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WHO sceptical of malaria cure claim 24 Nov 2005
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is dismissing claims by the Solomon Islands Malaria Research Institute that it has found a cure for malaria. ...
- Solomon Star,
Tips to avoid Malaria when traveling 24 Nov 2005
The Minnesota Department of Health and the US Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention have some important things you need to know about malaria to keep ...
- St. Paul Asian American Press,
DDT and Malaria 24 Nov 2005
Claire Panosian Dunavan has a fine article in the December issue of Scientific American on the state of our technologies for combatting malaria. ...
- Scientific American
Country Records Three Million Malaria Cases Yearly 24 Nov 2005
Three million cases of malaria are registered in the country every year, as indicates the Strategic Plan of Health discussed on Monday in the Consultative ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Malaria Vaccine Protects Children Long-Term 11/21/05 Nov 22, 2005
A powerful weapon against malaria may be long-lasting as well. ... Malaria kills millions in the developing world each year, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
- Bioscience Technology,
WEST AFRICA: Fungus could replace bed-nets in preventing malaria ... Nov 21, 2005
YAOUNDE, 21 November (IRIN) - Fungus-impregnated fabric could soon replace chemically-soaked bed-nets as a defence against malaria, researchers claim. ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
HUGIN NEWS/Crucell Announces PER.C6® Licensing Agreement with ... Nov 22, 2005
...biotechnology company focused on developing vaccines and antibodies that prevent and treat infectious diseases, including Ebola, influenza, malaria, West Nile ...
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
Impact of pre-emptive malaria treatment for infants Nov 21, 2005
Administering malaria medicines preemptively to infants in malaria endemic regions has emerged as a potentially effective way to protect young children from ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
New Therapy for Malaria Treatment Nov 21, 2005
The Belgium Company Dafra Pharma has developed a new combination therapy that uses three pills to cure patients of malaria once and for all after just a single ...
- Accra Daily Mail,
Malaria Vaccine May Be 10 Years Away Nov 21, 2005
...disease-bearing zephyrs wafting from swamps. These days, scientists know malaria is spread by mosquitos. And they say ill winds ...
- San Francisco Chronicle,
Research finds HIV, malaria co-infected women more likely to pass ... Nov 20, 2005
HIV positive mothers might be more likely to pass the virus to their children in uterus if they are also infected with malaria, said reports here on Monday ...
- People's Daily Online,
Anti-malaria genes cancel each other Nov 20, 2005
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Scientists studying the two genes that protect carriers from malaria have found that carrying both is like having neither. ...
- United Press International
A big boost to the global fight against malaria Nov 21, 2005
It goes without saying that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's donation totaling $258.3 million to the global fight against malaria is being lauded the ...
- HappyNews.com,
Battling Malaria in Africa Nov 21, 2005
As part of the President's Malaria Initiative, the US Agency for International Development today announced that it is seeking input from interested ...
- Harold Doan and Associates (press release),
Three more die of malaria Nov 21, 2005
Three more people in East Lombok regency have died of malaria since Friday, bringing the total number of deaths in the current outbreak to nine. ...
- Jakarta Post,
New Study Finds Malaria Could Play Key Role In Mother-to-Child ... Nov 21, 2005
Malaria infections boost production of a substance that might significantly increase HIV replication in the placenta... Malaria ...
- LaSalute.net,
HEALTH BRIEFS 2005-1: Malaria Vaccine; Avian Flu Clues from Canine ... Nov 21, 2005
Scientists and health policy experts gathered in Cameroon recently to discuss ways to fight malaria, the leading cause of death among African children. ...
- Voice of America
Trial offers hope for malaria vaccine Nov 21, 2005
The prospects for checking the pandemic growth of malaria looked brighter this week after scientists reported that, after 18 months, young children in ...
- Mail & Guardian Online,
Role of Sarguja administration in tackling malaria under scanner Nov 20, 2005
The district administration's claims that it is taking various steps to tackle malaria in Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh has not found favour with the Public ...
- Webindia123,
Tropical Travel: Beware of Malaria Nov 21, 2005
Remember that if you travel to the tropics or subtropics, you may be in an area where malaria is a problem. ... (There are no vaccines against malaria.). ...
- Community Dispatch (press release)
Mbale malaria deaths drop Nov 21, 2005
A HEALTH report for 2004/2005 shows that children who die of malaria at Mbale Hospital have dropped from 9% to 2%. According to ...
- The Monitor, Uganda,
Four-year-old boy dies of malaria Nov 20, 2005
NIZAMABAD: Four-year-old tribal boy Malotu Narendra of Guddi thanda of Machareddy Mandal in Ellampet panchayat died of malaria today. ...
