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Kenyan manufacturer Universal Corporation LTD (UCL) has become the first African manufacturer to be issued a World Health Organization quality certification of a key antimalarial drug used to prevent infection in pregnant women and children. This certification, known as prequalification, will enable UCL to support regional efforts to combat malaria through local production of high-quality sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)....

“Malaria elimination is feasible in Ghana.” Professor Fred Newton Binka, the celebrated Ghanaian Epidemiologist and former Vice-Chancellor of Ghana’s University of Health and Allied Sciences, who made this statement is convinced that Ghana and many other African nations have the technical knowledge and tools to eliminate malaria. For him, what will now be needed to...

‘Nibima’, ‘Taabea’, ‘Adutwumwaa bitters’ among others are highly touted for their antimalarial prowess. But concerns have been raised about its safety. It is therefore assumed many educated folks would then be deterred from gulping down herbal medicines. Surprisingly, that is not the case in a joint study by the University of Saarland, Germany and the...