Koko News | Health | 08 Jul 2025

New Treatment Approved for Babies with Malaria

Anewtreatmenthasbeenapprovedtohelpbabiesandveryyoungchildreninfectedbymalaria.

一種新的治療方法已獲批准，用於幫助感染瘧疾的嬰兒和幼兒。

Malariaisadiseasespreadbyaparticulartypeofmosquitoandcanbelife-threateningifitisn'ttreatedquickly.

瘧疾是一種由特定類型的蚊子傳播的疾病，如果不及時治療，可能會危及生命。

ThetreatmentisexpectedtoberolledoutinAfricancountrieswithinthenextfewweekswheremalariaismostcommonlyfound.

預計未來幾週內，這種治療方法將在瘧疾最常見的非洲國家推廣。

MalariaiscausedbyaparticularkindofinfectedmosquitocalledtheAnopheles, whichistypicallymostactiveatnight. It'sahugeproblemincountriesacrossAsia, Africa, andSouthAmerica.

瘧疾是由一種名為按蚊的受感染蚊子引起的，這種蚊子通常在夜間最為活躍。瘧疾在亞洲、非洲和南美洲等國家造成了嚴重問題。

AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganisation's (WHO) mostrecentfigures, therewerearound263millioncasesofmalariaintheworldin 2023, withmostcasesoccurringinAfrica.

根據世界衛生組織（WHO）的最新數據，2023年全球瘧疾病例約2.63億，其中大部分病例發生在非洲。

MalariaisparticularlyharmfultoyoungchildrenandthediseaseisnotfoundintheUK.

瘧疾對幼兒尤其有害，但英國並未發現這種疾病。

AvaccinetohelppreventcasesofmalariawasrecommendedbytheWHOinOctober 2021.

世界衛生組織於 2021 年 10 月推薦了一種有助於預防瘧疾的疫苗。

Novartis, acompanythatdevelopedthenewtreatment, planstointroduceitinawaythatmakeshealthcaremoreaccessible, withoutaimingtoearnaprofit.

開發這種新療法的諾華公司計劃以一種讓醫療保健更容易獲得的方式推出這種療法，而不是以盈利為目的。

A new treatment has been approved to help babies and very young children infected by malaria.

Malaria is a disease spread by a particular type of mosquito and can be life-threatening if it isn't treated quickly.

The treatment is expected to be rolled out in African countries within the next few weeks where malaria is most commonly found.

Malaria is caused by a particular kind of infected mosquito called the Anopheles, which is typically most active at night. It's a huge problem in countries across Asia, Africa, and South America.

According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) most recent figures, there were around 263 million cases of malaria in the world in 2023, with most cases occurring in Africa.

Malaria is particularly harmful to young children and the disease is not found in the UK.

A vaccine to help prevent cases of malaria was recommended by the WHO in October 2021.

Novartis, a company that developed the new treatment, plans to introduce it in a way that makes healthcare more accessible, without aiming to earn a profit.