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Brand to move in with Perry
Actor and comedian Russell Brand arrives at the White Party hosted by Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ashton Kutcher to help raise awareness for Malaria No More held at a Private Residence on July 4, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jesse Grant, Getty
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Medical Aid Group Issues Top 10 Humanitarian Crises List
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has released a list of what it calls the world’s top 10 humanitarian crises. It includes HIV/AIDS, Somalia, Sudan and the DRC.
Executive Director Sophie Delaunay says, “This is an initiative that we
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Meddling in mosquitoes' sex life could cut malaria
* Male mosquitoes use "mating plug" to keep sperm in female
* Study suggests interfering with plug could cut population
* Researchers say this could be weapon in malaria battle
LONDON (Reuters) - Interfering in mosquitoes' sex lives could help halt
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Motility Mechanism Of Malaria Pathogens Explained
How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person’s skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? A team of researchers headed by Dr.
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'Breakthrough' in deadly tropical disease
The team at the University of Queensland's (UQ) School of Biological Sciences, led by Professor Scott O'Neill, is investigating infecting mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever with a bacterium that shortens their lifespan, limiting their ability to
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Bacteria Joins Fight Against Mosquito-Borne Disease
Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication,
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First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
LANTANA, Fla. (AP) It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest
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First case of extremely drug-resistant TB in U.S.
Editor's note: Once curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are rapidly mutating into aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug resistance worldwide. First
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New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything.
Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among a tangle of cornfields once littered with deadly land
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DRUG SERIES PART 3: Mutating germs are breeding trouble
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug
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DRUG SERIES PART 4: South African doctor desperate to find new treatments for HIV
EDITOR’S NOTE – Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug
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DRUG SERIES PART 5: The secret to being the most infection-free country
EDITOR’S NOTE – Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug
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Prevention is the best way to reduce snakebite risk
London, Jan 1 (ANI): A researcher from Oxford University says taking precautions against snakebites can be the best way to reduce the resultant risk.
Even so, the global heath community has chosen to overlook the suffering caused by snakebites.
Now, a
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2009 Donors to Clinton Foundation
The 2009 donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation who have given at least $1,000 to the former president's charity since its founding include: MORE THAN $25 MILLION: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Frank Giustra, Chief Executive Officer, The
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Advocates question detention
DARWIN: Indonesian human rights advocates are questioning an Australian businessman's 17-month detention in a Jakarta cell on fraud charges.
Robert James McNeice, 43, says his health has deteriorated as he has shared a cell at Indonesia's National
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To A Mosquito, Matchmaking Means 'Singing' In Perfect Harmony
Main Category: Tropical Diseases
Also Included In: Genetics; Biology / Biochemistry
Article Date: 04 Jan 2010 - 1:00 PST
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Researchers have new insight into the sex lives of
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New Thomas Sowell for 01/05/2010
Indeed there were those who predicted this result at the time. But they were not listened to, much less lionized, like Woodrow Wilson.
Ideas are such intangible things that it is hard to believe that they have had a huge impact on the lives of people
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US AIDS chief sees new goals in global battle
Eric Goosby, who President Barack Obama named last year to take over the Bush administration’s signature foreign aid initiative, said US AIDS relief efforts must change to face a broader health crisis stretching decades into the future.
“We’ve created
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India a major contributor to world development: Clinton
WASHINGTON:
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said that countries like India are
emerging as major contributors to global development efforts which has emerged
as a key foreign policy tool.
"New countries are emerging as
important
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"Flying Toilets" Still Not Grounded
Kampala — he lack of adequate sanitation facilities in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has led to increased use of polythene bags - known as "flying toilets" - for human waste disposal, local officials said.
The situation is worse in slums where
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Kabale Malaria Cases Blamed on Climate Change
At least six people have died and scores suffering since December last year, following a malaria outbreak in Kamwezi Sub-county, Kabale District. 600 hundred cases are recorded every week in Kamwezi, according to Kabale District Vector Control Officer,
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Mosquito hunters invent better, cheaper, DIY disease weapon
Emory University researchers believe they have come up with the cheapest, most efficient way yet to monitor adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to dengue fever and West Nile Virus. Emory has filed a provisional patent on
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Haiti Earthquake Damage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. Officials
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Rescue efforts deployed to Haiti after devastating earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The earthquake spared neither poor nor powerful. The president was homeless, the U.N. mission chief missing, the archbishop dead. Whole neighborhoods were flattened and perhaps tens of thousands of people killed in the latest
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Money Reaches Haiti, but Where will it Go?
(AP) Haiti has received billions of dollars in taxpayer and private aid from the United States and others, yet is so poor that few homes had safe drinking water, sewage disposal or electricity even before the earthquake. With sympathetic donors
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Outbreaks of disease could cause more deaths in earthquake-ravaged Haiti
Contaminated water, untreated festering wounds and disease-carrying insects could all combine to further ravage the population with a host of diseases, experts say.
"It's a very serious problem and there could be in theory - and it's only theoretical -
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Island left without a prayer by Kenyans' port plan
Lamu has been like this for decades, a historic seafaring place where modernity has been folded into traditional culture without completely spoiling it. The alleys of the old town (which the UN recognises as a World Heritage site), the smells of
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For doctors in Haiti, worst is yet to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An earthquake killing up to 200,000 people would have been bad enough anywhere, but in Haiti, where AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are rampant, children are malnourished and hygiene is already a challenge, it may create one of
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U.S troops deploy as Haiti aid operation picks up
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. military helicopters swooped down on Haiti's wrecked presidential palace to deploy troops and supplies on Tuesday as a huge international relief operation to earthquake survivors gained momentum.
