First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone Despite Hurdles Ahead
Dec. 2, 2021 -- The parasite that causes malaria can kill a person within 24 hours of symptoms appearing. Patients’ symptoms are flu-like, including a fever, headache, and chills. It…
Delhi sets up ICU facility to treat rising dengue cases, alert to Zika explosion in Kanpur
The 15-bed facility with ICU support will be available 24 hours for patients of vector-borne diseases. (Representative image)The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set up a treatment facility at Tilak…
Health Ministry rushes expert teams to 9 states and UTs amid surge in dengue cases
A Union Health Ministry statement pegged the total number of dengue cases at 116,991 across the country. (File/PTI)The Union Health Ministry has rushed high-level expert teams to nine states and…
A New Era in Hope and Health Equity: Malaria Vaccinations
By Sophia Ononye-Onyia, PhD, MPH, MBAI was born in Enugu, Nigeria. Malaria was a gruesome reality for all of us. In fact, a child dies from malaria every two minutes, according to…
Malaria vaccine ‘will change African lives forever’
As African countries get the vaccine, Newsbeat speaks to two people who've grown up with Malaria. Source link
Malaria vaccine: When will it be available?
Following the announcement about the first malaria vaccine, we look at some of the key questions. Source link
Mosquirix: The WHO-backed, game-changing vaccine that can lead the fight against malaria
Children below five are most vulnerable to malaria, accounting for 274,000 or 67% of global deaths in 2019. (AP)The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed Mosquirix, the trade name for…
WHO recommends world’s first malaria vaccine for children at risk
The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision…
WHO hails ‘historic’ first proven malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization announced it is recommending the broad use of the first proven malaria vaccine.Produced by pharmaceutical giant GSK, it will be used to help children in Africa…
Anti-malarial drug resistance in Africa sparks concern in India
Currently, several combinations of derived from Artemisinin are registered in the country. (Representational image)A recent New England Journal of Medicine report titled ‘Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa’ has described…