- Newindpress,
Tackling Malaria Nov 20, 2005
By Claire Panosian Dunavan. Long ago in the Gambia, West Africa, a two-year-old boy named Ebrahim almost died of malaria. Decades ...
- Scientific American
Malaria Hits U-20 Players Nov 21, 2005
TWO Under 20 national football team players, Given Singulume and Field Chipungu have been hit by malaria while enterprising midfielder Jack Chileshe has been ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Experts at Malaria Conference Say Progress Is Tempered by Setbacks Nov 18, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Each breakthrough in the fight against malaria, the biggest killer of African children, seems matched by a setback, with ...
- Los Angeles Times,
Rolling back Malaria Nov 17, 2005
Once, he had a powerful malaria attack in a poor village. ... The most wretched are those who have a malaria attack and there is nothing to wrap them in. ...
- Mail & Guardian Online,
Malaria vaccine a step closer Nov 18, 2005
Scientists have hailed as "unprecedented" the results of a trial of a malaria vaccine that has halved the incidence of severe disease in children over 18 months ...
- New Zealand Herald,
Malaria may boost mother-child HIV infection -study Nov 18, 2005
Women who are HIV positive may be more likely to pass the virus to their children during pregnancy if they are also infected with malaria, scientists in ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
WEST AFRICA: Coordination key to realising malaria vaccine dream Nov 18, 2005
YAOUNDE, 18 November (IRIN) - A happy conclusion to the search for a malaria vaccination is still a far off dream failing better international coordination ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Vaccine for malaria likely years away Nov 18, 2005
Medical personnel threat a patient suffering from malaria at a hospital in Dakar, Senegal, this week. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Scientists ...
- CNN International
Hopes Raised For Malaria Vaccine Nov 16, 2005
Nov. 16. — Scientists yesterday hailed the “unprecedented� results of a trial of a malaria vaccine which halved the incidence of severe disease in ...
- The Statesman,
Malaria may raise HIV risk to fetuses Nov 17, 2005
Malaria may play a key role in the transmission of HIV from mother to child during pregnancy by boosting the replication of HIV in the placenta, a new study ...
- New Scientist (subscription),
Putting His Money Where the Malaria Is Nov 16, 2005
That's why he committed more than $107 million to a malaria vaccine that helped protect children in Mozambique from the disease that kills 2,000 African ...
- Scientific American
Malaria Conference Weighs Benefits of Traditional Medicine Nov 16, 2005
...that is beginning to change, as traditional healers are giving seminars alongside scientists and doctors at the Pan-African Malaria Conference currently under ...
- Voice of America
Six die, 266 others hospitalized in Lombok malaria outbreak Nov 18, 2005
At least six people have died and 266 others have been treated at local hospitals and community health centers in East Lombok since a malaria outbreak was ...
- Jakarta Post,
Counterfeits hit new malaria drugs Nov 16, 2005
The drugs are based on compounds from the plant Artemesia annua or Chinese wormwood and currently the most effective medicines against malaria which has ...
- Daily Nation (subscription),
GSK says new data back malaria treatment Nov 16, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Wednesday clinical results confirmed the benefits of its CDA treatment for drug-resistant malaria and that it ...
- Reuters
6 die, 266 others hospitalized in Indonesian malaria outbreak Nov 18, 2005
...have died and 266 others have been treated at local hospitals and community health centers in the Indonesian town of East Lombok since a malaria outbreak was ...
- Xinhua,
Govt unveils new malaria drug regime Nov 17, 2005
Malaria kills nearly one million people around the world every year, and chlororquine, the cheapest drug available for fighting malaria is fast becoming ...
- NDTV.com,
WHO is sceptical of Solomon Islands institute's claim to have ... Nov 21, 2005
The World Health Organisation is dismissing claims by a Solomon Islands research institute that it has found a cure for malaria. ...
- Radio New Zealand,
Wi-Fi mosquito killer coming to a porch near you Nov 21, 2005
That way, the system will be able to efficiently ward off bugs from golf courses and resorts, or even help mitigate cases of malaria in third world countries ...
- CNET News.com,
Scientists evaluate impact of preemptive malaria treatment for ... Nov 17, 2005
Yaoundé, Cameroon (17 November 2005)--Administering malaria medicines preemptively to infants in malaria endemic regions has emerged as a potentially ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
GlaxoSmithKline and Malaria Consortium Announce New Partnership to ... Nov 18, 2005
18 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline's African Malaria Partnership today announced it will award a grant of 900,000 pounds sterling (US$1.5M) to the Malaria ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Two genetic traits giving Africans malaria protection lose ... Nov 19, 2005
...trait and a mild version of the blood disorder known as thalassemia--that by themselves give millions of Africans natural protection against malaria, can be ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
GlaxoSmithKline and Malaria Consortium Announce New Partnership to ... Nov 18, 2005
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, November 18, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline's African Malaria Partnership today announced it will award a grant of 900,000 pounds ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Seeks International Effort To ... Nov 17, 2005
Achieving victory over malaria in Africa, a disease that each year kills millions and imposes costs that cripple entire economies, requires a new ...
