Resistance to malaria treatment drugs that began with a strain of malaria in Cambodia has quickly spread to other Southeast Asian nations, according to authors of a new study that may have implications for the African continent. The researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Oxford, and Thailand’s Mahidol…
Researchers in Burkina Faso and the United States say they’ve taken a big step forward in potentially reducing Africa’s malaria risk, by successfully killing off mosquitoes using a technique that relies on genetic manipulation to make an existing fungus threat more lethal to them. The researchers tested their theory in…
Malawi on Tuesday became the first African nation to launch a pilot program to administer the world’s first malaria vaccine to children ages 2 and under, according to the World Health Organization. The vaccine known as RTS,S has taken 30 years to develop and so far is the only vaccine…
About 1.6 million children impacted by Cyclone Idai in southeast Africa are in dire need of assistance, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday in an international appeal for help. The storm affected one million children in Mozambique, another 443,000 in Malawi and 130,000 in Zimbabwe, UNICEF said, adding…
While the threat of Ebola virus spread in Democratic Republic of Congo remains under close monitoring, the wider fight against HIV infection, tuberculosis and malaria continues across sub-Saharan Africa. The latter remains a special concern, according to the Global Fund. “After years of steady declines, malaria cases are on the…
Mozambique serves as an example for why the global impacts of malaria must be remedied, the World Health Organization said Monday as it released an annual report showing stalled progress on the disease. In 2017, there were some 10 million cases in Mozambique, where about 40 percent of the population…
The twin challenges of malaria and malnutrition are proving a challenge in Niger, where health and humanitarian aid workers say 10 children per day died during the month of August. “We have never seen anything like this before, and we fear it’s just the tip of the iceberg,” said Dr….
The vast majority of all malaria cases reported to the World Health Organization in 2016 arise from sub-Saharan Africa, according to an annual WHO report released Wednesday. Just 15 countries, all in the region except for India, account for 80 percent of the global malaria burden. There are overall positive…
Researchers studying African bonobo populations in the Congo Basin say they’ve discovered a new malaria parasite that’s specific to their geography and species – with potential implications for human health, because the newly discovered Plasmodium lomamiensis is closely related to a parasite known to cause malaria infections in people. Dr….
The United Nations General Assembly speech delivered by President Donald Trump of the United States raised quite a few eyebrows Tuesday over capricious and aggressive remarks on North Korea, and his blunt talk on how “major portions of the world are in conflict, and some, in fact, are going to…
Parts of South Sudan have been placed under a state of emergency declared by President Salva Kiir on Monday night, although he did not give clear reasons for the sudden decision. The state of emergency is in effect for three months in Gogrial, and parts of Tonj, Wau and Aweil…
Fifteen people have died in a fresh malaria outbreak in Namibia, and another 6,000 people have been affected, the government said in a new report. The Namibian reported Wednesday that nearly all the cases are clustered along the northeast border, with the Kavango East and West regions the hardest hit….
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention was officially open for business on Wednesday, following a ribbon cutting ceremony at the conclusion of this week’s African Union summit. The ceremony celebrated a state-of-the-art Emergency Operating Center in Addis Ababa designed to support early warning and response systems, deliver technical expertise…
United States President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order that prohibits American foreign aid grants to global health programs that include information about abortion as a family-planning option. The decision reinstates the so-called “Mexico City Rule,” which dates to a United Nations conference more than 30 years ago in…
Matibabu, the startup launched by computer science students trained at Makerere University in Uganda, headed to the United States and this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a project they hope will revolutionize malaria testing and diagnosis. The Matibabu team at CES 2017 was invited to compete in the TechCrunch…