malaria

Further coronavirus-related death… plus more

Further coronavirus-related death… plus more

Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Monday, April 26, 2021

Further coronavirus-related death in Monaco
 A Monaco resident aged 83 who had tested positive for coronavirus died on Sunday, the Monaco health authorities said.

Historic Grand Prix enjoys roaring success The 12th Historic Monaco Grand Prix enjoyed a roaring success on its return to the Principality this year. Seven races spanned several decades of Formula 1…

‘There is nothing more exciting than Monaco’
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MAMaZ Against Malaria at Scale set to benefit four times more people at risk of malaria in rural Zambia

MAMaZ Against Malaria at Scale set to benefit four times more people at risk of malaria in rural Zambia

We are delighted to announce the scale up of Transaid and partners’ highly successful MAMaZ against Malaria (MAM) pilot project. This comes after securing matched funding from Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) and the Government of Canada that will allow the project to benefit around four times as many people living in rural Zambia – from 54,000 to 200,000.

Transaid, along with a consortium of...

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Steps to be taken to prevent malaria

Gard Club issued an alert concerning malaria which remains one of the world’s leading killers and seafarers must not lower their guard when visiting an area where there is a risk of exposure to this mosquito-borne disease. The progress in fighting malaria has levelled off.

WHO’s latest World Malaria report noted that there were no successful steps take in mitigating malaria cases in the period 2015 to 2017.

The estimated number of malaria deaths in 2017, at 435 000, remained virtually unchanged...

https://safety4sea.com/steps-to-be-taken-to-prevent-malaria/

UK Club: Preventing malaria transmission

In 2017, there were an estimated 219 million cases of malaria in 90 countries” and deaths caused by malaria reached 435,000, according to data provided by World Health Organisation (WHO). Meanwhile, UK P&I Club said it has recently been informed of two deaths and two cases of serious illness (three months in hospital each) due to malaria.

These cases arose despite the crew member being on medication to prevent the disease. It was later found that the crew members either did not have the correct...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-club-preventing-malaria-transmission/