Malaria

Ted Turner Joins Christian Groups To Fight Malaria

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business


Media mogul Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," announced on Tuesday he was joining forces with two Christian organizati...

"You Can't Do It With Force": Will the 44th President Listen to Jeffrey Sachs?

Dan Brown | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business


Dan Brown

Sachs has many allies and supporters, including Al Gore, Kofi Annan, and Bono. Will the Democrat nominee embrace his humane and sensible proposals?

Make Chinese Anti-Malarial Drug Makers Caught

TreeHugger | John Laumer | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business


Every so often some op. ed. writer infers that all of today's "environmentalists" are responsible for the malaria-caused deaths of innocent children, ...

DNA Has Memory: We Are Who We Were

Isaiah Washington | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment


Isaiah Washington

In October 2005 I found out that I shared ancestry with the Mende Temne Peoples of Sierra Leone on my Maternal side and with the Mbundu People of Angola on my Paternal side.

Challenging Ourselves To Do More in Africa

Sen. Dick Durbin | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Sen. Dick Durbin

I don't agree with the president about much, but we both feel that improving access to health care is one of the most important things our country can provide to the people of Africa.

Study: Congo Fighting Causes 45,000 Deaths A Month

The Guardian | Chris McGreal | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


The effects of a decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month - half of them small chil...

Last-minute holiday gift: Save a life

Jay Winsten | Posted 12.21.2007 | Entertainment


Jay Winsten

A while ago, MTV produced a remarkable video diary of Angelina Jolie traveling through Africa with economist Jeffrey Sachs to support Sachs' mission ...

Hillary's Legislative Czar Leaving Senate Office But Nobody Really Leaves Hillaryland

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Laurie Rubiner -- who is known to be one of the few insiders who "talks real" with Clinton -- is going to remain part of Hillary's circle of trusted counselors.

Health Diplomacy: A Prescription for Peace

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Americans have only returned to recognizing that improving global health, in terms of preventing and treating both infectious and chronic diseases, must be a public policy priority.

An Audacious Goal

Bill Gates | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics


Bill Gates

Melinda and I issued a challenge: not just to control or reduce malaria, but to work toward a time when no one on earth is infected with it, and no mosquitoes carry the disease.

No Hope, New Hope

Jay Winsten | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics


Jay Winsten

At a cost of $10 each, insecticide-treated bed nets kill or incapacitate malaria-carrying mosquitoes that are active primarily at night.


 

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