The National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Audu Mohammed, on Tuesday said Nigeria would get three-year grant of $417 million from the Global Fund to tackle malaria. Mohammed said in Abuja that Nigeria accounted for 25 per cent of Global Malaria burden. NMEP is responsible for formulating, facilitating policy and guidelines; coordinates partners […]
Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver chiefly caused by viruses but may be caused by other factors like alcohol, drugs, toxins, malaria, yellow fever and autoimmune disease. The liver is the largest organ in the body. It helps digest food, store energy and removes poisons. Viruses that cause hepatitis are named from A to […]
About 16, 588 people living with HIV in Bauchi state have been enrolled for treatment by the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria (BACATMA) as against 13, 503 in 2017. Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr Muhammad Sambo Alkali disclosed this yesterday during the occasion of the 2018 World […]
Malaria is a major public health problem, with high global burden. However, large regional disparities exist in malaria burden. In 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for 90% of the malaria cases and 92% of the malaria deaths worldwide. According to the 2018 World Malaria Report, about 70 percent of all malaria cases and deaths recorded […]
Malaria is one of the most serious health problems facing the world today. The World Health Organization estimates that over 300 million new cases of malaria arise every year, with approximately two to three million deaths resulting from contraction. Malaria is endemic in tropical Africa, with an estimated 90% of the total malaria incidence and […]
The battle against malaria in the world has been raging for decades. While many countries including Argentina, Costa Rica and Morocco have recorded complete victory over the disease, it appears that for countries like Nigeria and Angola, the end is not near just yet. For Angola, the malaria death toll continues to rise in comparison […]
As Nigeria yesterday joined the global community to mark the 2018 World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and malaria experts ,have said that what the country required was greater political commitment and adequate funding for research to beat malaria. According to them, greater investment and expanded coverage of proven tools that prevent, diagnose […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has tasked Nigeria and leaders across the globe to invest in malaria prevention and control in order to successfully reduce the burden on the killer disease in Nigeria and the world by the year 2030. Speaking while addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday to commemorate the World Malaria Day celebration, […]
The fact that Cancer is responsible for more deaths than HIV-AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis put together has again been brought to the fore by the First Lady of Ondo State and the founder of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu. Speaking at the 20th Anniversary and 3rd International Symposium on Breast […]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that Malaria remains the leading killer disease around the world with a total of 57.3 million people being infested annually with the mosquito-borne infectious disease. A representative of the WHO Dr. Rex Mpazanje who spoke on Thursday in Abuja during a two-day conference on capacity building for health […]
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD, has successfully researched and developed six traditional herbal products for the treatment of Ebola, malaria and other diseases. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Special Assistant, Communication and Strategy to the Minister of Health, Kazeem Akintunde, on Sunday. The statement quoted the […]
Following the collaboration of Edo State Government and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to kick malaria out of the state, the N-Power Health Volunteers in Utagban Community in Oredo Local Government Area have organised a one-day malaria awareness seminar. The state government has a commitment to primary healthcare and has been collaborating with relevant development […]
In Bangladesh and Nepal,thousands of people are been affected with diarrhoea, malaria and dengue as the waters from the worst floods in a decade. Over 1,400 people have died in the floods that have swept South Asia over the past two months and tens of thousands are living in tents, schools and even just under […]
Malaria remains a major public health problem in Nigeria. The disease which impacts negatively on the economy with about N132 Billion loss as a result of cost of treatment and loss in man-hours says the Lagos State Ministry of Health, According to the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Malaria is also responsible for 70% […]
Global experts are calling on stakeholders and government at all levels to urgently close the gaps in tackling the cases and deaths from malaria. Annually, more than half a million lives are still lost to the preventable disease despite the declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000. “It’s even a thing of joy that […]
The Rotary Club, District 9125, Nigeria, has said that it’s working with partners and relevant stakeholders to scale up efforts towards elimination of malaria in the country. The District Governor-elect of District 9125 Nigeria, Dr. Mike Omotosho, in a statement in Abuja also said the organisation is intensifying efforts to speed up results using its […]
Lagos State Medicine Dealers Association (LSMDA), on Thursday, in Lagos, said research has shown that Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have the highest cases of malaria all over the world. In a statement issued and signed by the president of the association, Chief Kelvnson Emeka Okpara, on the occasion of 2015 World Malaria […]