Global Malaria News

The best therapy today for malaria is a drug combination that includes a derivative of artemisinin, now solely available from plants grown in Asia and Africa. On Apr. 11, the first semi-synthetic version of artemisinin will be made available.

Launch of semi-synthetic artemisinin a milestone for malaria, synthetic biology
Medical Xpress
This Kenyan child is in the under-five age group most affected by malaria. According to a 2010 report, about 660,000 people died from malaria around the world, primarily in Asia and Africa. A new semi-synthetic version of the front-line treatment ...

New technique fights dengue and malaria from within mosquitoes
Newstrack India
London, April 11 (ANI): A new technique that introduces disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes may help halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and potentially malaria, according to scientists. When infected with the bacteria ...

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Entomological surveillance of behavioural resilience and resistance in ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The most potent malaria vectors rely heavily upon human blood so they are vulnerable to attack with insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) within houses. Mosquito taxa that can avoid feeding or resting indoors, or by ...

Music showcase in aid of malaria fight
The Press, York
The event at the Living Room, in Bridge Street, will be on Thursday, April 25, to coincide with World Malaria Day. Money raised will buy mosquito nets via the United Nations Foundation's worldwide Nothing But Nets campaign. The initiative distributes ...

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Chemistry World
Yeast to make malaria drug on demand
Chemistry World
The engineered yeast cells churn out high concentrations of a precursor that can be converted in a few steps into the first-line malaria drug. According to the team behind the advance, their semi-synthetic route should help smooth out seasonal ...

Naharnet
Lab Boost for Precious Anti-Malaria Drug
Naharnet
U.S. scientists on Wednesday said they had used baker's yeast to make a key ingredient of malaria drugs, a feat that could iron out fluctuations in supply caused by sourcing the chemical from a Chinese herb. One of the revolutions in malaria treatment ...

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United Methodist Churches to host “Imagine no Malaria”
Tama News-Herald - Toledo Chronicle
The Community Connections Series is a series of events sponsored by Christ United Methodist Church of Toledo and Living Faith United Methodist Church of Tama and Montour which provides an opportunity for our churches to connect to the community and ...

Gates-funded scientists obtain malaria medicine from baker's yeast
The Verge
After many years of research, there's still no effective vaccine for malaria, a parasite that kills hundreds of thousands yearly in Africa and Asia. But scientists have figured out a way to mass-produce the most effective treatment at industrial scale ...

President Obama's Budget = History in the Making
Huffington Post
In recognition of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria's key role as a multilateral partner and its progress in instituting reforms, the Budget provides $1.65 billion to leverage pledges from other donors and accelerate progress ...

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NPR (blog)
A New Way To Make The Most Powerful Malaria Drug
NPR (blog)
Researchers in California described Wednesday their new method for mass-producing the key ingredient for the herbal drug artemisinin, the most powerful anti-malarial on the market. Already, the French drug maker Sanofi is ramping up production at a ...
Beer Yeast Bubbles to Malaria Drug in Gates-Funded StudyBloomberg
Scientists find new key ingredient for anti-malaria drugRaw Story
Microbes Mass-Produce Drug Emily SingerMIT Technology Review

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Air pollution kills more people yearly than AIDS and malaria combined
msnNOW
And now there's another reason: The United Nations reported Tuesday that more people die each year from air pollution than from AIDS and malaria combined. More than 6 million people die every year from health issues and diseases caused by toxic ...

Microbes Mass-Produce Drug Emily Singer
MIT Technology Review
For the first time, researchers have successfully engineered a strain of baker's yeast capable of spewing out malaria drugs on an industrial scale. The French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has already begun brewing the microbes and announced plans to ...

UN News Centre
UN-backed fund needs $87 billion to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
UN News Centre
“If we don't seize this moment, we will be dealing with these diseases for generations,” Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said on the second of a two-day conference with donors and other ...
Yvonne Chaka Chaka: Why We Need to Back the Global Fund NowAllAfrica.com
President's FY14 Budget Reaffirms Commitment to Global FundThe Herald | HeraldOnline.com
UNDP scales up focus on human rights and coordination in AIDS, TB and ...Healthcare Today
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Raw Story
Scientists find new key ingredient for anti-malaria drug
Raw Story
US scientists on Wednesday said they had used baker's yeast to make a key ingredient of malaria drugs, a feat that could iron out fluctuations in supply caused by sourcing the chemical from a Chinese herb. One of the revolutions in malaria treatment in ...

Beer Yeast Bubbles to Malaria Drug in Gates-Funded Study
Bloomberg
Malaria kills a child in Africa every minute, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization. The disease is spread through mosquitoes infected with the Plasmodium parasite, which multiply in the human liver, attacking red blood cells. It ...

ABC Online
Fighting Disease From Within the Mosquito May Halt Debgue, Yellow Fever ...
Infection Control Today
Scientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes, with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and potentially malaria. When infected with the bacteria Wolbachia ...
Scientists Succeed In Using Bacteria To Stop Mosquitos From Spreading ...Medical Daily

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Scientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes, with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and potentially malaria.

Parliament clamps down on MOH's malaria control project
Awoko
T The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, as a result of the Audit Report, yesterday queried officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOH) on their inability to tackle the widespread malaria incidents, amidst the prevalence of poor ...

Measuring malaria by passive case detection: a new perspective based on ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Most measurements of malaria are based on cross-sectional data and do not reflect the dynamic nature of transmission, particularly when interventions require timely data for planning strategies. Such data can be collected from local rural health ...