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News Scan for Jun 30, 2021
China awarded malaria-free status; Cutting AIDS, TB, malaria burden
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AIDS; Malaria; Tuberculosis
WHO certifies China as malaria-free
Following China's 70-year battle against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the country has been awarded a malaria-free certification. In a statement, the WHO said that the achievement is notable, given that China reported about 30 million cases each year in the 1940s.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said, "Their success was hard-earned and came only after decades of targeted and sustained action. With this announcement, China joins the growing number of countries that are showing the world that a malaria-free future is a viable goal."
China is the first country in the WHO's Western Pacific region to receive malaria-free certification in more than 30 years. The certifications before that were awarded to Australia, Singapore, Brunei, and Darussalam. Overall, 40 countries have achieved malaria-free certification, most recently El Salvador.
The WHO said China used innovative solutions and was one of the first to test the use of insecticide-treated nets, which it distributed to more than 2.4 million people nationwide in 1988, driving down malaria transmission. Stepped up training, staffing, lab capacity, treatment, and mosquito control further reduced China's cases. The country applied for malaria-free certification in 2020 after reporting 4 years with no locally transmitted cases.
Jun 30 WHO statement
WHO, Global Fund sign agreement to cut AIDS, TB, malaria burdens
The WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria have signed a cooperative and financing agreement to battle the three diseases over the next 2 years, the WHO said today in a statement. The effort is also designed to strengthen health systems.
In the statement, the WHO said the agreement will address some recent challenges with AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria and protect hard-won gains from new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new agreement consists of 10 strategic initiatives, including, for example, expanding preventive TB treatment for people living with HIV in nine African nations. Also, the efforts will speed the introduction of innovative treatments for multidrug-resistant TB through research in Eastern and Central Europe.
Mubashar Sheikh, MD, with the WHO's director-general's office, said, "This agreement supports countries to develop more effective responses to the HIV, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics and build the resilient health systems they need to reach the most vulnerable."
Jun 30 WHO statement
News Scan for Jun 30, 2021
China awarded malaria-free status; Cutting AIDS, TB, malaria burden
Filed Under:
AIDS; Malaria; Tuberculosis
WHO certifies China as malaria-free
Following China's 70-year battle against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the country has been awarded a malaria-free certification. In a statement, the WHO said that the achievement is notable, given that China reported about 30 million cases each year in the 1940s.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said, "Their success was hard-earned and came only after decades of targeted and sustained action. With this announcement, China joins the growing number of countries that are showing the world that a malaria-free future is a viable goal."
China is the first country in the WHO's Western Pacific region to receive malaria-free certification in more than 30 years. The certifications before that were awarded to Australia, Singapore, Brunei, and Darussalam. Overall, 40 countries have achieved malaria-free certification, most recently El Salvador.
The WHO said China used innovative solutions and was one of the first to test the use of insecticide-treated nets, which it distributed to more than 2.4 million people nationwide in 1988, driving down malaria transmission. Stepped up training, staffing, lab capacity, treatment, and mosquito control further reduced China's cases. The country applied for malaria-free certification in 2020 after reporting 4 years with no locally transmitted cases.
Jun 30 WHO statement
WHO, Global Fund sign agreement to cut AIDS, TB, malaria burdens
The WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria have signed a cooperative and financing agreement to battle the three diseases over the next 2 years, the WHO said today in a statement. The effort is also designed to strengthen health systems.
In the statement, the WHO said the agreement will address some recent challenges with AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria and protect hard-won gains from new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new agreement consists of 10 strategic initiatives, including, for example, expanding preventive TB treatment for people living with HIV in nine African nations. Also, the efforts will speed the introduction of innovative treatments for multidrug-resistant TB through research in Eastern and Central Europe.
Mubashar Sheikh, MD, with the WHO's director-general's office, said, "This agreement supports countries to develop more effective responses to the HIV, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics and build the resilient health systems they need to reach the most vulnerable."
Jun 30 WHO statement