Category: Malaria

Commonwealth health ministries under pressure amid rise in climate-related illnesses

Heat stress and increase in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states, warns secretary general Lady ScotlandClimate change is now the biggest concern facing health ministers in Commonwealth countries, the...

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UK criticised for ‘disastrous decision’ to cut health aid pledge by almost a third

Charities say reduced donations to the Global Fund will lead to the preventable deaths of up to 1.5 million peopleCharities and MPs have criticised the UK for reducing the amount of money it gives to a major global health fund...

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Pledge aid or deprive Commonwealth’s poorest in diseases fight, UK warned

Latest advances to curb Aids, tuberculosis and malaria are beyond reach without funding, says Global Fund’s executive directorSome of the poorest countries in the Commonwealth may be left unable to deploy cutting-edge UK...

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Malaria vaccine a step closer as experts urge Truss not to ‘turn off the tap’ on funding

Chance to eradicate diseases such as malaria could be lost and UK innovation squandered if global health investment is cut, jab co-creator tells PMThe co-inventor of a groundbreaking vaccine that could eradicate malaria has...

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WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa

World Health Organization’s director general hails ‘historic day’ in fight against parasitic diseaseThe World Health Organization has recommended the widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine, in a move...

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