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Antimalarial Drugs Market: Rise in Prevalence of Malaria Across the World Boosts Demand

Antimalarial drugs are agents that are used to treat malaria. If an infected anopheles mosquito bites a person, then the infection of a certain protozoan is transmitted to the person. This condition is known as malaria. A malarial patient experiences anemia, chills, and fever. Malaria can be prevented by the […]

Understanding malaria

Cerebral malaria is a severe type of malaria that affects the brain. It causes around 400 000 deaths each year, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and in children under five years old. To help understand – and ultimately to fight – this disease, EMBL researchers from the Bernabeu group at EMBL […]

Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work

An estimated 200 million people a year contract malaria, and the disease killed nearly 400,000 people in 2018 alone – now we are a small step closer to understanding why it is so hard to stop. The main parasite that causes the disease has developed a strategy for hiding undetected […]

UK government offers media freedom fellowship [Sub-Saharan Africa]

Media professionals with demonstrable leadership skills can apply for this fellowship in London. The University of Westminster hosts the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF), funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Fellows will participate in the eight-week program titled “New Media for a New Africa: Freedom of Speech, Economic Prosperity and Good Governance,” […]

Take a stand: Zero malaria starts with you

There is a new campaign making the waves across Africa. It is known as “Zero Malaria starts with me”. Malaria is a common illness in the country and it accounts for a high number of deaths too. Do you know that children under five years and pregnant women are most […]

P-Alaxin announces war against malaria

Malaria is still a public health concern in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan countries. According to the W.H.O, the estimated fatalities stood at 405,000 in 2018, with children under 5 years being major casualties. The war against malaria is clearly not won, as a 2018 W.H.O report suggests that 6 countries […]

Malaria campaigns fight off Covid disruptions to deliver programmes

More than 90% of anti-malaria campaigns planned this year across four continents are on track, despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research. The delivery of insecticide-treated nets and provision of antimalarial medicinesin the majority of malaria-affected countriesacross Africa, Asia and the Americas were still going ahead, […]

Contest highlights coverage of women’s entrepreneurship [Africa]

Women journalists and bloggers working in Africa for media whose primary audience is based in Africa can apply. The APO Group, a pan-African communications and business consultancy, presents the second annual APO Group African Women in Media Award, which aims to recognize, celebrate and empower African women journalists who support women’s entrepreneurship in […]

Malaria Control Programme inspects mosquito control exercise in Accra, Kumasi

The Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Keziah Malm, has inspected ongoing larval source management activity being undertaken by Zoomlion Ghana Limited in some parts of the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions. Larval source management is part of integrated vector management […]

Ghana Malaria Media Award launched

The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in Ghana, the African Media and MalariaResearch Network (AMMREN) and Speak Up Africa have come together as partners to launch anation-wide Media Awards as part of the “Zero Malaria Starts with Me” campaign to recognizepublicly and celebrate Ghanaian journalists who excel in malaria reporting.The […]