- AllAfrica.com,
GlaxoSmithKline and Malaria Consortium Announce New Partnership to ... Nov 17, 2005
GlaxoSmithKline's African Malaria Partnership today announced it will award a grant of £900,000 (US$1.5M) to the Malaria Consortium, an international non ...
- AllAfrica.com,
New study finds malaria could play key role in mother-to-child ... Nov 17, 2005
Yaoundé, Cameroon (17 November 2005)--Malaria infections boost production of a substance that might significantly increase HIV replication in the placenta. ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Malaria, more evidence to resistance to existing drugs Nov 18, 2005
Scientists are documenting increasing resistance to drugs that have been mainstays of malaria treatment in disease endemic regions of Africa, giving ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Malaria vaccine candidate protects children for months Nov 17, 2005
GSK) Biologicals, the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona, the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) and the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI ...
- AngolaPress,
Hope for malaria vaccine Nov 16, 2005
A trial involving more than 1 400 children in Mozambique has given experts hope they can create a vaccine against malaria, which kills over a million people ...
- Health24.com,
Malaria vaccine seems nearer Nov 16, 2005
According to one of the leading articles published in El PaÃs yesterday, the latest news about the new malaria vaccine developed by Spanish scientist Pedro ...
- Euroresidentes,
Grant Will Help Fight War Against Malaria In Africa Nov 18, 2005
Yaounde, Cameroon (AHN) - GlaxoSmithKline's African Malaria Partnership announced on Friday it would award a grant of $1.5 million to the Malaria Consortium ...
- All Headline News
Preventing malaria Nov 18, 2005
...time? Just check whether it is an area where malaria is prevalent. ... Malaria kills more than a million people worldwide every year. In ...
- Health24.com,
Mozambique: Malaria vaccine trial brings hope Nov 16, 2005
The prospects for checking the pandemic growth of malaria looked brighter on Tuesday after scientists reported that young children in Mozambique were still ...
- ReliefWeb (press release),
African Malaria Scientists Celebrate Arrival of MIM Secretariat to ... Nov 17, 2005
MIM is an international organization dedicated solely to building a sustainable malaria research infrastructure in Africa. In 2006 ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Promising malaria vaccine 'still works 18 months on' Nov 16, 2005
A vaccine that can protect children from life-threatening malaria is still effective after 18 months, say researchers. Researchers ...
- SciDev.net,
Fifth Global Roll Back Malaria Partnership Forum Opens in Yaoundé ... Nov 18, 2005
The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partners' Forum V opened today in Yaoundé to refocus global efforts to fight malaria and overcome the barriers which are hindering ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Pre-emptive malaria treatment studied Nov 17, 2005
17 (UPI) -- International experts meeting in Cameroon are looking at administering malaria medicines pre-emptively to infants as an effective way to protect ...
- United Press International
Roll Back Malaria Partners Challenged to Look at Malaria from a ... Nov 18, 2005
Ministers of Health, lead UN agencies, AIDS and malaria activists, non-governmental organizations, private sector and key malaria stakeholders, who gathered ...
- AllAfrica.com,
West Africa: Coordination Key to Realising Malaria Vaccine Dream Nov 18, 2005
A happy conclusion to the search for a malaria vaccination is still a far off dream failing better international coordination, warned a top French scientist on ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Glaxo’s experimental shot cuts malaria risk for kids Nov 18, 2005
YAOUNDE: Hopes for an effective malaria vaccine were boosted on Tuesday by new research showing an experimental shot can protect children for at least 18 months ...
- LaSalute.net,
Zambia Receives US$20 Million for Malaria Booster Project Nov 16, 2005
...approved an International Development Association (IDA) financing in the amount of US$20 million to support the scaling-up of the national malaria program in ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Study Raises Hopes for Malaria Vaccine Nov 16, 2005
A new study suggests that it's possible to create a vaccine to protect people against malaria, which kills more than a million people worldwide each year. ...
- HealthCentral.com
Malaria vaccine shows great promise Nov 16, 2005
16 (UPI) -- Scientists say they are closer to finding a vaccine against malaria given "unprecedented" results of human trials in Mozambique, a report said. ...
- United Press International
Battling Malaria in Africa, USAID Anticipates Nearly $100 Million ... Nov 18, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the President's Malaria Initiative, the US Agency for International Development today announced that it is seeking input from ...
