Malaria
Limpopo residents urged to remain alert following spike in malaria cases
The Limpopo Health Department has called upon residents to remain alert following a surge in new cases as 406 infections have been recorded in recent weeks and...
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Africa pins hopes on 'breakthrough' malaria vaccine
Since 2019, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have immunised more than 800,000 children under a pilot programme using the RTS,S vaccine. It is the first to show significant protection against the parasite-borne disease, cutting the risk of severe malaria by 30%, trials have shown.
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WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children
The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in which more than two million doses were given of the vaccine.
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Drug-resistant malaria gaining foothold in Africa: study
In clinical trials, the disease lingered longer in children receiving standard treatment for malaria if they were infected with mutant strains of the disease, the study found.
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Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Mkhize warns of dangers of contracting malaria
According to the latest available data from the World Health Organization, 228 million malaria cases were confirmed globally in 2018 of which 405,000 people died.
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Gauteng Health Dept urges caution when visiting areas with malaria
The life-threatening disease causes up to 3,000 cases in Gauteng each year, and proves fatal in about 30 cases.
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Countries urged not to neglect malaria, critical immunisation programmes
According to the WHO, malaria kills 400,000 people every year; 94% of the deaths occur in Africa while 67% are children under the age of five.
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Medical experts concerned COVID-19 fight will overshadow battle against malaria
Last year alone, malaria killed 380,000 people, mostly in Africa.
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Mum knows best: Homemade soup may fight malaria
Emerging resistance to drugs treating the disease - which kills some 400,000 people a year - means scientists have to 'look beyond the chemistry shelf for new drug'.
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$14 billion goal in sight for fighting Aids, TB, malaria
The money was promised at a replenishment meeting in Lyon, France, of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, at which Macron engaged in intense diplomacy to exhort countries to step up donations.
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Global Fund seeks $14bn to fight AIDS, malaria, TB
The UN's World Health Organisation says 770,000 people died of HIV-related causes last year.
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Kenya becomes 3rd African nation to introduce world's first malaria vaccine
African nations Ghana and Malawi launched their pilot programmes of the vaccine earlier this year.
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WHO says eradicating malaria 'can be done', but first aim is to control it
Launching the findings of a three-year long analysis of the global fight against malaria, WHO experts said that while ending the mosquito-borne disease “can be done”, it’s not yet possible to put a price tag or target date on achieving eradication.
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1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi: UN
In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019 - a figure roughly equal to half its entire population.
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Genetically modified fungus kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes
Scientists have genetically engineered a spider fungus that develops a venom that kills mosquitoes that bite humans.
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Ghana jabs back against malaria's devastation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 219 million people were infected with malaria in 2017, more than 90 percent of cases occurred in Africa.
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Ghana becomes second country to launch vital malaria vaccine
Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mainly in Africa, and it is hoped a vaccine will bring down the toll.
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Zimbabwe issues alert for increased malaria cases
The spike is being linked to stagnant pools of water left in the wake of Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 344 people in Zimbabwe.
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Malawi to pilot groundbreaking malaria vaccine
Although the potential vaccine will not give full protection against the mosquito-borne disease, it is the furthest along in development and so far the most effective.
