The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership to End Malaria has launched a youth work stream initiative to empower young people in the fight against malaria.

Contrary to warnings by scientists on the need for urgent action to stop the spread of drug-resistant malaria, ‘untreatable’ disease, and uncontrollable mosquitoes, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has said Nigeria

A group, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC), has warned that soaring deaths could occur due to antimicrobial resistance. In a new report, ACDC alerted the public about the increasing likelihood of falling ill or dying from diseases that resist treatment, stating that this has escalated in Africa, with children and other…

Mr Kenneth Maduka, Kogi Project Manager Malaria Consortium, has said that malaria prevalence in the country decreased from 23 per cent in 2018 to 22 per cent in 2021. Maduka, made this known during the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMCbriefing, organised by the organisation in collaboration with Kogi Ministry of Health held in Lokoja. He said…

The Abia State government has commenced the distribution of various malaria commodities to 292 ward health centres under the Malaria IMPACT Project, a Word Bank-assisted project.

Despite the availability of effective treatments, experts have revealed that over 60 percent of Nigerians discontinue oral medications while undergoing treatment. This leads to challenges such as drug resistance, poor patient adherence, and limited malaria management, which in turn hinders the global fight against the societal menace. To effectively revolutionise malaria treatment through consistent dosing,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had prequalified the second dengue vaccine, TAK-003 as a new weapon in the fight against mosquito-borne illness prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. The new vaccine for dengue received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be…

The ongoing funding and persistent political commitment to the prevention and control of malaria have made researchers develop cutting-edge biotechnology that will add new tools to the struggle against malaria.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.

To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.

Dr Godwin Ntadom, the National Coordinator of the Nigerian National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), has stated that it’s important for individuals to always confirm their fever is malaria before taking medicines to treat it. NMEP, an organisation that provides impactful malaria control interventions, made this disclosure during a tweet chat with between Ntadom, and Esther…

As the world marks the 2024 World Malaria Day with the theme::Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world,' Orange Group, a leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, has reiterated its commitment to ensuring everyone has a fair chance at preventing and treating malaria.