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Cote d'lvoire cooperates with China in fighting malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
ABIDJAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire is intensifying ... (Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health)
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Common Diseases Biggest Child-Killersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Pfizer, DNDi Partner To Identify NTD Drugs; Sanofi-Aventis, Medicines For Malaria Launch Drug Studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Pfizer and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) on Wednesday announced plans to team up in an effort to identify new drug candidates for the treatment of three tropical diseases, the Associated Press/Business Week reports. The scientists will test the efficacy of Pfizer drug candidates against sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Pfizer, DNDi Partner To Identify NTD Drugs; Sanofi-Aventis, Medicines For Malaria Launch Drug Studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Pfizer and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) on Wednesday announced plans to team up in an effort to identify new drug candidates for the treatment of three tropical diseases, the Associated Press/Business Week reports. The scientists will test the efficacy of Pfizer drug candidates against sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. (Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today)
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

More must be done to tackle global ‘crisis' of road traffic deaths, says Banemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
With traffic accidents causing the deaths of more than one million people every year, more than malaria or diabetes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged greater efforts to better protect the millions upon millions who travel the world's roads every day. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - November 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: organizations

Common Diseases Largest Children Killersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Diarrhea, Pneumonia Each Kill 3.5 Million Kids a Year, More than HIV and Malaria Combined (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Model based geo-statistical methods can be used to interpolate malaria risks in Kenya with precision and our model shows that the majority of Kenyans live in areas of very low P. falciparum risk. As malaria interventions go to scale effectively tracking epidemiological changes of risk demands a rigorous effort to document infection prevalence in time and space to remodel risks and redefine intervention priorities over the next 10-15 years. (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Abdisalan NoorPeter GethingVictor AleganaAnand PatilSimon HayEric MuchiriElizabeth JumaRobert Snow Source Type: journals

[Comment] Responding to China's hypertensive crisisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Raised blood pressure, as with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, exacts its greatest toll on the world's poor. A third of China's 1·3 billion people still live on US$2 a day or less, making the country home to one of the world's largest impoverished populations. Poverty is a powerful facilitator of chronic as well as infectious diseases, and is undoubtedly a major contributor to the 1·3 million premature deaths from increased blood pressure estimated by Jiang He and colleagues, in The Lancet today, to occur in China each year. These investigators followed up a cohort of nearly 170 000 Chinese adults for almost 10 yea...
Source: LANCET - November 20, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Stephen MacMahon, Lijing Yan Tags: Comment Source Type: journals

[Department of Error] Department of Erroremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Ravishankar N, Gubbins P Cooley RJ, et al. Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007. Lancet 2009; 373: 2113–24—In this Article (June 20), the fourth sentence of the Findings section of the Summary should have read: “Of the $13·8 billion DAH in 2007 for which project-level information was available, $4·9 billion was for HIV/AIDS, compared to $0·6 billion for tuberculosis, $0·7 billion for malaria, and $0·9 billion for health-sector support”. Additionally, the second and third sentences in the sixth paragraph of the results should have read: “Disbursements for HI...
Source: LANCET - November 20, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Tags: Department of Error Source Type: journals

Improving childhood malaria treatment and referral practices by training patent medicine vendors in rural south-east Nigeriaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The remarkable change in knowledge and practices observed indicates that training of drug vendors, as a means of communication in the community, is feasible and strongly supports their inclusion in control strategies aimed at improving prompt effective treatment of malaria with referral of severe cases. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Theodora OkekeBenjamin Uzochukwu Source Type: journals

