Malaria

Death By Chocolate For Malarial Mosquitoes

Posted 05.29.2012

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From Lauren Cox, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor: You can slather on the DEET and light citronella candles this summer, but you still divulge your lo...

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Bogus Malaria Drugs Flood Asia, Africa

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Malaria, Artemisinin, Drugs, Malaria Drugs, Malaria Africa, Fake Drugs, Malaria Asia, World News

HANOI, Vietnam -- More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fak...

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Insecticide-Resistant Mosquitoes Slow Malaria Fight

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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* WHO says resistance reported in 64 countries with malaria * Mosquito-borne disease kills more than 650,000 a year * Ac...

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How Five Small-Town Girls Saved Lives Across The Globe

Madelyn McGlynn | Posted 04.29.2012

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Madelyn McGlynn

My sisters and I wanted to help, so we researched malaria and learned that it kills one child every 30 seconds. It was terrible to realize that children were suffering and dying from a preventable disease.

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Malaria: Less Investment = More Suffering, More Death

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Malaria, G20 Summit, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, g20, World Malaria Day, TB and Malaria, Malaria Treatment, Impact News
Kolleen Bouchane

A new study published this week makes something clear: Providing funding to fight malaria makes malaria go away. Cutting funding for malaria makes malaria come back.

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Taking the Malaria Fight Down to the Community Level

Mark Hanlon | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Malaria, Child Poverty, Global Poverty, Compassion International, World Malaria Day, Health, Malaria Prevention, Malaria Education, Impact News
Mark Hanlon

Malaria remains one of the most widespread infectious diseases in Africa. Yet, insecticide treated nets are available. Medicines are available. Prevention education is available -- but to everyone?

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Why I Am Thinking About the Nobel Peace Prize on World Malaria Day

Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 04.25.2012

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Mark Leon Goldberg

We need to diversify how we fund the global fight against diseases like malaria. The term for this is "innovative financing for development." The world's laboratory for innovative financing is located in Geneva, in a small outpost of the UN family called UNITAID.

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WATCH: Mandy Moore On Prevention For World Malaria Day 2012

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Mandy Moore Malaria, Mandy Moore, Global Fund, Malaria, Psi, World Malaria Day, Ending Malaria, Malaria Nets, Impact News

On World Malaria Day 2012, Mandy Moore shares a first-hand account with AOL of her visits to Cameroon, Central African Republic and Sudan, where she ...

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World Malaria Day: The Faces Behind The Numbers

Katharine McPhee | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Usaid, President's Malaria Initiative, Burkina Faso, Malaria No More, Africa, Slidepollajax, Ghana, Malaria, Katharine McPhee, World Malaria Day, Smash, Impact News
Katharine McPhee

I recently went on a trip to multiple locations in Africa, where I learned that although I can't save the world, I can help save one life.

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World Malaria Day: 5 Ways To Fight The Disease

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Video, World Health Organization, Mosquitos, Sub-Saharan Africa, Malaria No More, The Global Fund, Africa, Malaria, Nothing but Nets, World Malaria Day, Nets for Life, Slidepollajax, Roll Back Malaria, Impact News

In the time it takes for a malaria-infected mosquito to bite, you could do your part to end the spread of this deadly, but preventable, disease. Ev...

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Malaria: A Dickens Of A Disease

Tony Blair | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Malaria, Interfaith, Reversing Malaria, World Malaria Day 2012, World Malaria Day, Millennium Development Goals, Faith Inspires, UK Impact, Tony Blair, Religion News
Tony Blair

Faith leaders through the authority they hold, and the outreach and networks of their communities, can be powerful influences for the good in public health.

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Crazy, True Malaria

Erin Levin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Malaria, Heathcare, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Medshare, Africa, Sierra Leone, Good News News
Erin Levin

Crazy, true good news: "We are proving that faith communities can work together to address a global problem like malaria."

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UN Appeals For $3.2 Billion To Reach Goal Of 'Near-Zero' Malaria Deaths

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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UNITED NATIONS — The global campaign to fight malaria is appealing for $3.2 billion to try to reach the U.N. goal of "near-zero" deaths from the...

