by Brussels Communications | Apr 25, 2022 | Brussels, Global Health
The following article was co-authored by MEPs Javi López Fernández and Nicolás González Casares, and published online by Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. Severe anemia, brain damage, miscarriage or delivering small or premature babies are all very real threats to...
by Brussels Communications | Apr 26, 2021 | Brussels, Global Health
Malaria, a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes is among the top killers of adolescent girls globally, contributing 7.4% of deaths among this population. Malaria is a serious health risk during pregnancy...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 28, 2020 | Global Health
Last weekend marked World Malaria Day (April 25) and the start of World Immunisation Week (April 24-30). These two important events in global health are all the more important in a world fighting against a pandemic while we wait for a vaccine. It is possible to reduce...
by Brussels Communications | Apr 27, 2020 | Brussels, Global Health
As the world marks World Malaria Day, the global COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has bought to our attention the health and economic impacts of major infectious diseases, which affect hundreds of millions of people every year. In 2018, there were 228...
by Eoghan Walsh | May 7, 2019 | Advance, Global Health
World Malaria Day on April 25 heralded some fantastic news – our partners at PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative announced that they, together with pharmaceutical company GSK, have been working on a malaria vaccine that has now been given regulatory approval...