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$1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines

afrol News, 21 October - Reversing a downward trend, immunisation rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank.

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Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry

afrol News, 17 September - In a decade-long initiative to protect millions of families from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a US government-funded project helped sell 50 million bed nets in seven countries, crafted a voucher system to allow the poor to receive them for free or partial cost, and created enough incentives for private companies that they invested $88 million to expand their businesses, according to results released today by AED at a conference held at the National Press Club.

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Second US-Egypt clinical study blocked

afrol News, 15 September - A study exploring the healing of diabetic skin ulcers using topical oxygen/ozone gas mixtures could not proceed to completion and was now abandoned, according to Ozonics International, LLC, a veteran-owned biotechnology company engaged in the research and development of ozone-based medical therapies.

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Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin

afrol News, 4 August - Scientists have reported to have discovered the origin of malaria, saying Chimpanzees, native to equatorial Africa, have been identified as the original source of the parasite that likely moved from them to humans via mosquitoes.

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30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign

afrol News, 31 July - Some 30 million youngsters will receive immunization during Nigeria’s first-ever National Child Health Week, launched today by the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the country’s health minister in the capital, Abuja.

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» 22.07.2009 - WHO study says river blindness could be wiped out
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 08.07.2009 - New therapy against malaria in Africa announced
» 22.06.2009 - New hope for MDR TB patients
» 26.05.2009 - Agencies call for funds to replenish yellow fever vaccine supplies
» 30.04.2009 - Cyber criminals exploiting swine flu outbreak, Interpol warns
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 18.02.2009 - Pharmacists suspend strike as negotiations continue
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 16.01.2009 - New malaria medication expected in the market soon
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 09.12.2008 - African tests show malaria vaccine may come in 2011
» 28.11.2008 - Nigeria arrests seller of killer chemical on teething mixture
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 07.11.2008 - Zimbabwe releases $7.3 million global fund money
» 29.10.2008 - Investment in human lives essential amid financial crisis
» 16.10.2008 - Nigeria has hope of eradicating polio
» 03.10.2008 - Africa bound drugs seized in Belgium
» 23.07.2008 - Kenya study proves malaria drugs side effects
» 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment
» 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study
» 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
» 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available
» 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi
» 09.06.2007 - Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa
» 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure
» 07.06.2007 - 2 million Zimbabwe children get polio vaccine
» 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
» 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
» 08.03.2007 - Mali govt to "beat malaria this year"
» 01.03.2007 - New, cheap malaria cure hits African market
» 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills
» 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment"
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 08.12.2006 - Nigeria boosts research into traditional medicine
» 08.12.2006 - China exports more anti-malaria drugs to Africa
» 16.10.2006 - Africans discuss safe blood transfusions
» 08.09.2006 - Mass polio vaccination in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
» 20.02.2006 - New mass campaign against polio in Sudan
» 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger
» 10.11.2005 - New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented
» 16.06.2005 - Polio at Somalia, Somaliland doorstep
» 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda
» 17.01.2005 - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful"
» 13.01.2005 - New African pledge to eradicate polio
» 04.01.2005 - Darfur war may halt worldwide polio vaccination
» 14.12.2004 - Large child health campaign under way in Togo
» 15.10.2004 - Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique
» 15.10.2004 - 7.3 million vaccinated against measles in Madagascar
» 12.10.2004 - Protests against AIDS drug price hike in South Africa
» 05.10.2004 - African polio campaign started in Nigeria
» 14.09.2004 - Uganda, Nigeria to regulate traditional healers
» 09.09.2004 - Traditional healers recognised by South African lawmakers
» 04.09.2004 - Nigeria reaffirms commitment to polio eradication
» 02.07.2004 - Niger polio situation "still a concern"
» 02.07.2004 - Little enthusiasm for generic AIDS drug plans in South Africa
» 01.07.2004 - Polio campaign in north Nigeria starts next week
» 01.06.2004 - New AIDS drug to begin distribution in Nigeria
» 18.05.2004 - Egypt soon polio-free; Niger, Nigeria later on
» 12.05.2004 - Polio vaccines now accepted all over Nigeria
» 06.04.2004 - New uses for West Africa's miracle yohimbe tree
» 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens
» 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable"
» 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire
» 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
» 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa
» 14.01.2004 - Experimental Mozambican mass cholera vaccination begins
» 05.01.2004 - Nigerians confirm polio vaccine is safe
» 18.11.2003 - Human testing of Ebola vaccine has begun
» 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea
» 09.09.2003 - New HIV test approved by Ugandan authorities
» 30.07.2003 - South African Nevirapine farce continues
» 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated

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