Beyond mosquito net hand-outs: the fight against malaria in Nigeria
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jan/17/mosquito-nets-malaria-nigeria-who
But as Bill Brieger of Johns Hopkins University wrote in his blog Malaria Matters: "Having nets 'in place' and having nets 'used' are two different indicators of success. A major weakness of past public health programming has been providing people with ...
Majority of Indians prone to malaria
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/majority-of-indians-prone-to-malaria/article5579159.ece
A majority of Indians are susceptible to malaria while certain tribal groups in the country have resistance to the disease, thanks to mutations in a single gene that determine an individual's proneness or resistivity. A new study carried out by ...
No death reported in Sindh from malaria in 2013
http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/general-news/153668-no-death-reported-in-sindh-from-malaria-in-2013.html
Karachi: A total 58,500 malaria cases were reported across Sindh province in 2013, said Director Malaria Control Program Sindh Dr Naheed Jamali while talking to PPI. She said malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease which takes place every year ...
How the immune system fights off malaria
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/how-the-immune-system-fights-off-malaria-0113.html
The parasites that cause malaria are exquisitely adapted to the various hosts they infect ? so studying the disease in mice doesn't necessarily reveal information that could lead to drugs effective against human disease. Now, a team led by MIT ...
Combating TB, HIV and malaria in detention ? Uganda's experience
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/film/2014/01-16-uganda-health-care-prisons.htm
This film shows how successful three prisons in Uganda have been in significantly reducing the spread of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malaria amongst detainees. The pilot health care projects, run by the Ugandan authorities with the support of the ICRC, ...
Why Ending Malaria May Be More About Backhoes Than Bed Nets
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/03/257627285/why-ending-malaria-may-be-more-about-backhoes-than-bed-nets
Wiping out malaria is a top goal for many leaders in global health. Fewer people are dying now from the mosquito-borne disease than at any other time in history. "And there's a very, very strong belief now that malaria can be eliminated," says Joy ...
Cheaper Malaria Drug Needed
http://allafrica.com/stories/201401160102.html
Moshi ? THE head of the Moshibased Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMU COLLEGE), Prof Egbert Kessi has challenged researchers to develop cheap and affordable drugs to fight malaria as another effective strategy of eradicating the ...
A New Test for Malaria, No Blood Required
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/science/a-new-test-for-malaria-no-blood-required.html
Rice University researchers have developed a rapid malaria test that uses a laser pulse, eliminating the need to draw blood. The test has not yet been tried on humans with the disease, but in experiments with blood samples and mice, it detected malaria ...
