The report indicates global malaria cases grew by about 11 million compared to the year prior while fatalities remained nearly the same. The WHO report said Africa accounted for 95% of global malaria deaths.

Africa accounts for the most number of cases of malaria in the world. The disease is rampant especially in Nigeria owing to poor health infrastructure and population

World Malaria Report has once again signalled the need for African leaders, especially in Nigeria, to adopt effective measures to tackle the epidemic and improve the quality of life in the region.

Olugbenga Mokuolu is a professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and the current Strategic Adviser to

Interview - From fixing open gutters to educating kids about the importance of bed nets, a "whole-of-society" approach is needed to successfully shut down malaria, according to Michael Adekunle Charles,

Ominike Marvis eagerly embraced Nigeria's new malaria vaccine to protect her son. The vaccine, developed by Oxford University, aims to curb malaria in Africa, which bears the highest global burden. Challenges remain,

World Malaria Report has shown that Nigeria accounted for an estimated 40 per cent of malaria cases and 46 per cent of deaths within the 10 High Burden to High Impact countries in 2023.

Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen BAYELSA, Nigeria -- Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria.

NIGERIA stands out as one of the endemic countries for Noma in Africa, with about every 3 in 100 children in Nigeria having this fatal disease that is

BAYELSA, Nigeria (AP) — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a malaria vaccine, she was eager to protect her ...

[LAGOS] From fixing open gutters to educating kids about the importance of bed nets, a “whole-of-society” approach is needed to successfully shut down malaria, according to Michael Adekunle Charles, CEO of RBM Partnership to End Malaria—a global grouping of over 500 organisations dedicated to fighting the disease.

Efforts to tackle malaria have received a boost from the UK government, with a new £5 million( approximately shs23 billion) programme with the RBM Partnership to End Malaria set to renew the push to end the epidemic by 2030.