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Malaria: More cases reported in Costa Rica’s Huetar Caribbean Region

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the malaria outbreak situation in the Huetar Caribbean Region of Costa Rica, the Health Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health reports a total of 115...

Panama reports more than 3,000 malaria cases year to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the Republic of Panama, 3,124 diagnosed cases of malaria have been registered so far, of which 94% are located in the following four areas: the East Panama Region, Darién, Guna...

Costa Rica: Malaria outbreak reaches 105 cases in the Huetar Caribbean Region

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data from the Health Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health, as of April 13 of this year, a total of 105 positive cases of malaria have been identified in...

Oxford malaria vaccine licensed for use in Ghana

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The University of Oxford-developed and Serum Institute of India PvT Ltd (SIIPL)- manufactured and scaled up R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine, leveraging Novavax’s adjuvant technology,...

Costa Rica reports falciparum malaria outbreak in Limón province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in Costa Rica are reporting an outbreak of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum in Limón province on the east coast of the country. As of April 7, 2023, the...

Solomon Islands: Increase in cases of Malaria and Dengue recorded in Honiara and other provinces

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Head of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Malaria Program, Mr. Albino Bobogare told local media last week Friday that Honiara including Malaita, Central Islands,...

Ghana records 5.7 million malaria cases in 2021

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, which approximates about 3000 children every day worldwide. Nearly 500,000 African children under the age of five die from this disease annually....

Brazil: Rapid malaria tests begin to be distributed in Yanomami Territory

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The fight against malaria is an emergency and priority action in the mission in the Yanomami territory. The Ministry of Health begins to distribute, as of this Friday (Feb 10), six...

Burundi reports progressive increase in malaria in recent years

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Ministry of East African Community Affairs, Youth, Sports and Culture, The Republic of Burundi is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa,...

Taiwan reports imported falciparum malaria case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there is one new imported case of malaria in the country. This is the first case of the year. The individual...