- USAID (press release),
Dr. Peter Olumese : "Curbing Malaria is a Reality" Nov 16, 2005
It's true that malaria transmission in Africa is high. About 90 per cent of malaria death occur in Africa. ... Malaria causes poverty and leads to poverty. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Local researchers may find the cure to Malaria Nov 17, 2005
SOLOMON Islands is likely to become the first country to find a cure for Malaria. This followed a study by the Solomon Islands Malaria ...
- Solomon Star Newspaper,
Malaria Vaccine May Be 10 Years Away Nov 18, 2005
Scientists in past centuries called the sickness by the Italian phrase 'malaria' — or 'bad air' — for the supposedly disease-bearing zephyrs wafting from ...
- MedIndia,
Poverty Stifles Malaria Research Nov 18, 2005
Malaria ranks first among the most serious causes of morbidity and death in Cameroon, claiming hundreds of lives each year. Recently ...
- AllAfrica.com,
HIV plus malaria may up risk Nov 18, 2005
Pregnant women infected with the Aids virus may be more likely to pass the virus to their unborn infants if they also have malaria, according to results of a ...
- Health24.com,
Controversy: Malaria Vaccine - Future Possibility Or Just A Dream? Nov 19, 2005
While scientists world over have hailed the results of a trial of a malaria vaccine by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), that has halved the ...
- MedIndia,
Scientists warn of rising risk of malaria Nov 19, 2005
...disease-bearing zephyrs wafting from swamps. These days, scientists know malaria is spread by mosquitoes. And they say ill winds ...
- The Olympian,
Experimental Vaccine Protects Against Malaria Nov 16, 2005
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new vaccine may help fight malaria. ... The drug protected against malaria for at least 18 months after vaccination. ...
- Ivanhoe,
Africa Up in Arms Against Malaria Nov 18, 2005
In an unprecedented move aimed at curbing Africa's biggest killer disease, Malaria, a big delegation of researchers, health workers and politicians from Africa ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Malaria vaccine protects kids for atleast 18 months Nov 16, 2005
London: A new study has found that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals’ malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS02A, protects children for at least 18 months. ...
- NewKerala.com,
Nets safer against malaria Nov 19, 2005
Kolkata, November 19: Don’t blame mosquitoes for malaria, it is “man-made�. The fact may be hard to digest, but findings of ...
- Kolkata Newsline,
Malaria Could Fuels Mtct - Study Nov 18, 2005
Malaria plays a key role in the mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV during pregnancy, researchers said in Cameroon on Thursday. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Roll Back Malaria Global Partners' Forum V Nov 18, 2005
The fifth Roll Back Malaria Global Partners Forum brings together representatives of all RBM partnership constituencies to share knowledge and experience ...
- Kaiser network.org,
Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough Nov 16, 2005
Scientists have confirmed that the malaria vaccine tested on over two thousand children between the ages of one and four in Maputo province provides partial ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Cultural Practices Hamper Malaria Control Nov 17, 2005
A senior environmental health officer has said that cultural reasons are hampering efforts by the North East District Council (NEDC) to control malaria. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
(PRN) - GlaxoSmithKline and Malaria Consortium Announce New ... Nov 18, 2005
...(PRN) - Hertz Announces Tender Results, Extension of Expiration Date and Date to Receive Early Tender Premium in Cash Tender Offer for Outstanding EUR200 ...
- Bolsamania.com,
Opening Ceremony from the Fourth MIM Pan-African Malaria ... Nov 16, 2005
...**The audio is unclear until about 5 minutes into the webcast. We apologize for the inconvenience. Sign up for email alerts and ...
- Kaiser network.org,
150,000 Deaths a Year From Climate Change Nov 21, 2005
The article points out that few studies have shown a clear link between the spread of malaria and climate change, and "Nature" points out that studies in the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
'There is a Link Between Malaria And Poverty' Nov 16, 2005
THE Ministry of Health (MoH) has maintained that there is a link between poverty and malaria. Ministry spokesperson Dr Victor Mukonka ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Anti-Malaria Campaign Intensifies Nov 18, 2005
The head of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), Dr. Joel J. Jones has disclosed that the NMCP has instituted series of measures in order to reduce the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Malaria Drugs Fabricated in Cameroon Nov 18, 2005
Malartin and other malaria drugs are being made by a private Cameroon based biopharmaceutical company. Cameroon is making great ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Old malaria vaccine shows new promise for children Nov 16, 2005
Further positive results from an ongoing malaria vaccine trial in Africa, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by Seattle-based PATH ...
