Medical Services International Inc has developed a rapid test kit for malaria. The Company has finished all the preliminary testing of its new VScan malaria test kit. Test results show that the kit is ...

Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has engaged in rapid marketing of its new malaria testing kit as the agency seeks approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Sophie Uyoga, a ...

Minister of Health Alex Katakwe has directed the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) to submit a report ...

A student-professor team at Case Western Reserve University has invented a hand-held malaria detector that works on an unusual principle: Malaria parasites are stuffed with iron, so their innards can ...

At the moment, testing for malaria is done using slides in laboratories. It takes up to one hour to obtain results. However, the new malaria diagnostic kit gives results in just 10 minutes. "The new ...