Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Tag: Malaria Eradication
Scientists Warn Urgent Action Needed to...
In some parts of Africa, the primary treatment for malaria, artemisinin, is becoming less effective against the parasite that causes the disease. Without immediate changes in health policy, a new analysis warns that millions more deaths could occur.
To Curb Malaria Burkina Faso Tests...
Malaria vaccines produced in Burkina Faso aren’t the only ones being tested in the country to combat the mosquito-borne disease. Scientists in the West African country have been breeding genetically engineered mosquitos with the aim of reducing mosquito populations’ ability to transmit malaria
Africa Malaria Vaccine
In an exclusive interview with VOA, the director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute says their new malaria vaccine, tested in Burkina Faso, has shown a preliminary efficacy rate of 77%, which could help prevent over 400,000 deaths a year, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa
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A Museum in Washington D.C. dedicated to Palestine Causes and highlights the Palestine Culture and Heritage. A special report Drones are being used as a new weapon in the fight against Malaria on the island of Zanzibar. In the village of Cheju in particular, drones are spraying a silicone-based liquid on large stretches of stagnant …
Malawi Rolls Out Africa’s First Malaria...
As the World Health Organization marks W1orld Malaria Day, April 25, Malawi has launched the pilot phase of Africa’s first malaria vaccine. The WHO chose Malawi, alongside Ghana and Kenya, because of the high numbers of malaria cases and treatment facilities