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.
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 ...
New certainty that malaria will 'head for the hills'
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-certainty-malaria-hills.html
(Medical Xpress)?Malaria will increasingly be found in upland areas by the end of the century due to the impact of climate change, according to new research from the University of Liverpool. For the first time, scientists have compared the latest ...
Strange malaria-like disease hits UgandaPublish Date: Feb 03, 2014
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/652072-strange-malaria-like-disease-hits-uganda.html
Dr. Myers Lugemwa, the head of the malaria control programme at the health ministry, confirmed cases of the chikungunya infection in Uganda, especially around River Semliki and in the West Nile region. He, however, said there were few incidences, ...
Malaria tests substandardPublish Date: Feb 04, 2014
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/652145-malaria-tests-substandard.html
MALARIA tests in the country are substandard; as a result some patients are diagnosed with the disease when in fact they are negative while others are diagnosed negative when in fact they have the disease. Reports from the health ministry show the ...
Study projects net increase in range and risk for malaria from climate change ...
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059993965
As the climate changes, some parts of the world will become more hospitable to malaria, putting more people at risk, but large uncertainties still loom over the models making these forecasts, according to a new study. Malaria is one of the most ...
Sending Hope to Africa: A Plan to End Malaria
http://www.marinscope.com/novato_advance/news/article_c5ba3570-8f79-11e3-8767-0019bb2963f4.html
Half of the world's population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010, malaria caused approximately 655,000 deaths, with more than 90 percent occurring in the African region.
Who Calls for Sustainable Fight Against Malaria
http://allafrica.com/stories/201402061035.html
Assistant Information Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the World Malaria Report 2013 indicates massive reduction of the disease, and therefore called for such gains to be sustained. Sahr Gborie said global efforts to ...
