MALARIA VACCINE PILOT TOPS HEALTH STORIES FOR 2018
BBC News --The upcoming pilot introduction of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, in addition to famine and antibiotic resistance top the BBC's global health stories to expect in 2018. Read the…
BILL GATES: WHY I DECIDED TO EDIT AN ISSUE OF TIME
TIME --Bill Gates guest edits an issue of TIME magazine to discuss how the world is getting better in terms of health outcomes, despite the perception the world is falling…
WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO TAME MALARIA
Daily Nation --"The World Malaria Report released recently bore both good and bad news. According to the study, malaria deaths declined and disease surveillance improved in many countries. However, global…
ZAMBIA'S MULTIPRONGED STRATEGY FOR ELIMINATING MALARIA
Devex --"Joba Edwards spends the night outside in a tee-shirt and shorts, with a flashlight in hand, waiting for mosquitoes to bite him. When they do, he catches the bugs…
MALARIA ENDGAME: HOW THE WORLD IS FIGHTING THE KILLER PARASITE
Hindustan Times --"Mosquitoes have no passports and recognize no borders, but the environmental health officer at Kazungula Port Health Office 70-km away from the Victoria Falls at Livingstone, Zambia, has…
A ZAMBIAN CHIEFTAN TALKS ON WAR, HUNTING AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA
Hindustan Times --"Chief Mukuni’s thatched home has all the trappings of a palace – lion-skin rug, elephant-leg stools, mounted buffalo heads, giant tusks, even a carved throne. His chiefdom spreads…
'HUMAN BAIT VOLUNTEERS' ARE HELPING BEAT MALARIA IN ZAMBIA
Hindustan Times --"Joba Edward, 27, is a fisherman by day and a human mosquito-trap by night. He is among three pairs of men recruited as ‘human landing collectors’ at one…
THE WORLD IS OFF TRACK IN ITS GOAL TO ELIMINATE MALARIA. HERE'S WHY.
LA Times --"Progress toward the global elimination of malaria has stalled, according to a report to be published Wednesday by the World Health Organization.The world made big gains against malaria…
AS PARTS OF ZAMBIA BEAT BACK MALARIA, THE NATION SETS A LOFT GOAL: ZERO TRANSMISSIONS
LA Times --"Wearing blue overalls, green rubber gloves and a helmet while hauling a 22-pound canister of insecticide on her back, Emely Mwale stood inside a small hut and took…
FAKE MEDICINE HAS LIKELY KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, AGENCY SAYS
TIME --"About 11 percent of medicines in developing countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of children from diseases like malaria and pneumonia every…
STATEMENT ON THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2017
Seattle, November 29, 2017 – This year’s World Malaria Report exposes the high stakes of maintaining the progress the world has made against malaria since 2000, an achievement that makes…
WHO AND PARTNERS TAKE ON MALARIA: THE TOP KILLER IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA
World Health Organization --"Following more than 8 years of conflict in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, some 3.7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and all are at…
