Monday, March 11, 2019

Herbs that Cure Malaria

Segun Majekodunmi with agency reports....

The challenge of malaria is still intractable especially in the African countries where mosquitoes are permanent part of the ecosysDtem.
Though statistics rolled out over the years that malaria is a risk for 97% of Nigeria’s population, while the remaining 3% of the population live in malaria free highlands.
However the incidence of malaria is decreasing with the high use of treated nets, but eliminating malaria is still a tall dream.
The World Health Organization some years ago commissioned research to find a vaccine for malaria. In Nigeria, Malaria is a major public health problem. It accounts for more cases and deaths in many other countries in the world.

There is an estimated 100 million cases with over 300,000 deaths per year in the country according to report by the Centre for Malaria Research and Phytomedicine in the University of Port Harcourt (CMRAP).
The Centre for Malaria Research and Phytomedicine is made of research from the University Teaching Hospital (UPTH) and has done a lot of research on the use of herbs to cure malaria. Below are some of the herbs recommended by the CMRAP for the cure of malaria:

Friday, March 1, 2019

Paris to Host 2019 World Malaria Day



The city of Paris in France has been affirmed to host this year's World Malaria Day coming up on April 25 with a series of events to commemorate it.
A communiquĂ© from Roll Back Malaria program reads that this year’s theme, ‘Zero Malaria Starts with Me’ will empower individuals across the world to make a personal commitment to saving millions of more lives and help communities to step up the fight in ending malaria.