Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.
Jan 22, 2024
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Malaria
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ultrasensitive tools detect asymptomatic malaria
Researchers in the U.S. and Uganda have developed tools that can detect the slightest traces of malaria in people who harbor the disease but do not show signs of sickness.
Jan 16, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Benin gets first malaria vaccines
Benin has received its first doses of a vaccine for malaria, the leading cause of infant mortality in the country, and will begin administering them soon, officials said late on Monday.
Jan 16, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
African women living with HIV have an effective option to prevent malaria during pregnancy, clinical trial finds
In women living with HIV, preventive treatment with DHA-PPQ is a safe and effective strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy, according to the final results of MAMAH, a clinical trial coordinated by the Barcelona Institute ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Medications
Study finds tafenoquine is a cost-effective treatment option for malaria
A new study led by Menzies School of Health Research has provided further insight into the cost-effectiveness of a new malaria medication, tafenoquine, to treat vivax malaria.
Jan 11, 2024
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Genetics
New study concludes finding cure for malaria may be even more challenging than thought
Researchers who have studied malaria for decades, hoping to find a cure, long thought they'd identified a type of blood that seemed to defend against the disease.
Dec 6, 2023
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Health
Climate change could upturn world malaria fight: WHO
Climate change is making the fight against malaria even harder, with the campaign already struggling to make up ground lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
Nov 30, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria jabs set for broader rollout in Africa
The United Nations heralded Wednesday the forthcoming scale-up of malaria vaccination across Africa after the first shipment of doses arrived in Cameroon.
Nov 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria: Two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and rollout are still big stumbling blocks
The approval of two malaria vaccines—the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023—will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths annually.
Nov 21, 2023
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Medications
Expanding malaria treatment could help accelerate elimination
A clinical trial by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in The Lancet has revealed promising results to reduce malaria relapses, through the broader use of primaquine.
Nov 16, 2023
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