Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive, Janerose Tioko, stated that malaria accounted for 30 percent of the reported ...

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A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and Alliance partners, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), PATH and CHAI rolled out a malaria vaccination ...

"Malaria has been one of Uganda’s biggest health challenges, accounting to nearly 30 percent of outpatient visits and 20 percent of hospital death with our children of under five bearing ...

Each child will receive three doses and a booster dose, bringing the total injections to four to optimise protection against ...

The Enugu State Government has asked residents to report any healthcare facility charging for anti-malaria drugs and testing within the next two years.The Commissioner for Health, Prof Ikechukwu Obi, ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda on Wednesday launched a landmark malaria vaccination campaign, aiming to immunize 1.1 million children under two years old in its largest rollout to date. Prime ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...