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PH malaria cases down by almost 26 pct in 2022

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 04:40 PM

The Philippines recorded 3,192 cases of malaria in 2022, a decline of 25.7 percent from 4,297 cases in 2021, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

Palawan is only province not free of malaria - DOH

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 02:36 PM

Palawan is the only province in the Philippines that is not yet free of malaria, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

DOH: Oriental Mindoro declared malaria-free

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 05:35 PM

Oriental Mindoro has been declared free from malaria, the Department of Health said Thursday. Read more »

Global Fund seeks $18-B to end HIV, TB and malaria

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 03:58 PM

The Global Fund will hold a donor conference in New York where it aims to raise at least $18 billion during an event hosted by US President Joe Biden. Read more »

New malaria vaccine results raise hopes of mass rollout

Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 07:37 AM

A booster dose of a new malaria vaccine maintains a high level of protection against the disease, researchers said Thursday. Read more »

Pilipinas Shell Foundation celebrates 40th anniversary

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:14 AM

Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc (PSFI), the social arm of Shell companies in the country, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday. Read more »

Malaria deaths rise by 69,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19

Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 07:23 AM

Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year. Read more »

WHO OKs use of first malaria vaccine for children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 05:08 AM

Malaria symptoms include fever, headaches and muscle pain, then cycles of chills, fever and sweating. Read more »

COVID worsens fight vs HIV, TB, malaria: Global Fund

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 07:34 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday. Read more »

After COVID jab, BioNTech sets sights on malaria vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 06:38 AM

Germany's BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said Monday it aimed to start trialing a malaria vaccine next year using the same breakthrough mRNA technology.   Read more »

‘Landmark’ advance, as malaria vaccine first to hit WHO goal

Anna Malpas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 04:13 AM

A new malaria vaccine has proven 77 percent effective in trials on infants, British researchers said Friday, in what could prove to be a potential game-changer against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.   Read more »

7 of top 10 killers pre-COVID era were non-communicable diseases: WHO

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 06:59 AM

The WHO's new Global Health Estimates, adding 2019 data to statistics going back to 2000, found that people were living longer lives -- but those extra years were not necessarily lived in good health. Read more »

WHO warns malaria fight flat-lining

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 10:39 AM

Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health Organization said Monday, with more than 400,000 people once again estimated to have died from the disease last year. Read more »

Unbreakable? After malaria and COVID-19, man survives cobra bite in India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 12:09 AM

A British charity worker who survived coronavirus, dengue and malaria was recovering after a potentially deadly snake bite in western India's Rajasthan state.    Read more »

Invasive Asian mosquito species threatens African cities: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 08:28 AM

WASHINGTON - A species of mosquito originally from Asia threatens to put tens of millions of city-dwellers in Africa at higher risk of catching malaria as the invading insect spreads throughout the continent, a study said Monday.   Read more »

Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes

Nicolas Gubert and Amélie Baubeau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:28 AM

As infection rates of illnesses carried by mosquitoes increase, companies and researchers are racing to develop effective means of controlling the blood-sucking creatures' population. Read more »

Pandemic risks 'surge' in infectious disease deaths

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 07:16 AM

PARIS, France - Poorer nations could see hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as COVID-19 disrupts vital health services and access to life-saving treatment, new research warned Tuesday. Read more »

WHO halts trial of malaria drug in COVID-19 patients

Kate Kelland and Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 09:27 AM

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit.   Read more »

How a vaccine made of mosquito spit could help stop the next epidemic

Clare Baldwin, Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 07:12 AM

The vaccine, if it pans out, would protect against all of the pathogens the insects inject into humans - malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, West Nile, Mayaro viruses and anything else that may emerge. Read more »

Proofs that life will go back to the old normal

Roberty Labayen
Posted at Jun 09 12:06 AM

With modern medicine, it has been proven that humankind eventually defeats even a mega killer disease. Read more »