malaria


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an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito

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All on board suffered from malaria--the real, tropical malaria that can kill in three months.
Winterbourne had now begun to think simply of the craziness, from a sanitary point of view, of a delicate young girl lounging away the evening in this nest of malaria. What if she WERE a clever little reprobate?
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara says his administration is committed to tackling the scourge of malaria in the state.
Malaria is a serious and sometimes life-threatening tropical disease that spreads through parasites.
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) says accelerated research and development (RandD) in new tools for malaria prevention and treatment is key if the world is to eradicate malaria in the foreseeable future: today less than 1% of funding for health RandD investment goes to developing tools to tackle malaria.
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 8, 2019-: Yobe, WHO And Malaria Consortium Target Close To 200,000 Children For Malaria Prevention In High Risk Areas.
Keywords: Malaria suspected patients, Prevalence, Relapses, Plasmodiosis, Malakand-Pakistan.
-- Earlier this year, Abbott announced its support of a partnership between the government of the eastern Indian state of Odisha and Malaria No More, which provides technology, expertise and funding support to advance efforts to end malaria in the state.
The Lutheran Church in Liberia Malaria Program (LCLMP) continues to employ various measures in expanding its malaria prevention awareness campaign in rural communities mainly, in central Liberia.
PESHAWAR -- Pakistan has a population of 220 million inhabitants of which 177 million are at risk of malaria, said health experts at World Malaria Day held at Khyber Medical College.
PESHAWAR -- Pakistan has a population of 220 million inhabitants of which 177 million were at risk of malaria with 3.5 million presumed and confirmed malaria cases annually.
Malaria Day with reports that cases of the vector-borne disease had dropped by 7.5 per cent in Vihiga County.
A series of events intended to raise awareness of malaria will be held on Monday in Mondulkiri province's Koh Nhek district, one of the Kingdom's few remaining endemic areas for the disease.