Global Malaria News

Together We Can End Malaria Deaths and Save Thousands of Lives
Huffington Post UK (blog)
Over the last decade, the world has made major progress in the fight against malaria. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25%, and 50 of the 99 countries still affected are now on track to meet the 2015 World Health Assembly ...

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Washington Times
CRENSHAW AND DAVIS: Ending the scourge of malaria
Washington Times
U.S. support for global health has had a major impact around the world, particularly our contributions to fighting malaria through the President's Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Since the launch of the ...
Opinion pieces published in recognition of World Malaria DayNews-Medical.net
World Malaria Day: no time for complacencyThe Guardian (blog)
Piebalgs urges EU to step up the fight against malariaTheParliament.com
The Guardian Nigeria -Atlanta Black Star
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Jakarta Post
Thousand Islands first region to be certified malaria-free
Jakarta Post
The Health Ministry has officially recognized Thousand Islands regency as the country's first region free from malaria. “This year, the Thousand Islands regency has successfully become the first region to obtain a malaria-free certificate,” Health ...

S. Sudan says its winning malaria fight
Sudan Tribune
Malaria has brought “incredible destruction” to South Sudan, accounting for two in every 10 deaths in the country. It is also the leading cause of illness and death in children under the age of five. Speaking at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba ...

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The Hindu
'Remarkable reduction in malaria cases in Chennai Corporation area'
The Hindu
In the span of two decades, Tamil Nadu wrestled with malaria, and within that period, the State managed some modest victory over the disease. From over a lakh cases in the 1990's, and a significant percentage of them in the urban Chennai area, today ...
Malaria death shows decline trendThe New Indian Express

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No reliable data on malaria cases available
The News International
Over 90% of the public sector healthcare facilities in Pakistan do not have any proper system available for recording and reporting of malaria cases. The majority of malaria patients are given treatment upon signs and symptoms only as their blood tests ...
Poor man's disease: '0.5 million Pakistanis get malaria every year'The Express Tribune
Almost half of world's population at risk of malaria - Pakistan ObserverPakistan Observer

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Chemistry World (blog)
Malaria milestone “took a village”
UC Berkeley
On April 25, World Malaria Day, the non-profit Zagaya released a video Illustrating why, in the words of UC Berkeley synthetic biologist Jay Keasling, “it took a village” to create an accessible treatment for malaria that will be essential to ...
Hopeful developments on World Malaria DayChemistry World (blog)
1.3 billion in South-East Asia at risk of malaria: WHOThe Hindu
Dogma among researchers exaggerates threat of resistance to best anti-malarial ...Science Daily (press release)
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UN News Centre
FDA Develops Device Capable Of Recognizing Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs
Medical News Today
The FDA developed the device in partnership with with Skoll Global Threats Fund, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the multi-agency President's Malaria ...
With malaria breakthrough in sight, UN officials urge greater funding to ...UN News Centre
Peace Corps volunteers extend malaria efforts across AfricaThe Hill (blog)
Africa Needs Billions to Control Malaria - VOAVoice of America
Baltimore Sun -Huffington Post UK (blog)
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UN News Centre
NIH statement on World Malaria Day
National Institutes of Health (press release)
The National Institutes of Health marks World Malaria Day 2013, which has the world theme Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria, by acknowledging the considerable toll the disease continues to exact in many parts of the world. We also renew our ...
With malaria breakthrough in sight, UN officials urge greater funding to ...UN News Centre
FDA Develops Device Capable Of Recognizing Fake Anti-Malaria DrugsMedical News Today
FDA develops handheld device to spot fake malaria drugsCBS News
Voice of America -UPI.com
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Doctors Without Borders
Niger: Deadly Malaria and Malnutrition Season Approaching
Doctors Without Borders
With the rainy season approaching, and more cases of malnutrition and malaria expected, an integrated approach to preventing and treating malaria and malnutrition together is essential in order to stave off another crisis. “Urgent action is needed to ...