- LaSalute.net,
UN 60th anniversary concert aims to fight malaria 03 Oct 2005
N'Dour, Peter Gabriel and other musicians are throwing the United Nations 60th anniversary concert next weekend to raise funds to combat malaria, which kills ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
KMC tastes success in malaria control 03 Oct 2005
Kolkata, October 2: A better vigilance and vector control exercise after the dengue scare has also helped in controlling malaria. ...
- Kolkata Newsline,
UN concert to raise funds to fight malaria 03 Oct 2005
N’Dour, Peter Gabriel and other musicians are throwing the United Nations 60th anniversary concert next weekend to raise funds to combat malaria, which kills ...
- Peninsula On-line,
Chloroquine and Primaquine combination Malarial drug for resistant ... 03 Oct 2005
...from LaTrobe University of Australia have found a new combination drug for combating Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for causing malaria. ...
- MedIndia,
Bring Back DDT 03 Oct 2005
Roger Bate and Richard Tren, the co-founders of Africa Fighting Malaria, recently presented the following testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works ...
- FrontPage magazine.com,
Students link up with African peers to improve health care 03 Oct 2005
Students saw the devastating impact of malaria first hand as they forged links with the African country's university. It comes after ...
- ic Wales,
Fighting the Three Great Pandemics; The Role of the Global Fund 03 Oct 2005
...to be hosting a Guest Seminar by Professor Richard GA Feachem, CBE, FREng, DSc(Med), Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ...
- UQ News,
HuÃla: Campaign To Fight Malaria Launched In Chibia Oct 1, 2005
Lubango, 10/01 - A project to combat malaria through homes pulverisation will be launched next month at the municipality of Chibia, by the public health ...
- AngolaPress,
ANNAN-INITIATED FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TB, MALARIA APPROVES $382 ... Sep 30, 2005
The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today approved its fifth round of grant proposals since it was established in 2002 ...
- Harold Doan and Associates (press release),
Malaria Still a Public Health Problem in the Americas Sep 30, 2005
Washington, DC, September 30, 2005 (PAHO)—Despite reductions in recent years, malaria still constitutes a public health problem in the Americas, according to ...
- Pan American Health Organization,
Intermittent prophylaxis prevents malaria in infants Sep 29, 2005
Giving infants preventive treatment for malaria can reduce malaria and anaemia even in seasonal, high transmission areas such as Ghana, finds a study in this ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
LuaLua Plays Down Malaria Reports Sep 29, 2005
Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua says he hopes to be back playing sooner than expected after contracting malaria. The 24-year-old ...
- This Day (subscription),
Why are the best malaria drugs not being used in Africa? Sep 29, 2005
Despite changes in policy in many African countries, most cases of malaria are still treated with old drugs that often fail, say researchers in this week's BMJ ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Kalinga MOU signed to control malaria Oct 1, 2005
...has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Global Fund Malaria Component Project (GFMCP) to manage malaria in the province. ...
- Philippine Information Agency,
Malaria major cause of maternal deaths Sep 30, 2005
Malaria is contributing significantly to the increasing rate of maternal deaths in the country, Secretary for Health and Population Services Wesley Sangala ...
- The Nation, Malawi,
Mfantseman Teachers Educated on Malaria Sep 30, 2005
Saltpond (CR), Sept 30, GNA - The government spends 850 billion cedis on the management of malaria in the country annually. Miss ...
- GhanaWeb,
Pompey's Lua Lua contracts malaria Sep 28, 2005
LONDON, England -- Portsmouth striker Tresor Lomana Lua Lua has been laid low by malaria and faces several weeks on the sidelines for the Premier League ...
- CNN International
Tracking Membranes Of Rupturing Blood Cells Sheds Light On Malaria ... Sep 27, 2005
By specially tagging the outer and inner membranes of red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite and tracking the cellular changes that precede the ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Pompey's LuaLua hospitalised with malaria Sep 28, 2005
LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Portsmouth's Democratic Republic of Congo striker Lomana LuaLua has been hospitalised with suspected malaria, the club said on ...
- ESPN
LuaLua recovering from malaria Sep 28, 2005
Medical experts are certain the bout of malaria that could put Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua out of action for up to six weeks has been caused by a mosquito ...
- Daily Mail - UK,
LuaLua felled by malaria Sep 28, 2005
Portsmouth's Democratic Republic of Congo striker Lomana LuaLua has been hospitalised with suspected malaria, the club said. LuaLua ...
- Special Broadcasting Service,
Mandela calls for more funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis ... Sep 27, 2005
AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela called on donors to support an international fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, saying in an ...
- Canada.com,
Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua hospitalized with malaria Sep 28, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) - Congo and Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua has been hospitalized with a suspected case of malaria, the Premier League club said ...
