May 16, 2012

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Apr 12, 2012

Is Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreading?

By Anna Tomasulo

Early this month, two studies were published in Science and The Lancet, each with evidence of artemisinin-resistance along the Thailand-Myanmar border. If this strain of drug resistant malaria...

artemisinin, malaria, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, antibiotic resistance

Apr 5, 2012

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On Antimalarials and Afghanistan Shootings

By Anna Tomasulo

On March 11, American Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians. Amidst the media buzz, reporters, psychiatrists, and even Bales’s lawyer, wonder if certain drugs were linked...

mefloquine, lariam, malaria, Afghanistan, Military, Robert Bales

Feb 10, 2012

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How Many Died from Malaria in 2010?

By Jane Huston

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated global malaria deaths in 2010 to be around 655,000 but recent research suggests it may be nearly twice that number. Researchers at the Institute for...

malaria, mortality

Feb 3, 2012

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Scientists Find Possible Key for Plasmodium Falciparum Control

By Robyn Correll

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered a protein that they believe might be the key to controlling the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The discovery could...

malaria, protein, plasmodium falciparum, control

Jan 30, 2012

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Change in Leadership as Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Celebrates 10 Years

By Jane Huston

This week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced the departure of its Executive Director, appointed a new General Manager, celebrated 10 years of operations and received...

Global Fund, Gates Foundation, Michel Kazatchkine, AIDS, TB, malaria

Dec 7, 2011

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Global Burden of P. Vivax; "The Other Malaria"

By Anna Tomasulo

Plasmodium falciparum attracts over 95 percent of funding for malaria research and control. Historically, this makes sense; of the four different species of Plasmodium parasites, P. falciparum...

malaria, plasmodium vivax

Nov 28, 2011

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Climate Change and Infectious Disease

By Katharina Schwan

Durban, South Africa will host the most recent round of UN climate change discussions from November 28 to December 6. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an...

climate change, cholera, malaria, Dengue, greenhouse gas

Oct 25, 2011

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Malaria Vaccine Becoming a Reality?

By Katharina Schwan

Initial outcomes from a Phase-III trial conducted for a malaria vaccine shows promising results. The vaccine, RTS,S reduced the risk of developing life-threatening malaria by nearly 50 percent...

malaria, vaccine

Sep 22, 2011

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Drug resistance continued: Malaria

By Anna Tomasulo

Early this morning, the New England Journal of Medicine released a piece warning of potential artemisinin-resistant malaria near the Cambodia-Thailand border. Artemisinin is a drug used in...

malaria, antibiotic resistance, artemisinin

Jul 28, 2011

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28 Dead this Month from “Malaria” in Mali?

By healthmap

According to a Chinese news article, a malaria outbreak currently underway in Mopti, Mali has claimed 28 lives since the first death occurred in early July. Mopti, a significant tourist region in...

malaria, Mali

Jul 8, 2011

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Malaria in Pune

By healthmap

Along with an increase in H1N1, monsoon season in India brings malaria. There have been 73 cases of malaria identified in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area. Public health officials are taking a firm stance...

pune, india, malaria, h1n1, monsoon

Apr 25, 2011

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25 April 2011: World Malaria Day

By healthmap

Today is the fourth annual World Malaria Day. On this date in 2000, leaders from 44 malaria-affected African countries signed the Abuja Declaration pledging to cut their malaria deaths in half by...

malaria, world malaria day, roll back malaria

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