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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Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, has bucked regional trends to achieve dramatic reductions in child mortality in recent years, according to a Countdown country case study published in The Lancet.
Sep 19, 2012
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The number of people believed to have died from mosquito-borne yellow fever in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region has doubled to 67, health officials said on Tuesday.
Nov 6, 2012
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Better malaria control might come from segregating household sleeping arrangements, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Guelph professor.
Nov 18, 2013
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More than two million people in Sudan's Darfur region will be vaccinated against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 107 people since late September, health officials said on Tuesday.
Nov 13, 2012
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Global efforts to curb malaria are stalling after a drop in funds to buy bed nets, according to the latest report Wednesday from the World Health Organization.
Dec 18, 2013
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The prevalence of malaria in the population on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar has fallen to just 2 percent from 70 percent over the last century. Much of the progress came in just the last 10 years, leading to a new challenge: ...
Apr 2, 2013
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Death rates from malaria have fallen significantly over the last decade, but plenty of work remains, with hundreds of thousands of children still dying from the disease every year, experts said Wednesday in a discussion at ...
Feb 4, 2013
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Insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors, and so more sustainable integrated management strategies that use optimal ...
Jul 10, 2012
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(AP)—The fight against malaria is slowing down amid a dramatic drop in efforts to reverse the epidemic, even as health officials insist they will try to meet their idealistic target of virtually eliminating deaths from ...
Dec 17, 2012
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