News Mali Health: Malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa
Different methods and data sources have been utilized to determine the relationship between malaria and mortality in endemic countries. Most of these efforts have focused on deaths directly attributed to malaria, while they overlooked causes of mortality that might be indirectly related to the disease, for instance anemia. We estimated the association of malaria parasitaemia, anemia, and malaria-anemia comorbidity with all-cause under-five mortality and evaluated the potential of malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence to quantify malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. We analysed data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and employed Bayesian geostatistical models. Mortality hazard obtained from malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence was up to 3·5 times higher compared to the hazard related to Plasmodium parasitaemia only. Malaria parasite prevalence alone could not always capture a statistically important association with under-five mortality. Geographical variation of the malaria-anemia comorbidity effect was observed in most, but not all, countries. We concluded that the malaria burden in sub-Saharan Africa is considerably underestimated when anemia in not taken into account and that the malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence provides a useful measure of the malaria-related deaths.
News Mali Health: UNAIDS to get new chief after divisive Sidibe era
Sidibe, who was born in 1952, left UNAIDS in May after a decade-long tenure to become Mali's health minister. After Sidibe resigned, Guterres applauded his "dedication and championing of an AIDS ...
News Mali Health: Mali acquires safe central drug storage in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has acquired a safe drug warehouse thanks to cooperation with the United States, the Ministry of Health told PANA in Bamako on Tuesday ...
News Mali Health: Floods and Intercommunal Violence in Central Mali: Thousands of Displaced Persons Await Humanitarian Assistance
Recent heavy rains in the Mopti region of Mali have caused floods ... non-food items, and health care). Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Organization for Migration (IOM). ...
News Mali Health: Thai Hom Mali rice - A favourite for Hong Kong foodies
BANGKOK , June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand, has introduced a project called "Think RICE, Think THAILAND " to encourage international community ...
News Mali Health: Hindu forest officer in Maharashtra observes 'roza' on behalf of ailing driver
Speaking to ANI while detailing about his schedule, Mali said, "On 6 May, I asked him if he will keep roza. He said he won't be able to as his health does not support him because of duty. So, I told ...
News Mali Health: Opinion: Gender equality is central to achieving UHC and climate mitigation
Women queue for a free medical check-up in Bamako, Mali. Photo by: Marco Dormino / U.N. / CC BY-NC-ND The high-level meeting has the potential to change the health and lives of millions of people, the ...
News Mali Health: Mali celebrates 2019 Eid after moon sighting, rest of Muslim world waits
Muslims in Mali on Monday celebrated the post Ramadan fete of Eid-ul ... In his Eid message, president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, IBK, prayed for health, peace and prosperity for a country wracked by ...
News Mali Health: Mali's new health minister criticised for "defective leadership" at UN Aids body
UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibe, whose tenure at the agency was marred by allegations of serious mismanagement, has been appointed health minister of his native Mali.Sidibe had been scheduled to stand down in June, six months before the official end of his tenure, following widespread concern over his conduct
News Mali Health: Damaged in Scandal, Head of U.N. AIDS Agency Resigns Suddenly
Michel Sidibé, the executive director of the agency, U.N.AIDS, has accepted a position as the minister of health and social affairs in his native Mali, the agency said in a statement that extolled ...
News Mali Health: Mali: UNAIDS Chief Charged With Enabling 'Culture of Harassment' Joins Mali Govt
Dakar — A U.N. executive accused of creating a "boys' club" culture of sexual harassment and bullying has been appointed Mali's new health minister, according to the government. Michel Sidibe ...
News Mali Health: Mali gives top job to UN executive accused of 'tolerating harassment'
Michel Sidibe is to leave UNAids and take up a position as a health minister in Mali. Photograph: Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo A senior UN official accused of “tolerating harassment and abuse of authority ...
News Mali Health: As a Malian, the slogan ‘zero malaria starts with me’ has special meaning
Mali and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa ... we can make to solving one of our biggest, most persistent health challenges.
News Mali Health: Team Vaccine: Immunizing Every Child Is A Global Group Effort
"Many of the places we need to reach are really remote and accessible only by foot." Working out of a UNICEF-supported health center in the Mopti region of Mali, mobile vaccinator Mamadou Kassé has ...
News Mali Health: Donkeys deliver vaccines in Mali as diseases spike with violence
DAKAR, April 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With spiralling ethnic violence exposing more children in Mali to fatal diseases, health workers are using donkeys and boats to deliver life-saving ...
News Mali Health: Mali: Another Setback for Stability in Mali
This was one of the biggest demonstrations in Mali since the March 1991 protests ... Repeated strikes have paralysed the education, justice and health sectors. The discontent revolves around ...
