Malaria has dreadful health consequences for HIV positive pregnant women and their babies. Sleeping under a net and taking antimalarial pills help HIV positive pregnant women have healthier babies. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS
UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA, Jul 13 2015 (IPS) – Although malaria is both preventable and curable, it still killed an estimated 584,000 people in 2013, the majority of them African children.
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Rwanda is using drone technology as an effective and innovative way of eradicating malaria in breeding sites. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS
KIGALI, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) – Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate locally appropriate control measures to cope with the highest burden of mosquito-borne disease on the continent.
The latest shows that the life-threatening disease remains a significant public health challenge, with both malaria incidence and m…
Globally 75 million children who cannot access education as a result of crises. A dated photo of a Syrian child in a refugee camp in Jordan. Credit: Robert Stefanicki/IPS.
NEW YORK, Oct 5 2020 (IPS) – Teachers are at the heart of children and young peoples’ educational experiences. Teachers play multiple roles in their students’ lives by supporting their learning, providing them with inclusive and safe environments to grow and develop, and helping them become more confident as they make the…