Last week at MalariaWorld: Uganda's trial with MMS to cure malaria
This week one of our subscribers notified MalariaWorld about a YouTube video from Uganda in which the Ugandan Red Cross experiments with MMS (Miracle Mineral Supplement). Take a look at the video here. It is quite amazing to see how this trial was performed, and it appears that the Red Cross of Uganda now claims that they had nothing to do with it...
Is Africa still being used as a play ground for testing dubious drugs on innocent people expecting proper treatment? In 2013? How is it possible that such 'trials' can proceed without the Ugandan health authorities demanding results from Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials? A search on PubMed reveals nothing on MMS as a cure for malaria. Have a look at the video and tell us what you think...
The 'Fake Drugs Kill' campaign is gaining momentum, slowly but surely. After sending out a special email message to all of our subscribers we saw a massive response and thank you for this. If you have signed, we're asking for a few more minutes and request that you use your social media channels and email to contact your network. We need every signature we can get to start tackling this horrible problem of fake drugs. You can help stop the illegal trade that kills innocent people by simply signing a petition. Where? On www.fakedrugskill.org. This will take less than a minute of your time...
One more week for you to apply for positions with the World Health Organization in Cambodia. One on advocacy and communication, and the other position on monitoring and evaluation. Have a look here to read more about these exciting positions.
Enjoy this week's MalariaWorld - the MW team
This Guest Editorial was written by Sir Richard Feachem. Dr. Feachem, PhD, DSc(Med) is Director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco. From 2002 to 2007, Sir Richard served as founding Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations.
Harvard University organised a mini-symposium on malaria on 5 April titled '
In a blog on LinkedIn yesterday, Ray Chambers, the Special Envoy for Malaria to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, sent out a public statement titled 'Saving the lives of 4 million children in 1000 days'. Making reference to the fact that the Millennium Development Goals end by December 2015, Chambers still holds the conviction that we can bring malaria mortality down to zero by the end of 2015. He asserts that the key players to accomplish this are in place, that the solution is simple and not expensive, and that we should do this. It sounds great - and given the comments under his blog ('Inspiring', 'Absolutely will join in an effort to save children', 'Few things could be more important') Chambers will certainly reach the goal of drawing more attention to malaria. Indeed, if you're not familiar with the malaria world, than it simply sounds outrageous that the world has not succeeded in putting every soul under a net in endemic settings, that we have not eliminated malaria in the south just like we did in the north half a Century ago, and that evidence (ca. 1 million deaths averted) over the last decade has clearly shown that we CAN save many lives. But is this realistic?
This week I attended the 79th annual meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA), which was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Malaria affects the lives of millions across the world. The Swiss Malaria Group* online photo contest seeks to highlight the realities of those living at risk of malaria and the work of those dedicated to changing that reality.