- Canada.com,
Old anti-malaria drug gets a shot in the arm Sep 28, 2005
PARIS (AFP): A drug that was once the frontline choice in the battle against malaria but was rendered useless by resistance may be revived by using it with ...
- Jakarta Post,
Shot in the arm for tired malaria drug Sep 28, 2005
MALARIA is on the march across Africa, but help may be at hand for millions of infected people. It takes the form of an old, cheap ...
- New Scientist (subscription),
Drugs, scrapping fees could save African lives Sep 30, 2005
...medicines. A Zambian study found that most cases of malaria are still treated with old drugs despite changes in government policy. ...
- Reuters
Zambia Benefits From Malaria Booster Programme Sep 28, 2005
Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria in Africa and 3,000 every day according to the partnership report released during the 58th World Health Assembly in ...
- AllAfrica.com,
LUALUA IN MALARIA COLLAPSE Sep 27, 2005
By Lee West. LOMANA LUALUA was confined to a hospital isolation unit with malaria after collapsing while training with Portsmouth. ...
- Mirror.co.uk,
Malaria Solution Foundation Invited to Kenya and Tanzania to ... Sep 27, 2005
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 27, 2005 - James L. Christiansen, President and CEO of The Malaria Solution Foundation is pleased to announce their invitation ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Malaria Solution Foundation Invited to Kenya and Tanzania to ... Sep 27, 2005
27, 2005) - James L. Christiansen, President and CEO of The Malaria Solution Foundation is pleased to announce their invitation from Kenya and Tanzania to ...
- CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse),
Africa Fighting Malaria: German Commercial Interests Kill African ... Sep 27, 2005
28 /US Newswire/ -- Ninety-three percent of Uganda's population is at risk from malaria, with millions of cases and thousands of deaths annually. ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
LuaLua gets malaria-laria Sep 27, 2005
Blood tests showed he had been hit by one of the more potent versions of potentially-fatal malaria and he was put in an isolation unit. ...
- The Sun,
MoH Dismisses Claim of Malaria Epidemic in Ethiopia Sep 25, 2005
The Ministry of Health (MoH) said there is no threat of malaria epidemic in Ethiopia as claimed by certain quarters due to the sustained efforts exerted by the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Dengue claims fourth victim; malaria rising Sep 26, 2005
Incidentally, the city has recorded a high number of malaria cases as well. The Pune district malaria and dengue control programme ...
- Pune Newsline,
LuaLua suffering from malaria Sep 28, 2005
Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua is expected to be out of action for several weeks after contracting malaria. LuaLua, 24, caught ...
- World Soccer,
Lualua in hospital with Malaria Sep 28, 2005
Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua is recovering in hospital after being told he was suffering from malaria. The Fratton Park club ...
- RTE Interactive,
170 Dengue, 21 cholera and 153 Malaria cases in Delhi Sep 27, 2005
From September 1 to 24, 153 cases of Malaria were reported in the capital out of which 55 cases were from Delhi, 58 from Uttar Pradesh, 16 from Haryana and ...
- Webindia123,
African Professionals Attending Anti-Malaria Training Sep 28, 2005
A training organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) with a view to reducing damages of malaria epidemic was launched in Adama town Monday. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
LuaLua In Hospital With Malaria Sep 28, 2005
Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua is set to be out for the next few weeks after being confined to a hospital isolation unit with malaria. ...
- Goal.com,
Malaria Kills 19 in Bushenyi Sep 27, 2005
Health ministry officials are in Bushenyi district to combat a malaria epidemic that has claimed 19 lives. The ministry said the ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Premiership striker hit with malaria Sep 28, 2005
By D Ferguson. Portsmouth have been dealt a blow with the news that striker Lomana Lua Lua has been struck with malaria. The former ...
- Pink-Football,
Lua Lua struck by malaria bout Sep 28, 2005
Portsmouth's DR Congo striker Tresor Lomana Lua Lua has been confined to a hospital isolation unit with malaria. The 24-year-old ...
- DeHavilland,
Lua Lua Suffering From Malaria Sep 28, 2005
It is believed the player was bitten by a mosquito while on international duty with the Democratic Republic of Congo last month. ...
- Goal.com,
ExxonMobil Commits New Funds for Malaria Research and Capacity ... Sep 27, 2005
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2005--ExxonMobil today announced more than $1.5 million in new grants to help fight malaria in Africa. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
ExxonMobil commits $1,5m for malaria research Sep 26, 2005
International oil firm ExxonMobil yesterday announced more than $1,5-million in new grants to help fight malaria in Africa. As a ...
- Engineering News,
ExxonMobil Commits New Funds for Malaria Research and Capacity ... Sep 27, 2005
...gas exploration andproduction, retail marketing and distribution activities, ExxonMobilhas long been aware of the devastating impact of malaria on thecontinent ...
