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Africa: Malaria Consortium Announces New Director of Technical Services and Innovation to Help Implement Its New Era

eriinfo.com5 days ago05 mins

Dr Rose Zulliger has joined Malaria Consortium to lead the organisation’s technical approaches and to help accelerate our commitments to system strengthening and long-term impact. Today, Malaria Consortium announced the appointment of Dr Rose Zulliger to its leadership team as the organisation’s new Director of Technical Services and Innovation. Rose joins Malaria Consortium following a…

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Africa: When Floods Hit, the Risk of Malaria Follows – How Disaster Systems Can Prepare Better

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago011 mins

When floods sweep through southern Africa, the most visible damage is immediate: homes washed away, crops destroyed, clinics disrupted, families displaced. These images dominate headlines and humanitarian appeals. But as floodwaters recede, a quieter, slower-moving crisis often follows – in those same communities that are already struggling to recover. In parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania,…

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African Leaders Demand Sustainable Malaria Financing As AU Report Warns of Looming Resurgence

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

African Heads of State and Government have called for a new era of sustainable malaria financing, warning that stalled progress, shrinking international support and emerging threats could reverse decades of gains against the disease. The call was made at the 39th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the African Union Malaria Progress Report…

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Africa: France Cuts Funding for Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria By More Than Half

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago04 mins

France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations warn will cost lives. After months of uncertainty, the government said its pledge for the 2026-2028 cycle will fall from €1.6 billion in the previous funding period…

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Africa: Malaria Researchers Are Getting Closer to Outsmarting the World’s Deadliest Parasite

eriinfo.com2 months ago011 mins

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders. For decades, the fight against malaria has felt like running in place. Bed nets and drugs…

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Africa: New Tools Saved a Million Lives From Malaria Last Year but Progress Under Threat As Drug Resistance Rises

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to prevent an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths in 2024, according to WHO’s annual World malaria report. WHO-recommended tools are increasingly being integrated into broader health systems. Since WHO approved the world’s first malaria vaccines in 2021, 24…

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Africa: Malaria – Drug Resistance and Underfunding Threaten Progress Towards Eliminating Killer Disease

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

The authoritative World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial drugs now poses one of the most acute risks to control efforts across Africa and beyond. The parasitic mosquito-borne disease is both preventable and curable but it remains a serious and deadly global health threat – claiming hundreds…

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Africa: Malaria Vaccine Price Cut Set to Protect 7 Million More Children By 2030

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Vaccine alliance Gavi and children’s agency UNICEF have struck a new pricing deal that will sharply cut the cost of a key malaria vaccine and make it possible to protect nearly seven million additional children by 2030, the agencies announced on Sunday. Under the agreement, the price of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will fall to $2.99…

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Africa: No, Bitter Leaf Cannot Cure Malaria – Ignore Dangerous Claims and Seek Verified Medical Treatment

eriinfo.com4 months ago08 mins

No, bitter leaf cannot cure malaria – ignore dangerous claims and seek verified medical treatment IN SHORT: Claims that bitter leaf contains quinine and can cure malaria are false. Experts warn that this is dangerous information and that patients with malaria must seek effective treatment with quality medication. According to posts doing the rounds on…

Africa: Beyond Malaria – Uncovering the Overlapping Crisis of Long Covid in Ethiopia and Uganda

eriinfo.com5 months ago019 mins

While governments lifted restrictions and international attention moved elsewhere after some declared victory over the initial, acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, a significant portion of Covid-19 survivors continued to battle debilitating symptoms that had no name, no recognition, and no clear path to treatment. Dr. Jane Achan, a pediatrician and Principal Advisor at Malaria…