Tag: malaria
WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls
London - Progress in the global fight against malaria has stalled amid signs of flat-lining funding and complacency that the mosquito-borne disease is less...
Malaria: FG to distribute 13m nets – Minister
By Yakubu Uba
Yola - The Federal Government says it will distribute 13 million Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in collaboration with other stakeholders...
South African health authorities issue malaria alert
Cape Town - South African health authorities on Tuesday issued a malaria alert after high numbers of malaria cases were reported.
The Department of Health...
Malaria: Relief service distributes 64,000 insecticidal nets in Kwara
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus
Ilorin - Offa Local Government Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has says it will distribute 64,000 Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets to residents of...
Malaria, HIV, others pose threat to increase life expectancy in Nigeria...
By Esenvosa Izah
Lagos - As life expectancy in Nigeria is increasing, malaria, diarrhoea, HIV and lower respiratory infection have been identified as some of...
Malaria: Sokoto Govt targets 1m children
By Muhammad Nasir Bello
Sokoto - Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has flagged off a house-to-house malaria prevention programme with a pledge to administer...
Interceptor G2: WHO Commends BASF For New Class of Insecticide...
Interceptor G2: WHO Commends BASF For New Class of Insecticide For Malaria
Expert Wants Increased Awareness on Malaria to Save More Lives
Keffi (Nasarawa State) - The Head of Historical Pathology, Federal Medical Center, Keffi, Dr Garuba Yakubu, has advocated for more enlightenment campaigns to...
Mama Hawaja, Mother of Plateau Deceased Deputy Chief of Staff, ...
By Jude Owuamanam, Managing Editor, Northern Operations
JOS (Sundiata Post) - Less than a week after Gambo Hawaja, the Deputy Chief of Staff to...
Dangote collaborates with FG in malaria elimination
By Oluwafunke Ishola
Lagos - Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, says that the active participation of the private sector is...
Zamfara partners international organisations in fight against malaria
Gusau- The Zamfara Government was partnering with international organisations in its malaria eradication programme, Alhaji Hamisu Dauran, the Project Manager, State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP)...
Zamfara alerts on increasing malaria-related deaths among children, pregnant women
Gusau--The Zamfara Government on Saturday said it had recorded increase in malaria-related deaths among children under five years and pregnant women.
Alhaji Hamisu Dauran, the...
Abia to intensify distribution of insecticide treated nets, anti-malaria drugs-Ikpeazu
Umuahia - Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, has said that his administration would combat malaria through increased distribution of long lasting insecticide treated...
Nigeria spends N132b on fighting malaria annually — US
Lagos - The United States Ambassador to
Nigeria, Mr James Enwinstle, on Tuesday noted that Nigeria’s National
Malaria Elimination Programme annually costs her about N132billion
($660million)...
Minister urges increased collaboration in fight against malaria
Abuja - The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has called for increased collaboration among stakeholders on malaria control, care and prevention in...
155 countries still have laws that discriminate against women – NGO
Abuja - ONE, an NGO, on Tuesday in Abuja said about 155 countries of the world still had laws that discriminated against women and...
FG fast tracks policy to reduce malaria by 2020
Lagos - The Federal Government has called on stakeholders to embrace the national policy on malaria to bring down malaria to its lowest minimum...
+ Consortium develops modules for malaria elimination
Abuja - Malaria Consortium, an NGO, has developed 14 training modules for combatting malaria in Nigeria, an official has said.
Dr Kola Maxwell, Country Director...
Many African countries are moving toward malaria elimination — WHO
Lagos - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said many African countries were moving toward malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in...
WHO lauds Africa’s progress as malaria deaths drop below half a...
London - The number of people killed by malaria dropped below half a million in 2014, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual malaria report stated on...