- Finanzen.net,
WHO Supports National Malaria Control Program -Conducts Health ... Sep 26, 2005
Since the founding of the country Liberia over 150 years ago, malaria has been a serious public health problem. Governments after ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Government spends huge amount to curb malaria Sep 25, 2005
Adomire Agambila, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Science, has said over 850 billion cedis is spent on the treatment and care for malaria yearly and ...
- GhanaWeb,
Swansea students help Gambians fight malaria Sep 27, 2005
Three Swansea University medical students have been to The Gambia this summer to help a village improve its nutritional status and prevent malaria. ...
- News Wales,
UNICEF warns of malaria epidemic in Ethiopia Sep 22, 2005
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Malaria could kill tens of thousands of Ethiopian children unless donors provide $6.7 million urgently needed for medicine, a UN agency ...
- Reuters
SOMALIA: Six million at risk of malaria epidemic Sep 22, 2005
NAIROBI, 22 September (IRIN) - Some six million Ethiopians, most of them children, are threatened by a potential malaria epidemic, the UN Children's Fund ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
UNICEF warns of malaria epidemic in Ethiopia Sep 22, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Malaria could kill tens of thousands of Ethiopian children unless donors provide $6.7 million urgently needed for medicine, a ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Capital scientists in fight to conquer killer malaria Sep 19, 2005
EDINBURGH scientists are set to begin work on a new generation of groundbreaking anti-malaria drugs. The team from Edinburgh University ...
- Scotsman,
Niger tries to combat malaria Sep 21, 2005
Niamey - Niger will launch a four-day campaign on Sunday to treat mosquito nets for malaria, in an attempt to protect children already at risk of death from ...
- News24,
Hungry Niger now faces malaria threat Sep 20, 2005
The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday it is sending 100 000 malaria treatments to Niger, concerned that malnutrition in the sub ...
- Mail & Guardian Online,
WHO alarmed by malaria prevalence in Niger Sep 20, 2005
Geneva - The United Nations World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that it was sending 100 000 malaria treatments to Niger, concerned that malnutrition in ...
- Independent Online,
Scientists seek anti-malaria drug Sep 18, 2005
Work is to begin on a new generation of anti-malaria drugs after scientists uncovered how some strains of the killer bug are able to survive current treatments ...
- Daily Mail - UK,
Ranbaxy may launch anti-malaria drug in 2009 Sep 21, 2005
New Delhi: Pharma giant Ranbaxy Laboratries Ltd said it was likely to launch its anti-malaria drug by 2009 for which the clinical trials were currently going on ...
- Malayala Manorama,
Ranbaxy may launch anti-malaria drug in 2009 Sep 21, 2005
NEW DELHI: Pharma giant, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday said that it was likely to launch its anti-malaria drug by 2009 for which the clinical trials ...
- Hindu Business Line,
In Niger, 50% deaths among children under five from malaria Sep 20, 2005
...children, the World Health Organization (WHO) is dispatching 100 000 antimalarial treatments to the west African country, where peak malaria season has begun ...
- Mongabay.com
US Hedge Funds Tackle Malaria 'Emergency' in Africa Sep 17, 2005
After a global eradication programme eliminated or greatly reduced malaria in most of the world by 1969, the disease was largely overlooked in international ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Hedge Funds vs. Malaria Leadership Conference Convenes in New York ... Sep 17, 2005
The Hedge Fund community is proud to announce the launch of the first annual Hedge Funds vs. Malaria Leadership Conference. The ...
- AllAfrica.com,
With malaria epidemic threatening 6 million Ethiopians, UNICEF ... Sep 21, 2005
21 September 2005 – With more than 6 million Ethiopians, most of them children, threatened by a potential nationwide malaria epidemic, and polio continuing ...
- UN News Centre
Niger: UN health agency launches emergency efforts to avert ... Sep 20, 2005
...children, the United Nations health agency is dispatching 100,000 antimalarial treatments to the West African country, where the peak malaria season has begun ...
- UN News Centre
With malaria epidemic threatening 6 million Ethiopians, UNICEF ... Sep 21, 2005
With more than 6 million Ethiopians, most of them children, threatened by a potential nationwide malaria epidemic, and polio continuing to spread, the United ...
- ReliefWeb (press release),
US Hedge Funds to assist in tackling malaria emergency in Africa Sep 19, 2005
...to the US Hedge fund industry, once saw a program on the Charlie Rose show and heard a UN advisor, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs discussing the menace of malaria in Africa ...
- HedgeCo.net,
Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from red blood ... Sep 20, 2005
Researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have determined the sequence in which the malaria parasite disperses from the red ...
