ISTANBUL, March 27 — The Trump administration is set to end United States (US) funding for Gavi, the global vaccine initiative, and scale back malaria efforts, according to documents obtained by The New York Times on Wednesday.

LONDON, Feb 21 — The United States government’s foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world’s poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months, according to two sources familiar with the sector.

KOTA KINABALU, May 12 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) aims for zero new local leprosy cases by 2030.

GUA MUSANG, Sept 25 — The Kelantan State Health Department has so far recorded 215 malaria cases this year, an increase of 84 per cent, or 98 cases, compared with the same period last year, said its director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin.

ACCRA, April 16 — Ghana has confirmed Anopheles stephensi as a new malaria-transmitting mosquito vector for the first time, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced Saturday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — New vector control methods are needed to address the zoonotic malaria infection threat in the country, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 12 — Employers are urged to ensure that their foreign workers undergo a health screening to prevent the transmission of urban malaria as happened in Penang, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

IPOH, July 17 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed that seven deaths involving malaria infection were detected from January 2 to July 9 this year.

LONDON, Nov 30 — Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by Covid-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization warned on Monday.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 — More than 10 million people in Sudan risk contracting water-borne diseases following extensive damage of floods to hundreds of water sources and the collapse of several thousand latrines, China’s Xinhua news agency quoting the UN spokesman as saying Friday.

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, July 10 — The malaria outbreak reported in Ampang is under control as no new infections have been recorded to date, says state executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. The State Health, Welfare, Women Empowerment and Family Committee chairman said the...