The Lariam scandal: Former head of army calls for ban on malaria drug
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-lariam-scandal-former-head-of-army-calls-for-ban-on-malaria-drug-8845172.html
A former head of the British Army has called for an anti-malarial drug to be banned within UK forces in light of concerns it can cause suicide or psychosis, disclosing that one of his relatives has been affected by the medication. Following revelations ...
How Mobile Phones Can Help Beat Malaria
http://mashable.com/2013/09/25/malaria-africa-mobile/
What if mobile phones could help end a disease? And not just any disease ? but malaria, one of the top three killers in the world, which infects nearly 3.5 billion people, roughly half of the world's population. The organization Malaria No More is ...
Multi-level strategy to fight malaria launched by UN development arm and partners
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45956&Cr=malaria&Cr1=
24 September 2013 ? The United Nations and a coalition of partners today launched a comprehensive approach to fighting malaria, a disease which ? despite tremendous advances ? still kills an estimated 660,000 people each year and poses a major ...
Scourge of malaria threat continues
http://www.health24.com/Medical/Malaria/News/Scourge-of-malaria-threat-continues-20130926
The department of health is to present a new report during a multinational initiative on malaria, emphasising the country's phenomenal success in malaria control, a programme that spans more than 70 years. A report says malaria, which was once common ...
Looking Back: 1943: Altoona man dies of malaria in POW camp
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130928/ALTOONA01/309280007/Looking-Back-1943-Altoona-man-dies-of-malaria-in-POW-camp?Frontpage
20 YEARS AGO. Altoona ? Incumbents Mary Hellweg, Mark Jones and Robert Larson and challenger Skip Conkling were running for City Council. Jeff and Tami Veldhuizen were parents of a new daughter, Rachel Marie. Norman and Sherry Veldhuizen ...
Children at Risk Despite Malaria Treatment
http://www.voanews.com/content/malaria-inflammation-24sept13/1755839.html
About 200 children in Blantyre, Malawi, took part in the study. It compares kids in one group, who have mild or the more serious cerebral malaria, to those in another group, who are healthy. Malaria is caused by the bite of an infected mosquito that ...
Malaria, dengue under control in PCMC limits
http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/1894907/report-malaria-dengue-under-control-in-pcmc-limits
Though the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) area is known for having among the highest number of cases of dengue and malaria in the state, this year the civic authorities' efforts have managed to reign in the cases. Statistics obtained ...
New Initiative Set to Fight Malaria
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309260356.html
New York ? GLOBAL efforts to combat malaria got a boost on Tuesday when a new initiative, the Multisectoral Action Framework for Malaria, which seeks to make thorough changes in the way in which countries address the problem, was launched here.