Prevalence of malaria from peripheral blood smears examination: A 1-year retrospective study from the Serbo Health Center, Kersa Woreda, Ethiopiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Summary: Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Over the past years, the disease has been consistently reported as the first leading cause of outpatient visits, hospitalization and death in health facilities across the country. Thus, a retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malaria from peripheral blood smear examination from the Serbo Health Center of Ethiopia. The case notes of all malaria cases treated between July 2007 and June 2008 were carefully reviewed and analyzed. Of the total 6863 smears, 3009 were found to be positive and contribute 43.8% of diagnostic yield. Plasmodium ...
Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kaliyaperumal Karunamoorthi, Mammo Bekele Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Botswana: Govt Reintroduces DDT to Eradicate Malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malaria remains a huge health challenge in Botswana and has compelled the government to reintroduce the use of Dichlo-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT). (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 19, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Population structure analyses and demographic history of the malaria vector Anopheles albimanus from the Caribbean and the Pacific regions of Colombiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The data provide evidence for limited past gene flow between the Caribbean and the Pacific regions, as estimated by mtDNA sequences and current gene flow patterns among An. albimanus populations as measured by MS loci which may be mainly influenced by semi-permeable natural barriers in each biogeographical region that lead to the genetic differences and effective population sizes detected. The relatively high genetic differentiation in the port city of Buenaventura may be the result of specific ecological conditions, human migration and activities and/or differences in effective population sizes. This knowledg...
Source: Malaria Journal - November 19, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lina GutierrezNelson NaranjoAstrid CienfuegosCarlos MuskusShirley LuckhartJan ConnMargarita Correa Source Type: journals

AIDS, UTI, Herpes Vaccines May Exist In 5 Yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market in five years or less. Contrast that with five years ago, when so many companies had abandoned the vaccine business that half the U.S. supply of flu shots was lost because of factory contamination at one of the two manufacturers left. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

A Clinical Trial of the Traditional Medicine Vernonia amygdalina in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Nov 2009, Vol. 15, No. 11: 1231-1237. (Source: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
Source: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine - November 18, 2009 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: article Source Type: journals

Vaccines on horizon for Alzheimer's, herpes, AIDSemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Uganda: Malaria Illness on the Rise in Nkozi Areaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
MALARIA infections top the list of patients seeking medical services at Nkozi Hospital, doctors have said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 18, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Biomed Analysis: To control or eradicate malaria?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Some scientists worry that renewed enthusiasm for malaria eradication could distract from vital control efforts, says Priya Shetty. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - November 18, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: info

Sub-Saharan Africa News in brief: 4–18 November 2009email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New programme to bolster Africa agriculture, malaria control method overlooked, traditional healers have key role in epilepsy, and more. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - November 18, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: info

Vaccines for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes on the horizonemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market in... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

The relationship of Plasmodium falciparum humoral immunity with HIV-1 immunosuppression and treatment efficacy in Zambiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: HIV-1 affects humoral responses to AMA-1, but seems to marginally or not affect humoral responses to other merozoite antigens and VSAs. The latter were important for controlling parasite density and predict treatment outcome. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - November 18, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jean-Pierre Van geertruydenErika Van EijkFrancisca YosaatmadjaWebster KasongoModest MulengaUmberto D'AlessandroStephen Rogerson Source Type: journals

Malaria: Evolution in vector controlemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
ois Renaud Each week some 20,000 people die from malaria. There will be no magic ways of reducing this dreadful toll, not least because the mosquito vector and the parasite itself have formidable abilities to resist control measures. Angles of attack that rest on evolutionary principles are being explored. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - November 18, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Yannis MichalakisFrançois Renaud Tags: News and Views Q & Source Type: journals

Identification of cultivation condition to produce correctly folded form of a malaria vaccine based on Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 in Escherichia coli.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The C-terminal, 19-kDa domain of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 (PfMSP-1(19)) is among the leading vaccine candidate for malaria due to its essential role in erythrocyte invasion by the parasite. We designed a synthetic gene for optimal expression of recombinant PfMSP-1(19) in Escherichia coli and developed a scalable process to obtain high-quality PfMSP-1(19). The synthetic gene construct yielded a fourfold higher expression level of PfMSP-1(19) in comparison to the native gene construct. Optimization of cultivation conditions in the bioreactor indicated important role of yeast extract and substrate...
Source: Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - November 18, 2009 Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Mazumdar S, Sachdeva S, Chauhan VS, Yazdani SS Tags: Bioprocess Biosyst Eng Source Type: journals

