Roll Back Malaria Partnership launches Global Call to Action to increase coverage of preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy throughout sub-Saharan Africa

-Power of One campaign, supported by exclusive treatment sponsor Novartis, raises funds for three million treatments for children with malaria

-Novartis associates rallied behind Power of One to fund close to 500,000 antimalarial treatments for Zambia

-Company reaches delivery landmark with 700 million antimalarial treatments supplied without profit in 60 malaria-endemic countries since 2001

Novartis (http://www.novartis.com) announced today that, through Power of One, enough funds have...

-Mobile internet use doubling year-on-year, with usage expected to increase 20 times in the next five years

-By 2017, 3G technology will outstrip 2G to become the region’s dominant form of mobile connection

-Ericsson predicts 930 million mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2019, with 557m smartphone and 710m broadband subscriptions

 Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) (http://www.ericsson.com), a world leader in communications technology and services, has today revealed the scale...

The first ever vaccine for malaria has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, meaning it is close to being introduced for use in Africa.

Hon. ambassador Mwaidi Sinare Maajar followed by honorable Minister of Science and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa together with the author Mr. Norman Moyo beating the drums marking the unveiling of the book “Rumble in the Jungle” to the invited guests, the event took place at the Hyatt Hotel, far right is the MC of the event, Taji Liundi.

A Tanzanian based telecommunications executive, Norman Moyo, CEO of Helios Towers Tanzania launched his first leadership book called Rumble in the...

Dr. Linus Igwemezie, Head of the Novartis Malaria Initiative.

WHO prequalified Coartem® 80/480mg is the first and only  high strength malaria treatment available for donor-funded public sector procurement

*WHO prequalified Coartem® 80/480mg is the first and only  high strength malaria treatment available for donor-funded public sector procurement

*Coartem® 80/480mg reduces the pill burden for patients, potentially improving adherence to treatment and clinical outcomes

*This follows the...

The Ecobank Foundation, along with two of its partners, the West African College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians (London) today launched the second year of a strategic partnership to reduce the impact of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

The Millennium Development Goal 6 Partnership for African Clinical Training, also known by the acronym ‘M-PACT,’ is a three-year project sponsored by the Ecobank Foundation, and managed by the West African College of Physicians together with...

StarAfrica Sounds 2015: what if you were the new Star?

StarAfrica supports young talents: In order to promote new African music talents, StarAfrica.com – Orange’s entertainment portal in Africa (http://www.starafrica.com) – is launching the fourth edition of the StarAfrica Sounds music contest. The 2014 edition was a great success with 88 candidates and more than 50,000 votes.

For this 4th edition, Marema, winner of the 2014 StarAfrica jury’s prize and of the 2014 “Prix Découvertes RFI”,...

Organised jointly by the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara, Tanzania, and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute with the financial support of the Impact malaria, a Sanofi Access to Medicines program and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Malaria course is a tutorial that is aimed at strengthening competence of researchers, public health personnel and care givers to fight Malaria in Africa. Participants are taught how to conduct...