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Fighting Malaria Is a Full Time Job

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Benin, Malaria, Gambia, Global Health, Niger, World Malaria Day, Africa, Mosquito Nets, Mosquitoes, Fighting Malaria, Impact News
Catholic Relief Services

April 25 is World Malaria Day. It is a time to celebrate the progress made in the fight against this disease, but it also time to renew our commitment to eradicating the killer of at least 650,000 people worldwide in 2010.

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My Journey Of Discovery In Ghana With Malaria No More UK

Aloe Blacc | Posted 04.19.2012

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Aloe Blacc

Until a few weeks ago the thought of getting malaria had never crossed my mind as I'm fortunate to live in a US city where malaria is not a problem. Even when I travel to tropical areas like my parents' home country of Panama where mosquitoes eat me alive, I'm not worried as malaria is no longer present in that part of the country. This is a stark contrast to my recent trip with Malaria No More UK to Ghana, West Africa, where malaria affects the entire population of 24 million people and is a leading cause of death amongst young children. The charity has released a short film today about my trip - I went to learn as much as I could about malaria and the work happening to make sure every home in the country has a mosquito net by the end of this year.

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The Devil in the Malaria Details

David de Ferranti | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Bednets, Markets, Poverty, Economics, Malaria, Globalization, Business, World Malaria Day, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Prevention, Disease, Global Health, Procurement, Development, Fighting Malaria, Impact News
David de Ferranti

Have you ever had to buy a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net (LLIN)? Probably not, even if you live in Africa, where nine out of ten malaria-related deaths occur.

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Reports: Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads

Reuters | Posted 04.06.2012

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By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, April 6 (Reuters) - A malaria strain increasingly resistant to the most effective drug used to treat the dise...

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Suitcase-Sized Device May Revolutionize Malaria Treatment

AP | By DAVID RISING | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Malaria, Artemisinin, Video, Artemisinic Acid, Tropics, Medicine, Drug, Tropical Medicine, Science News

BERLIN -- German scientists have developed a new way to make a key malaria drug that they say could easily quadruple production and drop the price sig...

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The London Declaration and Eliminating NTDs

Ned Breslin | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Malaria, Ntds, Sanitation and Disease, Global Poverty, The London Declaration, Water Borne Diseases, Global Heatlh, Polo, Global Sanitation, Neglected-Tropical-Diseases, Impact News
Ned Breslin

Polio is a water-related disease and we were left behind. Malaria has water- and sanitation-related aspects and we are being left behind. And our most obvious sweet spot -- NTDs -- have just left us behind again.

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Nairobi Cuts Funding For AIDS Organizations

Voice of America | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Siama Musini, Geoffrey Ochieng, Kenya, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, Uganda, Peter Mugenyi, Tuberculosis, Impact News

Several-hundred people gathered in the Kenyan capital Monday to protest funding cuts made by the decade-old The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosi...

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Malaria's Defeat, Africa's Future

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Africa, African Leaders Malaria Alliance, Malaria, Alma, Liberia, Tuberculosis, And Malaria, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Malaria Cure, Impact News
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Africa is taking command of its future by tackling an ancient plague. If you care about peace -- and the prosperity of every woman, child and community -- you must care about malaria.

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10 Years On, Funding Crisis Threatens the Global Fund's Effort to End AIDS

Joanne Carter | Posted 03.28.2012

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Joanne Carter

So we're calling on the U.S. to host this meeting. We strongly believe that if the U.S. hosts this emergency donor's conference, other donors will join in. If we convene it, they will come.

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Bill Gates Pledges $750 Million For Troubled Global Fund

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 03.27.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial ...

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Sanitation in Ghana: A Disaster or a Challenge?

Karen Curley | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Malaria, Ghana, Cholera, Garbage, Disease, Sanitation, Slidepollajax, World News
Karen Curley

Accra is the capital of Ghana and is a modern city, yet there is garbage all over. There are many reasons for this.

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Five Years Makes All the Difference

David Bowen | Posted 02.13.2012

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David Bowen

In America, we celebrate a child's fifth birthday with party hats and candles. In Africa, parents celebrate with a sigh of relief -- because it means their child is less at risk of dying from malaria.

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