- Innovations-Report,
Children targeted in Niger malaria fight Sep 20, 2005
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization sent 100,000 doses of anti-malaria medicine to Niger, where the deadly disease threatens 200,000 ...
- World Peace Herald,
Government to import malaria drugs Sep 20, 2005
THE Government will import new malaria drugs for use next year to effectively fight the disease that continues to claim many lives, the Minister of Health and ...
- Chronicle,
UN health body alarmed about Niger malaria rate Sep 20, 2005
The UN World Health Organisation said it was sending 100,000 malaria treatments to Niger, concerned that malnutrition in the sub-Saharan country could worsen ...
- TODAYonline,
UN renews warning of possible nationwide malaria outbreak in ... Sep 21, 2005
A surge in malaria cases and deaths in the past three months in Ethiopia has heightened fears of a nationwide outbreak in the Horn of African nation, the UN ...
- TODAYonline,
Scientists ID malaria parasite dispersal Sep 19, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- National Institutes of Health researchers in Washington have found the sequence by which malaria parasites disperse from ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
UNICEF seeks funds for malaria, polio, water Sep 22, 2005
ABABA, September 22 -- The UNICEF office in Ethiopia Thursday launched urgent appeals to donors for $21.9 million to ward off a looming malaria epidemic, to ...
- Africast,
Scientists ID malaria parasite dispersal:- Sep 19, 2005
National Institutes of Health researchers in Washington have found the sequence by which malaria parasites disperse from the red blood cells it infects. ...
- Webindia123,
Researchers Discover How Malaria Parasite Disperses From Red Blood ... Sep 20, 2005
20, 2005 - Researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have determined the sequence in which the malaria parasite disperses ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
SENEGAL: Cholera, malaria threaten thousands after worst floods in ... Sep 21, 2005
Although some victims of the floodwaters are reluctant to leave home, officials warn that time is running out as the threat of malaria and waterborne epidemics ...
- IRINnews.org,
More than 7,500 affected with malaria: Sep 18, 2005
Patthalgaon (Chhattisgarh), Sep 18: More than 7,500 cases of malaria had been reported in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Jashpur district, a senior health ...
- NewKerala.com,
Advancement Will Allow More, Better Nets to Control Malaria Sep 22, 2005
First Factory to Utilize ?End of Line? Mass Treatment Technology for Longer-Lasting Nets to Control Malaria Opens Sept. 15. Bangkok, Thailand (Sept. ...
- OneWorld US,
Rajkot bitten by malaria bug, RMC gears up Sep 20, 2005
Rajkot, September 20: Post-rain, there has been a steady rise in the cases of Falciparum malaria, also known as poisonous malaria, in the city. ...
- Ahmedabad Newsline,
Pre-Emptive Measures Taken Gainst Malaria Sep 19, 2005
The spray of anti-malaria chemicals was reportedly carried out in four woredas of the Silte Zone, SNNPS to pre-empt the possible outbreak of the disease ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Yemen-UAE Fight Malaria Together Sep 22, 2005
By Observer staff. ABU DHABI - Yemen and the United Arab Emirates have joined forces in the fight against malaria. The Abu Dhabi-based ...
- Yemen Observer,
Celebrity Race launches World Swim for Malaria Sep 20, 2005
From Prince Albert II of Monaco: “The Race was the launch of the project World Swim for Malaria, a global initiative to bring together swimmers to raise ...
- SFCPressPoint (press release),
Malaria and the Media Sep 18, 2005
The workshop is designed for print, radio, and TV journalists who want to learn how to have a stronger impact when they cover health issues such as malaria. ...
- International Journalist's Network
Governor Lauds Cultivators of Anti-Malaria Plant Sep 22, 2005
Northwest Governor, Koumpa Issa, has hailed the cultivators of a plant, "Malatin" used in the production of malaria drug. He was ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Controlling Malaria Alleviates Land Pressure: WB Report Sep 22, 2005
Ethiopian Science and Technology Commissioner Mulugeta Amha says that African animal tryponosomiasis is prevalent in the fertile lowland of the western and ...
- AllAfrica.com,
Donors pledge $3.7 bln to AIDS/TB/malaria fund Sep 6, 2005
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - International donors pledged $3.7 billion on Tuesday to a fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, only half the amount the ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
A Step Closer To A Malaria Vaccine Sep 1, 2005
...the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the three-dimensional molecular structure of a promising malaria-vaccine component ...
- Science Daily (press release)
World Bank calls for more money to battle malaria Sep 8, 2005
...agencies and experts on anti-malarial drugs opened a two-day World Bank conference on Thursday aimed at improving fund-raising to fight malaria, a disease that ...
- Mail & Guardian Online,
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