{alpha}-Tocopherol transfer protein inhibition is effective in the prevention of cerebral malaria in mice.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: It appears that a deficiency of alpha-tocopherol in the circulation prevents CM and suggests that alpha-TTP is a putative target for the early prevention of CM. PMID: 19923370 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - November 18, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Herbas MS, Okazaki M, Terao E, Xuan X, Arai H, Suzuki H Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: journals

Vaccines On Horizon For AIDS, Alzheimer's, Herpesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Detection of new protein domains using co-occurrence: application to Plasmodium falciparumemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Motivation: Hidden Markov models (HMMs) have proved to be a powerful tool for protein domain identification in newly sequenced organisms. However, numerous domains may be missed in highly divergent proteins. This is the case for Plasmodium falciparum proteins, the main causal agent of human malaria. Results: We propose a method to improve the sensitivity of HMM domain detection by exploiting the tendency of the domains to appear preferentially with a few other favorite domains in a protein. When sequence information alone is not sufficient to warrant the presence of a particular domain, our method enables its detection on ...
Source: Bioinformatics - November 17, 2009 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Terrapon, N., Gascuel, O., Marechal, E., Breehelin, L. Tags: SEQUENCE ANALYSIS Source Type: journals

'Golden era' could bring vaccines against AIDS, Alzheimer's and addictions within 5 yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
MARIETTA, Pa. (AP) — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS In Uganda; Medical Equipment In Tanzania; Birth Control In Afghanistan; Ethiopia Malaria Fightemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Changes Planned For Ugandan HIV/AIDS Campaign "The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped," PlusNews reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS In Uganda; Medical Equipment In Tanzania; Birth Control In Afghanistan; Ethiopia Malaria Fightemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Changes Planned For Ugandan HIV/AIDS Campaign "The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped," PlusNews reports. (Source: Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today)
Source: Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Tunisia: 2009 JCI Congress Highlights Climate Change And Fight Against Malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A news conference was held on Sunday at the sea side resort of Yasmine Hammamet as part of the 64th edition of the Junior International Congress JCI scheduled for November 16 to 21, 2009. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Are Sterile Mosquitoes The Answer To Malaria Elimination?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, is one suggested solution to the problem of malaria in Africa. A new supplement, published in BioMed Central's open access Malaria Journal, reviews the history of the technique, and features details about aspects of its application in the elimination of malaria. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Are Sterile Mosquitoes The Answer To Malaria Elimination?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, is one suggested solution to the problem of malaria in Africa. A new supplement, published in BioMed Central's open access Malaria Journal, reviews the history of the technique, and features details about aspects of its application in the elimination of malaria. (Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today)
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Ghana: Mewe Organizes 'Get Healthy' Cycle Raceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
'MEWE',an Italian -based NGO orphanage, organized its fourth annual edition of the orphanage's rural bicycle race competition on at Wawase in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District at Central Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Are sterile mosquitoes the answer to malaria elimination?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Sterile Insect Technique, the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, is one suggested solution to the problem of malaria in Africa. A new article reviews the history of the technique, and features details about aspects of its application in the elimination of malaria. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

Research calls for better assessment of tests for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(McGill University Health Centre) A rapid and accurate diagnosis is the first step towards treatment in the fight against infectious disease. A team headed by Dr. Madhukar Pai, RI MUHC and researchers at the TDR/WHO, has highlighted the poor quality of published studies that evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests for three major killer infectious diseases. The study, published in PLoS One, suggests that diagnostic studies on TB, malaria and HIV commercial tests had low quality and were poorly reported. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Brazil to earmark 58.8 million USD to fight malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
RIO DE JANEIRO , Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian ... (Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health)
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Self-reported data: a major tool to assess compliance with anti-malarial combination therapy among children in Senegalemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Self-reported data could provide useful quantitative information on drug intake and administration. Under strict methodological conditions this method, easy to implement, can be used to describe patients' behaviours and their use of new anti-malarial treatment. Self-reported data is a major tool for assessing compliance in resource poor countries. Blood and urine drug dosages provide qualitative results that confirm any drug intake. Urine assays for SP could be useful to obtain public health data, for example on chemoprophylaxis among pregnant women. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Aurelia SouaresPatricia MoulinSophie SarrassatMarie-Paule CarlottiRichard LalouJean-Yves Le Hesran Source Type: journals

