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Rivers Partners With ECOWAS To Establish Anti-Malaria Factory
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The Rivers State government said it has concluded arrangements to commence joint partnership with ECOWAS for the production of Biolarvicides to control and eliminate malaria in the state. The state governor Chibuike Amaechi made this known at a press ...

New Europe
'Difficult times' in global fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria
The Guardian
The organisation that finances the prevention and treatment of the Aids virus and other global killers is urging top donors to provide an additional $15bn (€11.5bn, £9.8bn) to fight infectious diseases over the next three years or risk reversing a ...
Malaria Bednet Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa Is About Half of What Is NeededAllAfrica.com
$87bn needed to fight Aids, TB and malariaHealth24.com
Fighting AIDS, TB and malariaNew Europe
The Guardian Nigeria -Kuwait News Agency -Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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In the most extensive screen of its kind, scientists have demonstrated the feasibility of repurposing already-approved drugs for use against highly pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The pathogens included emerging diseases and potential bioterror threats ranging from anthrax to the Marburg and Ebola viruses.

HBO Canada Puts a Spotlight on Malaria Awareness with HBO Films' Mary and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
TORONTO, April 9, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Oscar® winner Hilary Swank and Oscar® nominee Brenda Blethyn star in HBO Films' Mary and Martha, the story of two mothers who find a way to make a difference by dedicating themselves to the cause of malaria ...

EurActiv
Malaria Bednet Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa Is About Half of What Is Needed
AllAfrica.com
According to the report, about half of the countries affected by malaria are on track to meet international targets of a 75% reduction in malaria cases by 2015. The report said that further progress depends on achieving higher coverage of prevention ...
'Difficult times' in global fight against AIDS, TB and malariaEurActiv
$87 bn needed to fight AIDS, TB, malaria: reportFRANCE 24
Fighting AIDS, TB and malariaNew Europe
The Guardian Nigeria -Kuwait News Agency -Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Everton FC's Steven Pienaar raises awareness of malaria
Liverpool Echo
EVERTON midfielder Steven Pienaar is doing his bit to raise awareness of how mosquito nets can prevent disease. The former South Africa team captain spoke out to mark World Malaria Day. Just £7 buys a mosquito net from the United Nations Foundation's ...

EurActiv
'Difficult times' in global fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
EurActiv
The Global Fund has also come under recent fire for supporting a treatment scheme to replace ineffective malaria drugs, such as chloroquine. The Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria was launched as a pilot programme in developing countries to ...
$87 bn needed to fight AIDS, TB, malaria: reportFRANCE 24
• Nigeria records no new caseThe Guardian Nigeria
Global Fund to raise $15 billion to fight AIDS, TB and MalariaGhana Broadcasting Corporation
Huffington Post -Shanghai Daily (subscription) -DeHavilland (subscription) (press release)
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FRANCE 24
$87 bn needed to fight AIDS, TB, malaria: report
FRANCE 24
A doctor offers medicine to a woman living with HIV in Cambodia on November 30, 2012. The fight against HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will cost some $87 billion (67 billion euros) between 2014-16 if the three scourges are to be kept in check, a ...
Why the Global Fund Is a Terrific InvestmentHuffington Post
Global Fund targets 15 bln USD to fight infectious diseasesShanghai Daily (subscription)
Global health gains under threatPR Newswire (press release)

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$87 bn needed to fight AIDS, TB, malaria: report
AFP
BRUSSELS — The fight against HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will cost some $87 billion (67 billion euros) between 2014-16 if the three scourges are to be kept in check, a report showed Monday. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and ...

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A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune systems -- may help solve the mystery of how this single-celled parasite establishes life-long infections in people. The study places the blame squarely on a family of plant proteins, known as AP2 factors.

Isabel and Temotu lead in Malaria fight
Solomon Star
Permanant Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Dr Lester Ross told the committe during the ministry's appearance that the two provinces have low malaria cases. “These two provinces have very low records of malaria cases,” Dr Ross said.

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Launch of the French World Malaria Day site; MDG Advocates: Seize the Next 1,000 Days of the Millennium Development Goals to Build a More Just World; Aid to poor countries slips further as governments tighten budgets; Global Fund, UNDP scale up focus on human rights, coordination in AIDS, TB and malaria responses; Progress, puzzles in halting malaria; Mission conjointe RBM/CARN au Sao Tome; Twentieth MERG Meeting; 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health...

AACR news: Autophagy-addicted breast cancers killed by anti-malaria drug ...
EurekAlert (press release)
That's what the traditional anti-malaria drug, chloroquine, does – it inhibits autophagy. Existing clinical trials are testing chloroquine/chemotherapy combinations against breast cancer. Research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 shows that ...

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Autophagy-addicted breast cancers killed by anti-malaria drug, chloroquine
Medical Xpress
The process of autophagy cleans cells – they wrap up the bad stuff and then dispose of it. And so it stands to reason that inhibiting autophagy would make cancer cells less able to cleanse themselves of chemotherapy and so more susceptible to the drugs.

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It's chocs away as Harry gives up sweets for malaria cause
Leighton Buzzard Today
Jo is a special ambassador for the charity Malaria No More UK and, as reported in the LBO last month, was also the inspiration behind Richard Curtis's Comic Relief BBC film, Mary and Martha. Harry Yirrell was a close friend of six-year-old Harry's mum ...

Naharnet
$87 Billion Needed to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
Naharnet
The fight against HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will cost some $87 billion (67 billion euros) between 2014-16 if the three scourges are to be kept in check, a report showed Monday. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said it ...
Why the Global Fund Is a Terrific InvestmentHuffington Post
Global Fund targets 15 bln USD to fight infectious diseasesShanghai Daily (subscription)
Global health gains under threatPR Newswire (press release)
European Voice
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Researchers have discovered a new protein that controls the presence of the Vel blood group antigen on our red blood cells. The discovery makes it possible to use simple DNA testing to find blood donors for patients who lack the Vel antigen and need a blood transfusion.

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Golfer back after malaria setback
World First Travel Insurance
An American golfer who suffered malaria after being bitten by a mosquito has returned to action. Natalie Gulbis is back on the course, playing the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills after she was infected by a mosquito at an LPGA event in ...

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Malaria Kills 300, 000 Children Yearly in Nigeria - Health Experts
AllAfrica.com
Health experts have said that malaria was responsible for 30 percent childhood deaths estimated at 300, 000 every year in Nigeria. The experts however said that malaria was responsible for 25 percent infant deaths while it is responsible for 11 percent ...

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Malaria Kills 300, 000
Leadership Newspapers
Health experts have said that malaria was responsible for 30 percent childhood deaths estimated at 300, 000 every year in Nigeria. The experts however said that malaria was responsible for 25 percent infant deaths while it is responsible for 11 percent ...