New evidence has shown how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been outsmarting Kenya’s health policies for the last 20 years.It shows the parasite not only remembers the medicines it ...

Coartem Baby contains two medicines — artemether and lumefantrine — that work together to fight the malaria parasite. These ...

A major international study led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has confirmed that the drug used to prevent ...

A study suggests that new malaria vaccines could mitigate disease outbreaks caused by climate change and extreme weather events like cyclones, highlighting their importance in maintaining public ...

Novartis said on Tuesday it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said was the first drug to treat ...

GSK’s malaria vaccine—RTS,S or Mosquirix—was celebrated as a major public health milestone in 2021 when it became the first ever shot to get the green light for widespread use in children ...

“Malaria is our number one health problem,” said Mathews Ajwala, a community health worker who gives out the nets to ward off malarial mosquitoes that can cause severe illness and death.

CRITICAL Stakeholders in the health sector have disagreed on plans by the Senate to establish the National Agency for Malaria ...

The federal ministry of justice and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have opposed a ...

With malaria transmission declining in many parts of Africa, 1,2 there is increasing awareness that most acute febrile episodes are due to other infectious diseases — some of which are life ...