WHO has declared Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, among others Malaria free, and says it was possible in two decades.
In statement from the global health body released on Sunday during the World Malaria Day cerebrations, it noted that most countries have succeeded in eliminating malaria and emphasized domestic funding.
The 2019 figures from WHO show, 229 million cases of malaria were recorded with 400,000 malaria-related deaths. Children under 5 years account for two thirds of the deaths.
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UN chief commends all countries reaching zero malaria goal
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2020. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua/IANS. Image Source: IANS News
United Nations, April 26 : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended all countries that have reached the target of zero malaria. We commend all countries that have reached the ambitious target of zero malaria, said the secretary-general in his message for the World Malaria Day, which falls on April 25 annually, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Malaria kills 50,000 Pakistanis annually
Dr Shumaila urges enforcement of WHO eradication programme on war footing
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April 26, 2021
RAWALPINDI:
Malaria, one of the six priority communicable diseases according to the World Health Organisation affects around 300,000 Pakistanis annually, killing about 50,000 of them.
Hence, innovative modes of treatment are required to manage its spread, said National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS)Department of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Dr Shumaila Naz on Sunday.
The world commemorates World Malaria Day on April 25 to create awareness, and the WHO theme for this year was ‘Zero Malaria - Draw the Line against Malaria’ which is still a life-threatening disease the world over.
Malaria in Rwanda declines by 3 million cases in three years
Monday April 26 2021
A worker of the Entomologist Research Centre takes a mosquito to analyze it for the presence of malaria parasite in Obuasi, Ashanti Region in Ghana, on May 1, 2018. PHOTO | AFP
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In Rwanda, malaria is often found in rainy seasons and mostly happens in forest and mountainous provinces.
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Rwanda has recorded a sharp decline in malaria infection cases in the last three years, the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) said on Sunday on the occasion of World Malaria Day.
Malaria cases in Rwanda decreased from 4.8 million in 2017 to 1.8 million in 2020, and severe malaria infections dropped from 18,000 in 2016 to 3,000 in 2020, the RBC said in a statement.
Editorial The good news that SA is on track to eradicate the transmission of malaria should spur us into greater action in our fight against Covid-19. Doctor holding Chloroquine Phosphate anti-malarial drug. Picture: iStock It’s often a question in quizzes: What’s the most deadly animal in Africa? Many people get it wrong – because it’s not an elephant, lion or even the fierce hippo…it’s the anopheles mosquito. That’s because it’s a carrier of malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide annually – the majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, on World Malaria Day yesterday, we got the good news that the disease is being pushed back with vigour in South Africa. We appear to be on track to eliminate transmission of the disease by 2023, according to the Director of.