Hardest-Hit Nigeria Is Latest African Country to Provide Malaria Vaccine to Young Children BAYELSA, Nigeria (AP) — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a malaria vaccine ...

The report indicates global malaria cases grew by about 11 million compared to the year prior while fatalities remained nearly the same. The WHO report said Africa accounted for 95% of global malaria deaths.

World Malaria Report has once again signalled the need for African leaders, especially in Nigeria, to adopt effective measures to tackle the epidemic and improve the quality of life in the region.

Africa accounts for the most number of cases of malaria in the world. The disease is rampant especially in Nigeria owing to poor health infrastructure and population

Interview - From fixing open gutters to educating kids about the importance of bed nets, a "whole-of-society" approach is needed to successfully shut down malaria, according to Michael Adekunle Charles,

Olugbenga Mokuolu is a professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and the current Strategic Adviser to

World Malaria Report has shown that Nigeria accounted for an estimated 40 per cent of malaria cases and 46 per cent of deaths within the 10 High Burden to High Impact countries in 2023.

Ominike Marvis eagerly embraced Nigeria's new malaria vaccine to protect her son. The vaccine, developed by Oxford University, aims to curb malaria in Africa, which bears the highest global burden. Challenges remain,

NIGERIA stands out as one of the endemic countries for Noma in Africa, with about every 3 in 100 children in Nigeria having this fatal disease that is

BAYELSA, Nigeria — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a malaria vaccine, she was eager to protect her ...

Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, on Friday, hosted the Chinese Consul General, Ms. Yan Yuqing, at his office in Calabar, where he called for greater Chinese investment in the state.

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