February 02, 2014

Nazi Scientists May Have Plotted Malaria Mosquito Warfare
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140130-nazi-biological-weapons-biowarfare-mosquito-malaria-history/
Nazi scientists at the infamous Dachau concentration camp may have planned to use offensive biological warfare on Germany's World War II enemies. Newly found records suggest they made plans to release malaria-carrying mosquitoes from airplanes.


Doctors question integrity of malaria data
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/doctors-question-integrity-of-malaria-data/article5642144.ece
The failure of the Health Department and other agencies to accurately reflect the ground reality of malaria and fatalities in the district has, for the first time, raised questions over the integrity of data collecting system. It has also left the ...


8 African countries team up to fight malaria
http://www.spyghana.com/8-african-countries-team-fight-malaria/
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At the official opening of the African Union Summit of heads of state, H.E. Armando Guebuza, President of Mozambique, conferred the 2014 African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Awards for Excellence in Vector Control to ...


United Methodist gives $1.1 Million to fight malaria
http://unitedmethodistreporter.com/2014/02/01/united-methodist-gives-1-1-million-fight-malaria/
Imagine No Malaria will get a million-dollar-plus boost, thanks to a generous gift from a lifelong United Methodist who just wants to give back ? the largest gift to date from an individual donor. The California-Nevada Conference of The United ...


Keystone Symposia to convene conference focusing on the science of malaria ...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140131/Keystone-Symposia-to-convene-conference-focusing-on-the-science-of-malaria-eradication.aspx
Keystone Symposia, in collaboration with MESA (Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance), is convening its first conference in Mexico ? on "The Science of Malaria Eradication" at the Fiesta Americana Hotel in Merida, Yucatan. The four-day conference ...


Malaria eradication Cure all?
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21594956-novel-approach-using-drugs-instead-insecticides-may-make-it-easier
WHAT if it were possible to get rid of malaria? Not just bring it under control, but wipe it from the face of the Earth, saving 660,000 lives a year, stopping hitherto endless suffering, and abolishing a barrier to economic development reckoned by the ...


Our Shared Responsibility: Ending AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-blumenthal/aids-tuberculosis-malaria_b_4703093.html
As a result of globalization, the spread of infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria does not respect state or national borders. The good news is that solutions to these epidemics cross communities and countries as well. The ...


New Inexpensive Skin Test in Development to Diagnose Malaria in an Instant
http://singularityhub.com/2014/01/29/new-inexpensive-skin-test-to-diagnose-malaria-in-an-instant/
Malaria is a disease untamed by modern medicine. There's no vaccine; tests are slow and inaccurate. The disease, meanwhile, kills with terrifying efficiency, sometimes in as little as 24 hours. Hundreds of millions of people fall ill with malaria every ...