PLoS Blogs (blog)
World Malaria Day 2013: Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Since World Malaria Day was first instituted in 2007 by World Health Organization Member States, great progress has been made in malaria prevention, detection and treatment. Even so, over half a million people die each year from this disease, many of ...
NIH statement on World Malaria DayNational Institutes of Health (press release)

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Religious Leaders 'Noisy About Malaria' in Mozambique
Huffington Post (blog)
Each year, World Malaria Day (April 25) commemorates the global fight toward zero malaria deaths and mobilizes action to combat malaria. This year's theme is "Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria." This post was originally featured on USAID's Impact ...

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Your YouTube Views Could Treat 100000 Children With Malaria
Mashable
Mary and Martha, starring Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and nominee Brenda Blethyn, tells the dramatic story of two mothers who bond over the malaria-induced deaths of their sons. Leading up to the film's U.S. release this month on HBO, the network teamed ...

Voice of America
Drug-Resistant Malaria Strain Appears in Cambodia - VOA
Voice of America
“The risks are significant - not only are they significant for the region in terms of having a reversal of the gains that have been made against malaria, but they are actually significant globally," said Robert Newman, director of the WHO's Global ...
WHO starts program against new malaria strainDeutsche Welle
WHO launches program to combat drug-resistant malaria in Greater Mekong ...People's Daily Online
New regional program to counter drug-resistant malaria strainRadio Australia
Scoop.co.nz (press release) -Occupational Health and Safety
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World Malaria Day 2013: We Cannot Afford to Wait
Forbes
Editor's Note: Ray Chambers is the founder and Co-Chairman of Malaria No More, with Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation. He is taking a leave of absence from that role to focus on his appointment as the United Nations Secretary-General's ...

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UN News Centre
With malaria breakthrough in sight, UN officials urge greater funding to ...
UN News Centre
25 April 2013 – With the globally agreed target of reversing the incidence rate of malaria by 2015 now in sight, top United Nations officials today urged the international community to stay committed to protecting people from this preventable disease ...
FDA develops handheld device to spot fake malaria drugsCBS News
FDA Develops Device Capable Of Recognizing Fake Anti-Malaria DrugsMedical News Today
Majority of malaria deaths among small children in AfricaUPI.com
Voice of America -GlobalPost (blog)
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Zee News
Slamming Malaria (Q&A)
Huffington Post (blog)
Malaria is a disease that is not on the top of mind of the general public, and it's important that we change this, the more people know about it, the better chance we have to make it a disease of the past. The fact that a mosquito bite can take ...
Progress Has Been Made In Containing Malaria, More Needs To Be Done - VOAVoice of America
No respite from Malaria as 2015 MDG target is set to be missed! - Zee NewsZee News
Persistent fever might be malariaDeccan Chronicle
Times of India -The News International
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Chemistry World (blog)
Hopeful developments on World Malaria Day
Chemistry World (blog)
A person dies from malaria every minute. Seven people are infected with this debilitating disease every second. These are the figures that World Malaria Day – which is today – is seeking to highlight. World Malaria Day has been going since 2007.
1.3 billion in South-East Asia at risk of malaria: WHOThe Hindu
Dogma among researchers exaggerates threat of resistance to best anti-malarial ...Science Daily (press release)
How That Beer You're Drinking Is Helping Cure MalariaCo.Exist
Financial Times
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Voice of America
FDA develops handheld device to spot fake malaria drugs
CBS News
WASHINGTONU.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available in Africa to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology may eventually be used to combat the fake drug trade worldwide. The Food and Drug ...
World Malaria Day 2013: We Cannot Afford to WaitForbes
Africa Needs Billions to Control Malaria - VOAVoice of America
With malaria breakthrough in sight, UN officials urge greater funding to ...UN News Centre
Fox News -The Independent (blog)
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Malaria in Liberia - 'The Struggle Continues'
AllAfrica.com
Monrovia — I woke up feeling the headache and chills, and made a couple of trips to the bathroom to ease the nausea. The experience was all too familiar; I was having another bout of malaria, even though that wasn't changing my day's routine. Growing ...