Cyprian Musoke | 20 Aug 2023 | New Vision
While the National Medical Stores (NMS) cannot supply enough malaria drugs to meet the needs of Ugandans, it spends billions of shillings importing huge quantities of less needed drugs which end up expiring, the Auditor General's investigation has revealed.
Sarah Boseley | 17 Aug 2023 | guardian.co.uk
A few years ago any fever was treated as malaria because many children suffered from malaria and there was no simple diagnostic test. This situation has changed, thanks to advances in malaria prevention.
None | 17 Aug 2023 | US News and World Report
As part of the £1.5 million project, researchers are now testing the drug to determine how the treatment could progress to clinical trials. The drug is made from simple organic molecules and will be cheaper to mass produce compared to existing therapies.
None | 16 Aug 2023 | Business Daily (Nairobi)
The Uganda office of the WHO and the country's National Drug Authority are satisfied that the new version of the controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill does not threaten the importation and production of generic drugs by conflating them with fake drugs, as the first draft of the bill did.
Joy Phumaphi | 09 Aug 2023 | The East African
Ten years ago, 40 African heads of state convened in Nigeria and signed the Abuja Declaration, an ambitious plan to cut Africa's malaria burden in half by the end of 2010.
Malcolm Moore | 05 Aug 2023 | Daily Telegraph (UK)
China is depriving poor countries of badly-needed cash to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by exploiting a loophole to drain a World Bank fund, a former official has complained.
Jeremy Laurance | 05 Aug 2023 | The Independent
When I see a packet of malaria pills I think of that famous Clint Eastwood line from Dirty Harry, delivered as he pointed his .44 magnum at a bank robber and neither of them could remember how many shots he had fired, or whether there was still one left in the chamber.
Richard van Noorden | 03 Aug 2023 | Nature
From bust to boom to bust again: artemisinin, the key ingredient of
front-line antimalarial drugs, is entering the third chapter of its
turbulent history. A decade ago, the compound — available only from the
sweet wormwood plant Artemisia annua — was scarce and expensive.
Sebastian Mrindoko | 28 Jul 2023 | Daily News (Tanzania)
The AU member states are looking at the possibility of using DDT safely to eliminate malaria mosquitoes which has continued to claim thousands of lives every year.
Yoweri Museveni & Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | 26 Jul 2023 | Wall Street Journal Europe
This month Uganda has the honor of hosting the annual meeting of the African Union, which brings together more than 40 heads of state to discuss issues of critical importance to our continent. More than ever before, Africa needs strategic leadership, vision and courage to address the challenges we face.