I was wondering if any of your friends has sent you this link and asked you why we don't want the MMS miracle to be spread around... I'm still confused, not knowing if I should laugh or cry. But I'm inclined to cry...
Two competing chemotypes.
Already twenty years ago the possibility of two chemotypes for Artemisia annua had been suggested ( HJ Woerdenbag et al., Flavour and Fragrance Journal 8, 1993, 131-137) distinguishing between a Chinese and a Vietnamese chemotype, the former containing 0.17 artemisinin, the latter 1.0%.
D Fulzele et al. ( Phytotherapy Research , 5, 1991, 149-153) found that plants from Europe produced the highest level of artemisin and those from Lucknow produced the highest level of arteannuin-B.
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Today, 25 April marks World Malaria Day.
It is a day to reflect back on the progress that has been made in combating malaria around the globe and to contemplate future directions for research and control efforts to curb the impact and spread of this fully preventable and treatable disease that affects millions of lives on a daily basis. Let’s spare a thought for the countless lives that have been lost to this disease, and for the millions of people whose lives are affected at this very moment. May 2013 see more victories than defeats in the global fight against Malaria!
The following article was published in SLATE Magazine on April 4 by Brendan Borrell. Our association IFBV-BELHERB from Luxembourg is glad to read that some independent voices recognize the merit of Artemisia annua herbal medicine and proud to see that through R&D at their universities Africans will find their own solutions in the fight against tropical diseases. Hereafter excerpts from the paper. The full text is available at www.slate.com/.../wormwood_tea_to_treat_malaria
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Please join us this week, April 1-5, 2013, in a virtual expert panel to discuss current state and future configuration of anti-vector interventions designed to prevent malaria transmission through the suppression of anopheline mosquito vectors.
Uganda Science Festival . African approaches against tropical diseases.
Listen to Dr Patrick Ogwang on BBC World Service, London Focus on Africa (radio) on Mar 28 3.30-5-30PM
Dear Moussa. Thank you very much for the opportunity to discuss science in Africa. I strongly believe that Africa must set her science agenda if we are to benefit from science. Why? For the following reasons;
The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) met for its fifth annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia from March 4 to 7, 2013.
The ethnobotanical use of this flavone includes applications in the treatment of cough, diarrhea, dysentery, diabetes, cancer and malaria.
Are you looking for a new job in the field of malaria or do you know someone who is? then this may interest you: There are 2 vacancies at the ACT consortium: (1) ACT Consortium Technical Communications Officer (closing date 22 March 2013), and (2) ACT Consortium Policy Liaison Coordinator (closing date 20 March 2013).
The 'early registration deadline' is July 31th. After this date the regular registration fees apply. Find more information about registration and fees here.
A recent press release from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute raised a lot of concern. Based on a scientific paper published in Nature, 13 June 2012, it appears that a single infected person could harbour many genetically different Plasmodium falciparum parasites. The team from Oxford University found that these parasite populations easily swap DNA to create new forms.
This evidently raises the question how far PCR (polymer chain reaction genotyping) can distinguish between recrudescence (or treatment failure) and re-infection by new bites from anopheles mosquitoes.
Pregnant woman arrives at the Maternity. She is worried because she had to leave her kids at home and the River Jurua is about to flood the area, so coming to the Maternity (which involves getting a boat lift from a neighbour and then walking 1.5 km)is a great deal. She is 31 weeks into her pregnancy. Two weeks ago she had a malaria episode, Pf, and was given Quinine and Clindamycin. Now she has diarrhea, lower abdominal pain, 9 g/dL of hemoglobin, 29% hematocrit.
Age: 24 Gestational age:: 37 wks Malaria history:
Pop-quiz: You're not an MD, you are conducting research in a malaria endemic setting and you are not part of the local health system. You overhear a doctor prescribing the wrong malaria drug treatment to a pregnant woman. What do you do?
In malaria endemic areas, researchers and basic health workers need to and often do find ways to join forces and complement each others work. Nevertheless, the prevalent idea among a few who are higher up in the health services is that researchers, like myself, are only there for the "kill". Some of the complaints are that we have a limited time-span in the area, we take joy in seeing a patient who provides us with some parasites and we ultimately take without giving in return. I think that these are usually the things we hear most (and mostly through the grapevine...).
The Medical Research Council and the city of Durban are to host the 2013 6th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan African Conference (MIM). The Medical Research Council in close collaboration with the Durban KwaZulu-Natal Convention Bureau and the Durban International Convention Centre formulated the winning bid for this prestigious medical conference.
"We have been fortunate to see a marked decrease (98%) in malaria case load in the Macha area over the past 10 years. While it is impossible to name one particular project or program that made this happen, we believe that the involvement of people at the community level has made a significant impact.
Just continue spending on ritual LLINs and IRS, or invest limited budget in more effective ways?
The basic concept of this document stems from Patrick Ogwang, Makerere University, Uganda. Additional inputs on limonene and nerolidol from Pierre Lutgen, Belherb.
I am from Ethiopia, have got BSC in medical Laboratory technology and MSc in tropical infectious disease. I am working as ass. researcher in malaria and other vector born research team, Infectious and non infectious department in Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI). I am very happy to share experience. Hope I will get more knowledge from you.
Best regards
Abeba Gebretsadik Reda
Malaria and other vector born research team
Infectious and non infectious disease department
Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute
In the human body the parasite injected into the bloodstream by the mosquito undergoes the transformation from the asexual plasmodium into the sexual gametocytes which the mosquito is going to pick-up during its blood meal. The killing effect of artemisinin on gametocytes is known since twenty years and was first mentioned in in vitro trials at the John Hopkins University. These results were confirmed in 1993 by research teams in China and India and mentioned in the document WHO/MAL/98.1086.
"Moving Towards Malaria Elimination: Investing in Research and Control"
MEASURE Evaluation, a USAID-funded project, is excited to announce the launch of the M&E of Malaria Programs e-course.
M&E of Malaria Programs provides an overview of fundamental concepts of monitoring and evaluation as they specifically relate to malaria prevention and control programs. It provides an overview of:
It may be of interest to readers of MalariaWorld that the long-forgotten, overlooked, but still relevant book by Dr I Kligler, published in 1930, entitled 'The Epidemiology and Control of malaria in Palestine' is now available without charge to be read in its entirety at www.kligler1930.com . Kligler was the architect in Palestine of probably the first successful national malaria-eradication campaign in the world, the campaign was begun in 1922 and it was conducted without vaccines and without reliance on mosquito bednets. The website includes the review in 1930 by Science Magazine.
In October 2013 the next Pan African MIM conference on malaria will be organised in Durban, South Africa. It follows after the MIM 2009 meeting that was held in Nairobi. Although this seems far ahead of us, at MalariaWorld we are planning to inform you in the best possible way about this upcoming event.
We will also liaise with the MIM secretariat to see how we can best inform you about the conference and provide you with all necessary information on time.
Please visit our MIM2013 forum regularly, or read our Special MIM2013 section here to reads the latest updates...
