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Malaria Intervention in Schools Leads to Improvements in Student Performance

June 29, 2017 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

New research suggests that the ability of children in Africa to perform well in school could be dramatically improved through basic malaria education and treatment. While less fatal among older children, malaria infections often reduce a child's ability to concentrate, as Henry Ridgwell reports. Source: VOA News … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News, Malaria Videos Tagged With: Africa

Large scale study on indicators of ACT efficacy in Africa

September 22, 2015 By WWARN Leave a Comment

A new study from WWARN’s ACT Africa Baseline Study Group finds that current indicators of the efficacy of ACT based on persistence of parasites in the first 3 days after treatment may need some adjustment  for African populations, due to the differences in immunity between African and Asian populations. Slow parasite clearance – the rate at which malaria parasites decline in the patient’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WWARN Tagged With: ACT, Africa

Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine vs. Artemether-Lumefantrine for First-Line Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in African Children: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

April 18, 2014 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Recent multi-centre trials showed that dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) was as efficacious and safe as artemether-lumefantrine (AL) for treatment of young children with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria across diverse transmission settings in Africa. Longitudinal follow-up of patients in these trials supported previous findings that DP had a longer post-treatment prophylactic effect than AL, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Research Tagged With: Africa, artemether-lumefantrine (AL), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)

Nearly 200 Million Africans at Risk for Malaria

February 20, 2014 By Joe DeCapua Leave a Comment

New research shows that after 10 years of intensified campaigns against malaria 184-million people in Africa still live in moderate to high-risk areas. While the number is high, it’s down from nearly 220-million in 2000 when anti-malaria efforts began to increase. The findings are based on thousands of community-based surveys in 44 African countries and territories. These are places where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Abdisalan Noor, Africa, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Robert Snow, Wellcome Trust

African Experts Discuss Need for Better Regulation of Medicine

December 8, 2013 By Anita Powell Leave a Comment

In most African countries, pharmaceutical drugs are poorly regulated or not regulated at all, posing huge risks for those who depend on them to stay healthy. But for the first time, the topic has gotten the attention of African officials, who holding a scientific conference on the topic in South Africa. Access to safe and effective medicine can be touch and go in Africa, where the market … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Africa, Counterfeit Drugs, NEPAD, Tanzania

Tracking Black Market Malaria Drugs

November 11, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

"The theft and black market resale of anti-malaria medications is a serious problem in African countries like Angola and Tanzania, hindering the global aid effort to combat the disease. U.S. investigators are leading a probe into the widespread theft and black-market resale of malaria drugs donated to Africa by the U.S. government. Organized theft is plaguing the multibillion-dollar aid effort, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Africa, Black Market Malaria Drugs

Africa Faces $7 Billion Funding Gap to Fight Malaria

April 26, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

African countries face a $7-billion funding gap to control and eliminate malaria. To discuss this issue among others, African ministers of health came together at the African Union headquarters to commemorate World Malaria Day. Every year 660,000 people die from malaria, and 90 percent of those deaths are in Africa. Eliminating malaria by 2015 is one of the United Nations' Millennium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Africa, African Union, Malaria Control, Mustapha Kaloko, Namibia, Petrina Haingura

Malaria Deaths in Africa

October 11, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How many humans die of malaria in Africa? ANSWER According to the World Health Organization's Roll Back Malaria programme (Roll Back Malaria - Key Facts), 665,000 people died  from malaria globally in 2010, with 91% or 596,000 people  dying in Africa alone. Eighty-six (86%) of deaths were in children under five years of age. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Africa, deaths due to malaria, World Health Organisation

P. knowlesi versus P. falciparum: Treatment and Prevention

September 5, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I would like to know about the P. knowlesi - treatment compared to P. falciparum? preventive medicine? ANSWER At this point in time, P. knowlesi is completely susceptible to chloroquine, and so can be treated successfully using this drug. P. falciparum, on the other hand, is known to have widespread resistance to chloroquine, and so the World Health Organization recommends that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Africa, forest dwelling, indoor residual spraying, indoor resting, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Treatment, Mosquito Control, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, vector control

Malaria in Africa

May 26, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How many in Africa have been affected by Malaria? ANSWER In 2010, there were approximately 174 million cases of malaria in Africa. However, some people may present with more than one case of malaria per year (especially young children), so the number of people affected is likely considerably lower. However, 90% of deaths from malaria occur in Africa, and 60% in just six … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Africa, burden, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, deaths, DR Congo, Mali, mortality, Mozambique, Nigeria

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