The country has now transitioned into a more aggressive phase to eliminate malaria, a leading cause of death. The Ghana Health Service (GHS), which announced this yesterday, said the decision followed significant progress made in the control of the epidemic and lessons learnt over the years. Malaria prevalence had reduced from 27.5 per cent in […]
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Let’s train 2 million Ghanaians in malaria treatment – Prof. Binka advocates
An epidemiologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Professor Fred Newton Binka, has advocated the training of more people in the testing for and treatment of malaria. He said he was of the belief that if at least two million people were trained to test and treat malaria, it would […]
How the Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal partnership with BioNTech will produce Covid-19, TB and malaria vaccines
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a first step in the chain of domestic vaccine production which will help improve vaccine supply in Africa. This was announced at a high-level meeting in Marburg, Germany, on Wednesday [February 16, […]
WHO officially declares Algeria and Argentina malaria-free
Malaria has been eliminated from Algeria and Argentina, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, an important milestone in fighting the mosquito-borne disease. WHO said there were now 38 countries and territories that have been declared free of the disease, which has been making a comeback globally. “Algeria has shown the rest of Africa that malaria […]
Ghana can totally eliminate Malaria with vigorous fight and judicious use of resources-First Lady
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has charged stakeholders to prioritize and ensure judicious use of available resources in the fight towards zero incidences of malaria in Ghana. According to her, “malaria is a preventable disease and we have evidence of proven tools that can change our story. What is needed is renewed and vigorous […]