VIDEO: The rapid malaria test kit
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In South Africa, young entrepreneur Ashley Uys has developed a rapid malaria test, which will help with early diagnosis.
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Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
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NesiWangu Show.......Malaria Kit
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11 years ago
TheCitizen16 Jan
New malaria test welcome
Malaria, which kills between 800,000 and 1.2 million people worldwide annually, is the leading life-threatening scourge in this country, for it ends lives of up to 80,000 Tanzanians, mostly children and expecting mothers, every year.
11 years ago
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Tanzania Set to Test New Anti-Malaria Drug
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Guangzhou — TANZANIA could be headed to a malaria-free country, thanks to Chinese medical research findings that target the disease-causing parasite itself instead of the mosquitoes which carry it. The current approach to deal with malaria is to control mosquitoes, which spread the disease by either killing them with insecticides or by draining bodies of stagnant water in which their larvae live.
However, Dr Li Guoqiao of the Guangzhou...
5 years ago
Al Jazeera English17 Mar
WHO urges world to 'test, test, test' for COVID-19: Live updates
WHO urges world to 'test, test, test' for COVID-19: Live updates Al Jazeera English'You cannot fight a fire blindfolded': WHO chief blasts slow virus testing response UN NewsWorld seeing rapid jump in COVID-19 cases: WHO Anadolu AgencyWHO: 'Test every suspected case' of COVID-19 - Live updates Al Jazeera English'Test, test, test': WHO chief Tedros' coronavirus message to world The Straits TimesView Full coverage on Google News
10 years ago
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VIDEO: Mariam Ibrahim: 'Jail was a test'
Mariam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, tells the BBC's Tom Esslemont she believes her time in prison was ''a test''.
10 years ago
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VIDEO: Airport adopts infrared Ebola 'test'
The BBC's Tomi Oladipo has been speaking to people in Nigeria's most populous city Lagos as the authorities take measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.
10 years ago
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VIDEO: Mali medics test Ebola vaccine
Anne Soy reports on the Mali health workers receiving experimental doses of a new vaccine against Ebola.
9 years ago
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VIDEO: Bavuma on emotional maiden Test century
Batsman Temba Bavuma says he was full of "emotion" and "relief" after becoming the first black African to score a Test hundred for South Africa as he hit an unbeaten 102 against England in Cape Town.
10 years ago
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VIDEO: Malaria vaccine close to roll-out
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.
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