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- Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:15 am
- Forum: Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment
- Topic: UK and France see highest number of imported malaria cases
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UK and France see highest number of imported malaria cases
An international study, led by the University of Southampton, shows the UK and France experience the highest number of malaria cases imported from other countries. Research led by WorldPop, based at the University, examined and mapped the movement of the disease from endemic countries (those where m...
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: Malaria Drugs
- Topic: Newly identified compound could both treat and prevent malaria
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- Views: 48173
Newly identified compound could both treat and prevent malaria
Bicyclic azetidines have the potential to both cure malaria and prevent malaria transmission, study shows The Pharmaceutical Journal, 3 OCT 2016 The majority of current antimalarial drugs only target one stage of the parasite life cycle, and are threatened by the emergence of resistance. To discove...
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:42 am
- Forum: Info Resource Center
- Topic: WHO's emergency response to artemisinin resistance Bulletin 5 (September 2016)
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- Views: 48622
WHO's emergency response to artemisinin resistance Bulletin 5 (September 2016)
Increased access to malaria prevention, diagnostics and treatment is having a direct impact on trends in the disease across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). According to the latest WHO data, the six GMS countries cut their malaria incidence by more than 54% between 2012 and 2015. Malaria mortalit...
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:32 am
- Forum: Info Resource Center
- Topic: MALARIA IN AFRICA: A CLOSER LOOK THROUGH PRECISION MAPPING
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- Views: 48572
MALARIA IN AFRICA: A CLOSER LOOK THROUGH PRECISION MAPPING
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a paper showing the highest spatial-resolution estimates of malaria mortality in Africa to date. Malaria No More spoke to one of the study’s authors, Dr. Simon Hay of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washingto...
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:03 am
- Forum: News and Activities
- Topic: Celebrating a Malaria-FREE Sri Lanka
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- Views: 34449
Celebrating a Malaria-FREE Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka today received official ‘malaria-free’ certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for successfully eliminating the disease, following decades of efforts to control it. WHO grants malaria-free certification when a country has proven that the chain of local transmission has been ...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:42 am
- Forum: Country Meetings
- Topic: Save the Date!
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- Views: 57570
Save the Date!
http://www.actmalaria.net/home/viewImage.php?gid=66&pid=52731471847088 The Department of Health Philippines in collaboration with Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria (ACTMalaria), will hold Malaria Forum with the theme “Investment in the Malaria Workforce: Investment in Malaria Elimina...
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:46 am
- Forum: Vector Control
- Topic: China’s ‘Mosquito Factory’ Aims to Wipe Out Malaria and Zika
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- Views: 34863
China’s ‘Mosquito Factory’ Aims to Wipe Out Malaria and Zika
By Steve Williams August 4, 2016 Researchers have been releasing thousands of mosquitoes into the wild – and for good reason. Controlling mosquito-borne viruses has proved to be a challenge for medical science, as Zika has made all too clear. However, researchers at China’s largest “mosquito factory...
- Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:45 am
- Forum: Info Resource Center
- Topic: Estimating Geographical Variation in the Risk of Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Countries Eliminating Malaria
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- Views: 34525
Estimating Geographical Variation in the Risk of Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Countries Eliminating Malaria
Authors: Freya M. Shearer, Zhi Huang, Daniel J. Weiss, Antoinette Wiebe, Harry S. Gibson, Katherine E. Battle, David M. Pigott, Oliver J. Brady, Chaturong Putaporntip, Somchai Jongwutiwes, Yee Ling Lau, Magnus Manske, Roberto Amato, [ ... ], Catherine L. Moyes Published: August 5, 2016 http://dx.do...
- Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:39 am
- Forum: Malaria Drugs
- Topic: RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine less effective over time in African children
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- Views: 34279
RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine less effective over time in African children
Olotu A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016;doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1515257. AUTHORS: Olotu A, Fegan G, Wambua J, Nyangweso G, Leach A, Lievens M, Kaslow DC, Njuguna P, Marsh K, Bejon P. BACKGROUND: The candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 is being evaluated in order to inform a decision regarding its inclusion i...
- Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:24 am
- Forum: News and Activities
- Topic: Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study
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- Views: 27525
Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study
Patricia Kime, Military Times 7:52 a.m. EDT August 12, 2016 http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f5165edfa19bcf273643df7b3770f5690bca06dd/r=x404&c=534x401/http/cdn.tegna-tv.com/-mm-/033ad49c5d0519610f9ee641ebaaa62d054d8628/c=204-0-3396-2400/local/-/media/2016/08/10/GGM/MilitaryTimes/636064443339710566-3...