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Malaria vaccine approval has already had 'tremendous impact', WHO official says
Dr. Mary Hamel, the World Health Organization's malaria vaccine implementation lead, says the recent approval of the vaccine has already had a 'tremendous impact' in the fight against malaria and the challenge moving forward will be...
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WHO recommends world's first malaria vaccine for African children
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called it a "historic moment".
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WHO recommends 1st malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization has recommended a widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine, which it says could save tens of thousands of lives each year. The vaccine, administered in four doses, is able to prevent four out of 10...
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Malaria vaccine a ‘breakthrough for science’, WHO chief says
The World Health Organization has endorsed the first ever malaria vaccine, a game changer in the battle against one of the leading causes of childhood deaths.
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‘Historic’ malaria vaccine explained
The World Health Organization is backing the roll-out of the first-ever vaccine against malaria, a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. So what happens now?
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Kenyan researchers celebrate WHO approval of new malaria vaccine
Researchers and health professionals are celebrating the World Health Organization's approval of a new malaria vaccine.
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Researchers hail possible malaria vaccine breakthrough
Year-long trial by Oxford University researchers carried out in Burkina Faso shows up to 77 percent efficacy.
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South Sudan flooding: Few shelters for displaced communities
Thousands at risk of water-borne diseases and in desperate need of food, shelter and drinking water.
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Malaria deaths surge in Africa amid fight against COVID-19
Why Malaria-related deaths in Africa could more than double this year.
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Clearer answers about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19 emerging
New research is helping move toward solid evidence about whether the controversial anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine can be used to prevent or treat COVID-19.
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Senegal trials begin for $1 COVID-19 test kit
Trials have begun in Senegal on a coronavirus testing kit that gives results in 10 minutes.
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World Malaria Day: Governments urged to prevent rise in deaths
WHO officials are warning governments to move fast to contain outbreaks.
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Anti-malaria drug used to fight COVID-19 in Senegal
The World Health Organization warns against the use of Chloroquine, but some Senegalese doctors say it is a cheaper solution.
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Lockdowns across U.S. empty streets, close businesses
Citizens of four states are in lockdown to try and reduce the spread of the coronavirus forcing many businesses to lay off staff, while U.S. President Donald Trump touts an unproven, but potential treatment for COVID-19.
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Virus treatment push: Trump urges regulators to speed up cures
As critics question Trump’s handling of the crisis, the US president continues to blame China for its spread.
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Could AI help fight mosquito-borne diseases?
Diseases like dengue fever, malaria or Zika are responsible for hundreds of thousands of death every year around the globe. Researchers are now trying to use artificial intelligence to help health officials locate and prevent...
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Gates Foundation CEO wants to eradicate polio, tuberculosis, and malaria by 2045
The Gates Foundation announced that it will be making a $200 billion commitment over the next two decades to eliminate or drastically reduce deaths from several disease—then it will close its doors.
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UNICEF marks World Malaria Day with rollout of new vaccine in Mali
The United Nations children's organization UNICEF is launching today's World Malaria Day with the rollout of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Mali, the 20th country to introduce it.
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Malaria breakthrough: Nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes
A recent study has identified a new medication, nitisinone, which has the potential to suppress the mosquito population and control malaria. Watch this report for more details!
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Scientists develop genetically-modified mosquitoes to fight malaria
An International team of scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes in the hope that they can halt one of the world's deadliest diseases, i.e., Malaria from spreading further. Watch this video to find out more.
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Disease outbreaks could grow after cuts to USAID, says former agency head
Samantha Power, former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, says cases of paralytic polio and malaria could rise and that the U.S. is acting like it’s ‘cut off from the rest of the world.’
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DR Congo: Mystery illness kills 53 people, WHO on alert
A deadly unknown illness has killed about 53 people in Northwestern DR Congo in just five weeks, with doctors warning that it is spreading quickly and has a high fatality rate. Watch this report for more details!
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Deadly illness in DR Congo claims 53 lives in just five weeks
A deadly unknown illness has killed about 53 people in Northwestern DR Congo in just five weeks, with doctors warning that it is spreading quickly and has a high fatality rate. Watch this report for more details!