None | 23 Nov 2023 | Herald (Harare)
Malaria spraying teams have so far only completed 25 out of 45 districts owing to the fact that chemicals arrived three months later than scheduled, a senior health official has said. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare malaria project manager Dr Joseph Mberikunashe said the completed districts include all hard-to-reach areas such as Binga, Mola in Kariba and Mudzi among others.
None | 13 Oct 2023 | Bizcommunity.com
The inclusion of indoor residual spraying (IRS) in comprehensive malaria control programs is the focus of an international private sector workshop being convened by GBCHealth and the Roll Back Malaria partnership (RBM).
Art Chimes | 07 Oct 2023 | Voice of America
Researchers in West Africa have shown that spraying insecticide indoors can dramatically reduce malaria transmission. Efforts to develop a malaria vaccine have so far been disappointing, so programs to control the disease have focused on preventing transmission of the parasite.
None | 29 Jun 2023 | Ghana Web
The Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service in collaboration with the Ashanti Gold are to combat the incidence of malaria in the Wa Municipality.
Leslie Ramsammy | 25 Apr 2023 | GlobalPost
Although for decades we have had the scientific knowledge and tools to control malaria, the disease continues to kill millions and inflict misery on families and communities as today we mark World Malaria Day.
Cyril Boynes | 14 Apr 2023 | Sowetan
A couple of months ago, when its dog-sledding business lost customers, a Canadian company had 100 of its dogs killed. The incident "shocked" and "angered" people. The employee who shot the dogs said he suffered "post-traumatic stress" from killing them and wants compensation.
Cecilia Rosen | 24 Mar 2024 | SciDev.Net
Nueva evidencia sobre efectos negativos del pesticida DDT sobre la salud y temores ante su reintroducción en algunos países, justifican buscar alternativas a este agente para el control de la malaria.
None | 07 Mar 2024 | Kaieteur News Online
Guyana is adopting strategies that fully utilises biological methods as a control strategy for vectors thus the use of BTI (Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis) is one that should be more widely utilised in Guyana.
Nicholas Kristof | 08 Feb 2024 | New York Times
My former travel buddy, George Clooney, caught malaria in January on a trip to Sudan (see what happens when I'm not around to look out for him?). This seemed an opportunity to shine a spotlight on malaria, one of the scourges of much of the developing world, and George agreed to respond to reader questions.
Vanessa Narine | 20 Jan 2024 | Guyana Chronicle Online
In the last 20 years there have been at least 20 million deaths because of malaria, one million deaths annually, and 250 million cases of fever cause by malaria each year across the globe.