ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the government and national leadership were fully prepared to reach remote areas and achieve the goals to eradicate the disease through national malaria programs and reforms and strategies within the health system. In his message on World Malaria Day, the prime minister said the Day was an occasion … Read more
Malaria and dengue cases are on the rise across Sindh, with Karachi experiencing a significant increase, according to the Sindh Health Department. From January to March 7, 2025, a total of 5,437 malaria cases were reported across the province, with 117 cases detected in Karachi. The highest number of cases in the city was recorded … Read more
Alarming news has emerged from the Sindh province, as there has been a concerning surge of 3,076 malaria patients reported in a single day. Hyderabad Division alone reported 1,455 cases, indicating a significant outbreak in that region. Additionally, Larkana documented 767 cases, while Mirpur Khas saw 479 malaria patients. The situation is no less distressing … Read more
No cases have been reported in Karachi. Larkana Division reported 26 cases on Monday. The total number of malaria cases has reached 390,605. Malaria has taken the shape of an epidemic in Sindh; in the last 24 hours, 795 cases of malaria were reported in the province, Bol News reported. According to details, the spokesperson … Read more
The war on malaria continues in Sindh province. Two precious people became victims of malaria this year. 17 malaria cases were reported in Karachi. Karachi: Malaria cases continue to increase in Sindh; during the last 24 hours, 3 thousand 45 cases of malaria were reported in Sindh on Wednesday, Bol News reported. 1 thousand 319 … Read more
1,131 patients became victims of malaria in the last 24 hours. One patient is only from Karachi, while others are from different districts. People are requested to take safety measures to be safe and secure. The malaria outbreak continues in Sindh; 1,131 more cases were reported in twenty-four hours, according to the Health Department of … Read more
The Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh, Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqir, has taken notice of a rise in malaria cases across the province. More cases of malaria are being reported from Hyderabad Division, Mirpurkhas Division, Larkana, and Sukkur Division, according to Maqbool Baqir. He urged the Health Department and Local Government Department to take necessary actions … Read more
According to AFP, Niger’s health minister has approved the vaccination of children under the age of five against malaria with a ground-breaking British vaccine. Malaria claimed the lives of 4,000 persons in the impoverished Sahel region in 2021, the majority of them were children. “The Niger government has approved the use of the RTS, S/AS01 … Read more
(Xinhua) — DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) — Tanzanian health officials honoured World Malaria Day on Monday by pledging to eradicate the deadly disease in the East African country by 2030. The Minister for Health, Ummy Mwalimu, said in a statement to mark World Malaria Day that the Tanzanian government, in collaboration with development partners, is … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on … Read more
More than 1,000,000 youngsters in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have now acquired as a minimum one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization stated Thursday. The “breakthrough” RTS,S vaccine turned into pioneered in Malawi in April 2019 and located to be secure and to extensively lessen severe cases of the ailment, the … Read more
NAIROBI – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched malaria and COVID-19 PCR diagnostic kits in a bid to boost timely detection and treatment of the two diseases. Rashid Aman, the chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that the malaria rapid diagnostic kit (PlamoCheck) and the PCR COVID-19 testing kit (KEMCoV PCR) … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The coronavirus pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank, which reveal more than half a billion people are being pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for health … Read more
ABIDJAN: A ground-breaking vaccine against malaria has stoked hopes in Africa of rolling back a disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year, many of them youngsters. Since 2019, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have immunised more than 800,000 children under a pilot programme using the RTS,S vaccine. It is the first to show significant protection … Read more
The World Health Organization – WHO has declared China malaria-free on Wednesday. China is the first country in the Western Pacific district to completely eradicate the dangerous infection in more than 30 years. Malaria is a scrounging disease spread through the bite of a female mosquito, worldwide the deadly infection has claimed 400,000 lives in … Read more
According to a report released on malaria by the World Health Organization (WHO), pregnancy reduces a woman’s immunity to malaria, rendering her more susceptible to infection and at greater risk of illness, severe anaemia and death. The report said that the burden of suffering and death caused by malaria is unacceptable, because it is largely … Read more
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has procured a drone to search and kill mosquito larvae for preventing spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria. According to sources the drone, christened Vinash, can fly up to a height of 20-storey building and is fitted with a Global Positioning System. “The drone will click images of … Read more
United Nations World Health Organization WHO has introduced new techniques for the elimination of dangerous disease dengue and malaria. Using a process known as Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) – developed decades ago to target crop-eating insects in the United States – UN researchers have spent the last 10 years adapting it to mosquitoes. Working with … Read more
