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Zimbabwe Faces Malaria Crisis as Suspected Cases Top 112,000

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By Rukudzo Gota As Zimbabwe grapples with a staggering rise in malaria cases, health experts are sounding the alarm over nearly 112,000 suspected infections in the first half of 2025, spotlighting the country’s looming public health crisis and the challenges posed by regional outbreaks across southern Africa.  The alarming statistics, released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), highlight a troubling increase from the previous year and raise significant concerns about the efficacy of current mitigation efforts. The latest data reveals that from the beginning of…

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CWGH Applauds Zim Malaria Control Interventions

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THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has commended strides  that have been made by the Zimbabwean government and partners such as Global Fund in the fight to end malaria. By Tanaka Moyo The Global Fund partnership provides 56% of all international financing for malaria and have invested more than US$13.5 billion in malaria control programs since the year 2002. In his their statement to celebrate this year’s Malaria day under the theme ‘Zero Malaria, Draw the line against Malaria’, CWGH’s Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike said the partnerships between…

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Five Malaria Causing Species

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Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium – single-celled organisms that cannot survive outside of their host(s). Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the majority of malaria deaths globally and is the most prevalent species in sub-Saharan Africa. The remaining species are not typically as life threatening as P. falciparum. Plasmodium vivax, is the second most significant species and is prevalent in Southeast Asia and Latin America. P. vivax and Plasmodium ovale have the added complication of a dormant liver stage, which can be reactivated in the absence of…

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