malaria

WHO supports fight against malaria outbreak in Haiti

Published on: April 14, 2024
13:08

Port-au-Prince, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) supports the fight against malaria in Haiti, where today there is fear that the disease could spread nationwide and to neighboring territories.

GFATM sends 97M dollars to Congo to fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB

Published on: February 9, 2024
15:23

Brazzaville, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) The Congo has today received 59 billion CFA francs (around USD million) donated by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (GFATM).

Ultra-sensitive tools developed to detect asymptomatic malaria

Published on: January 25, 2024
14:25

Kampala, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) A team of researchers from the United States and Uganda developed tools capable of detecting the slightest traces of malaria in people carrying the disease but showing no signs of it, it was reported.

WHO prequalifies second malaria vaccine

Published on: December 21, 2023
16:47

Geneva, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday that it added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its prequalified list, the second after the RTS,S/AS01 it obtained in July 2022.

10 drugs to fight HIV, TB, malaria to be vulnerable to climate change

Published on: November 28, 2023
16:56

United Nations, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) UNITAD, an international financing mechanism for treating several diseases, warned on Tuesday that 10 products to combat HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria would be vulnerable to climate change.

WHO recommends new vaccine against malaria, dengue, meningitis

Published on: October 5, 2023
17:55

Geneva, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) At the much-anticipated meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued recommendations for three new groundbreaking vaccines to combat malaria, dengue and meningitis, the director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, according to Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO.

Plan to eliminate malaria in Ecuadorian Amazon region strengthened

Published on: October 4, 2023
14:06

Quito, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health in Ecuador and technical teams from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) strengthen a plan to eliminate malaria in the Amazon region.

Alarm in Paraguay due to detection of malaria patient

Published on: September 13, 2023
13:01

Asunción, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan authorities activated their health alarms due to the detection of a case of malaria in the eastern town of Foz de Iguazú, bordering Brazil, the National Health Surveillance Directorate informed.

PAHO warns of growing malaria cases in the Americas

Published on: September 7, 2023
16:33

Washington, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called Thursday for surveillance, diagnosis and timely treatment of malaria cases in the Americas, essentially in non-endemic countries.

18M malaria vaccine dose to arrive in Africa by 2025

Published on: July 6, 2023
16:39

Nairobi, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. The roll out is a critical step forward to fight off one of the leading causes of death in the continent.

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