaria immunisation for children in other countries. Read more »
South Africa On Track to Eliminate Malaria Disease By 2028
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Health says South Africa is on track to achieve malaria elimination status by 2028, as outlined in the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan. Read more »
Global Fund Board Welcomes Investments Towards Ending Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Expresses Concern Over Growing Needs From Polycrisis Amid Global Economic Pressures
Global Fund
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) held its 51st meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland. While anticipating record… Read more »
Major Step in Malaria Prevention As Three West African Countries Roll Out Vaccine [press release]
GAVI
In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries - Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone - today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria… Read more »
Malaria On the Rise With Healthcare Out of Reach in Madagascar [press release]
MSF
Madagascar is one of the countries most affected by malaria. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the reported number of malaria cases in 2023 exceeded the national epidemic… Read more »
Malaria Cases Down By 88% in 2023
New Times
Malaria cases in Rwanda have dropped by 88 per cent as of 2023, according Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC). Read more »
Malaria Is a Women's Rights Issue [analysis]
African Arguments
When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Read more »
Govt Working Towards Zero-Malaria Target - Minister
Leadership
In a bid to achieve the zero-malaria target in Nigeria, the federal government has emphasised the need to move from idealism to pragmatism. Read more »
São Tomé and Principe Celebrated the World Malaria Day [press release]
WHO-AFRO
The country is highly committed to reach the malaria elimination goal by 2030 Read more »
Liberia Integrates Malaria Vaccine Into Expanded Immunization Program
FrontPageAfrica
Liberia on Thursday, April 25 achieved a significant milestone in its fight against malaria as it introduces the highly anticipated RTS,S malaria vaccine on World Malaria Day under… Read more »
Health Ministry, Partners Celebrate World Malaria Day
The Point
The Ministry of Health through the National Malaria Control Program(NMCP) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on Thursday joined commemorations marking World Malaria Day with the… Read more »
Supporting Ethiopia in the Battle Against Malaria - a Vital Mission of the U.S. Govt [opinion]
Reporter
As we recognize World Malaria Day on April 25, we reflect on the relentless battle against malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted by female malaria-carrying mosquitoes.… Read more »