Malaria Deaths

The Unnoticed War Where Millions of Children's Lives are at Stake

Johann Hari | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Johann Hari

Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.

In Response to Liya Kebede: Our Responsiblity to Improving Maternal Health

Ray Chambers | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Ray Chambers

For HIV, women account for 60 percent of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and transmission from mothers to newborns is a significant, yet solvable problem.

Malaria Kills Almost 1M A Year: Special Report On Fighting The Disease

GlobalPost | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


If you've ever traveled to a malarial region you know the sound: the ominous buzz of a blood-sucking mosquito that may, or may not, be carrying a dead...

World Malaria Day: Here in Africa, Mosquitoes Still Kill

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


World Vision

Even as many African countries continue to make hard-earned economic progress, the financial toll of malaria remains a roadblock to these economies reaching their full potential.

Health of Nations

Edward J. Murray | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


Edward J. Murray

Societies with the resources sufficient to create sound public health systems can survive and thrive. Societies lacking those resources risk catastrophic assaults on health, which can result in their total annihilation.

The VP Choice that lost the Presidency for John McCain -- The Sequel

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics


Linda Bergthold

We will probably conclude that the tanking of the economy was the prime reason why McCain lost this election. But we should also blame ourselves and the media for taking our eye off the ball.

Make Chinese Anti-Malarial Drug Makers Caught

TreeHugger | John Laumer | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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, ...