by Dr. K Amponsah-Manager I have written on malaria in the past. Since then, much has changed and nothing has changed. There are more than 400 million cases of malaria annually. Most of malaria infections and deaths occur in Sub-Saharan African where the most vulnerable are infants, pregnant mothers and seniors. In fact, it is… Continue reading Malaria: Focus on Prevention and Get the African Privileged Engaged
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Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Glenmark Pharmaceuticals final approval to sell a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) malaria drug Malarone. In April 2010, Glenmark settled a patent litigation with GlaxoSmithKline over atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride 250 milligram/100mg tablets–the generic version of Malarone. The Indian company can sell the generic tablets… Continue reading Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
President Jonathan, I Can Hear You
The President posted on his Facebook page what he anticipates the budget to help Nigeria to accomplish. Among the many things he said, the one that
Text messaging to combact malaria
Mobile phones could soon be helping re-assure Nigerians and Ghanaians they are getting genuine medicine.
Aggregated Health News
Reports highlight significant progress in malaria control, HIV prevention and treatment and reproductive health initiatives across the African continent
Malian officials in trouble: Global Fund suspends malaria
While global campaigns are gathering momentum to raise funds for malaria research and prevention, Malian officials have their own plan. Read on
Eradicating malaria in Sub-saharan Africa, Yes We Can
As promised last week, this is a response to the recommendations by the international team of experts on what governments and organizations should be doing with malaria.