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World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands

April 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma Almost half the world’s population – an estimated three billion people – live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Endemic to 107 countries in the tropics and subtropics, it is responsible for around one million deaths … read more »

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Malaria outbreak kills 7 in Madagascar

May 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Antananarivo – A particularly severe outbreak of malaria in Madagascar has killed seven people since the beginning of the month and has left 60 others in need of hospitalisation, the country’s health minister said on Thursday. Madagascar has seen an … read more »

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Ghana calls for effective strategies to eradicate malaria in Africa

April 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Participants at a day’s workshop organised by African Media and Malaria Network (AMMREN) called for effective preventive and pragmatic strategies to eradicate malaria especially in pregnant women and children in Africa. In a 10-point communiqué issued at the end of … read more »

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United Nations/The Secretary-General’ message on World Malaria day

April 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Last year on World Malaria Day, we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies every minute … read more »

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Cameroon to give 9m free mosquito nets

August 21, 2011 by benim

Yaounde – Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon Yang on Saturday launched an anti-malaria campaign, promising to distribute nine million free mosquito nets. The nationwide campaign named “KO palu” (knock out malaria) will last a month and aims to ensure that the … read more »

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