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Malaria

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Experts Advocate Local Innovation, Data-Driven Strategies to Accelerate Malaria Elimination in Africa
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Experts Advocate Local Innovation to Accelerate Malaria Elimination in Africa

Health experts have emphasized the critical role of leadership, local manufacturing, epidemiological data, and community participation in accelerating efforts to defeat malaria across Africa. Speaking during the Science of Defeating Malaria Leadership Course in Abuja,  the Chief Executive Officer  NASENI Trummic Nigeria  Biotechnologies, Dr. Selim Hani, described the programme as a vital platform for building the knowledge, collaboration, and leadership required to eradicate malaria on the continent. According to him, […]

todayJune 12, 2026

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Nigeria Takes Bold Steps To Produce Malaria Vaccine

In a significant stride towards public health advancement, Nigeria is actively working on the production of a malaria vaccine to combat the deadly disease. The Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, made this known during the unbundling and distribution of malaria drugs and free test kits in Abuja . Dr. Fasawe emphasized that the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, […]

todayMarch 19, 2025

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World Malaria Day: Experts Call For Intensified Efforts

Experts in the health sector have called for intensified efforts to tackle malaria as Nigeria celebrates World Malaria Day, 2024. They made the call at the Kogi State Ministry of Health during an event to commemorate the day in Lokoja. The event which was organized by the Kogi State Government in conjunction with the World Health Organization, WHO, Malaria Consortium as well as other partners also featured a road show […]

todayApril 25, 2024

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Cape Verde Reaches Malaria-Free Milestone

A sub-Saharan African nation has been declared malaria-free for the first time in 50 years. Cape Verde was given the status by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it has not reported a single case of local transmission in three years. Experts have described this as a major achievement. Malaria is a huge killer on the continent. In 2022, 580,000 people in Africa died from the disease, amounting to 95% […]

todayJanuary 12, 2024

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Utilize Interventions To Reduce Prevalence Of Malaria -NMEP

By Florence Adewale The National Malaria Elimination Programme, NMEP has called on Nigerians to ensure adequate utilization of interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of malaria in the country. The National Coordinator of the programme, Godwin Ntadom made this known in Abuja at an Advocacy Focused Media Dissemination Meeting with the Civil Society In Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition, said most of the interventions such as mosquito nets distributed to […]

todayDecember 19, 2023

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Declare State Of Emergency On Malaria Scourge – Reps

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2023 World mosquito day, the House of Representives wants the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on Malaria scourge in the country. The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria control, Amobi Ogah who made the call in a statement to Commemorate this year's World Mosquito Day in Abuja, also decries the prevalence of […]

todayAugust 20, 2023