East Africa: USA Gives U.S.$333 Million to Fight Malariaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are among the five East, Central and Western African countries which are going to benefit from the global funds US $336 million to battle malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Time to Fight Pneumoniaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Pneumonia is the biggest cause of child deaths around the world, especially third world countries. An infection of the lungs which causes cough and fever and can make breathing difficult, the disease kills about two million children under five years of age every year. It kills more children than malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS combined. More than 98 per cent of these deaths occur in just 68 developing countries. This is because childhood pneumonia is strongly linked to malnutrition, poverty and inadequate access to health care. And, unfortunately, Nigeria is one of these 68 high burden countries. In Nigeria, 20 per cent of a...
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Gambia: Malian Leader Acknowledges President Jammeh's Messageemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
His Excellency the president of the Republic of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, has expressed appreciation to the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, for the message sent to him and the people of Mali during the celebration of their National Day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: UN Approves U.S. $2.4 Billion to Combat Aids, Tuberculosisemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The United Nations-backed Global Fund has approved new grants worth $2.4 billion for projects aimed at fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in low-income countries over the next two years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Malaria Eradication - FG to Distribute 63 Million Netsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The federal government plans to distribute 63 million nets between the end of this year and next year, with the provision of two per household, and to provide treatment for case management for every case of malaria in every public hospital in the country free of charge. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

East Africa: Global Fund Releases U.S.$336 Million for Buying Netsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The number of East Africans protected from malaria through bed nets is set to rise dramatically following the release of $336 million by the Global Fund for the purchase of the protective items for five countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

TIME Examines Efforts To Combat Malaria Resistance Along Thai-Cambodia Borderemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
TIME reports on evidence along the Thai-Cambodia border that the malaria parasite is gaining resistance to artemisinin - "the only remaining effective drug in the world's arsenal against malaria's most deadly strain. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Global Fund Approves $2.4B For Ninth Round Grantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
During its recent board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved $2.4 billion for the three diseases, PlusNews reports. The money is for the fund's "ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion," according to the publication. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Global Fund Approves $2.4B For Ninth Round Grantsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
During its recent board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved $2.4 billion for the three diseases, PlusNews reports. The money is for the fund's "ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion," according to the publication. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

TIME Examines Efforts To Combat Malaria Resistance Along Thai-Cambodia Borderemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
TIME reports on evidence along the Thai-Cambodia border that the malaria parasite is gaining resistance to artemisinin - "the only remaining effective drug in the world's arsenal against malaria's most deadly strain. (Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today)
Source: Tropical Diseases News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

East Africa: Saving Children Under Five in Three Simple Stepsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A simple set of interventions like oral rehydration for cases of diarrhoea, bednets to prevent malaria and exclusive breastfeeding can save 16,000 children under five years daily, a report by humanitarian and development agency World Vision reveals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Malaria Breakthroughsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The worldwide battle continues against malaria, a condition that kills nearly one million people every year -- but new discoveries are bringing the scientific community closer to eliminating the threat. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Are sterile mosquitoes the answer to malaria elimination?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(BioMed Central) The Sterile Insect Technique, the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, is one suggested solution to the problem of malaria in Africa. A new supplement, published in BioMed Central's open-access Malaria Journal, reviews the history of the technique, and features details about aspects of its application in the elimination of malaria. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 16, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news