The Black Hawk
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GSK offers scientists labs, data to fight malaria
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday it will open up its research cupboards and labs to outside scientists in an unusual effort to trigger more research on malaria and other neglected tropical diseases.
The London-based company also said its
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Reid confirms engagement
Actress Tara Reid arrives at the White Party hosted by Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ashton Kutcher to help raise awareness for Malaria No More held at a Private Residence on July 4, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images)
Actress Tara
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Sudan: 80 percent of Darfur conflict deaths due to disease
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 80 percent of the 300,000 conflict-related deaths in Darfur were due to diseases like diarrhoea, not violence, Belgian scientists said on Friday.
An analysis of deaths dating from 2003, when rebels took up arms against the
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Study Points to Disease as Main Killer in Darfur
With violence in Darfur in an extended lull, a new study assessing dozens of mortality estimates for the six years of fighting there has concluded that about 300,000 people died, but that disease, rather than violence, killed at least 80 percent of
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Holy Holidaze
January 2010
It all started on a rainy November day in 2008, when a wee Brit named Rachel Ruscombe-King moved her fabulous ass to Chitipa Boma. Imagine the scene… La la la - Fast forward- Laugh laugh drinks drinks love love cry smile talky talky -
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In 2nd annual letter, Bill Gates looks back at his first year full-time at foundation
Bill Gates says innovation can leverage change
SEATTLE — The needs of the poor are greater than the money available to help them, but that's not enough to discourage Bill Gates in his work as co-chair of the world's largest charitable foundation.
In
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125 million pregnancies at risk of malaria annually
At least 125.2 million pregnant women are exposed to the risk of malaria each year, says a new study.
Most malaria deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which thrives in tropical and sub-tropical regions. But the most widespread type of malaria
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Haiti's 'floating hospital': Tough questions on USNS Comfort
ABOARD THE USNS COMFORT Yvelot Brianville, 24, lies quietly on a steel hospital gurney, a boyish naval officer in blue combat fatigues standing by his side.
The officer, Lt. Cmdr. Mill Etienne, 34, is Haitian, fluent in Creole. He is also a neurologist,
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Twitter Net Distribution Launched by @MalariaNoMore in Africa 2 Show How Social Media Can Cre8 Social Good
-- Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) challenged CNN (@cnnbrk) to a Twitter race to
see which handle could reach 1M followers first. At the time, CNN was
most popular. However, Ashton pledged to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to
Malaria No More if he got
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Bill Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge
DAVOS, Switzerland —
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.
Calling upon
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Displaced Haitians Face Sanitation Crisis
(AP) A lack of sanitation threatens to create killer diseases in the vast refugee camps where hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors have crammed in together, relief officials said Saturday. The need for latrines has joined food, water and
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Sanitation joins list of Haiti's pressing needs
Relief officials are scrambling to confront a sanitation crisis that could spread malaria, cholera and other deadly diseases throughout the chaotic camps packed with hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake survivors.
Shortages of food, clean water,
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Women at front of aid queue
Women queue for aid
Young men often force their way to the front of aid delivery lines or steal supplies from others, meaning help doesn't reach the neediest at distribution centres, according to aid groups.
The World Food Programme coupons can be
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Obama budget boosts funds for tropical diseases
Most of the new funding comes under the State Department and this is no accident, said Dr. Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and a professor at George Washington University.
"These neglected tropical diseases disproportionately
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Malaria's key survival protein identified, offering drug hope
ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2010) Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have identified a key protein used by the malaria parasite to transform human red blood cells, ensuring the parasite's survival.
Their discovery means researchers have a clear
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Malaria vaccine a success - report
"These findings imply that we may have achieved our goal of using a vaccine to reproduce the natural protective immunity that normally takes years of intense exposure to malaria to develop," said Christopher Plowe, professor and chief of the
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US scientists find ideal target for malaria therapy
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells, the university said Wednesday in a statement.
Malaria, which
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The man who keeps the GSK ball rolling
Andrew Witty knows he can't please all of the people all of the time. On the
one hand, the GlaxoSmithKline chief executive faces allegations of fleecing
the public purse because his drug company made a packet from the
over-hyped swine flu virus last
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Travels of Morning Light: Touring Australia
We leave Rivergate Marina in Brisbane after cleaning up the boat from our passage and head to the MBTBC Marina in Manly which is just south of the Brisbane river entrance. Manly is a cute small town with a newer marina and everything we need is in
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Mizoram: mosquito the biggest killer
ONCE RAVAGED BY insurgency, Mizoram is now the most peaceful state in the Northeast. But a new menace is disturbing the people and the state government there, and it is not a band of gun-totting youth but the tiny mosquito that is causing a major
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Malaria parasite genome studied
SINGAPORE, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University say they have completed the world's first in-depth study of the malaria parasite genome.
The researchers at the university's School of Biological Sciences said their
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The Most Influential Cause Marketing Campaigns
Thousands of programs designed to do well by doing good have been launched by businesses and nonprofits over the last 30 years. Many have been short-term and pedestrian, while others have been inspiring and impactful.
As we enter a new
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Executive Assistant, Office of the Executive Director (2 posts) / Grade 03
The Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a global public/private partnership dedicated to raising and disbursing large amounts of additional finance to prevent and treat the three pandemics. The Global Fund has so far
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BLAIR BACKS WALK FOR WOMEN
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has given his backing to a sponsored walk to help women in Mali tackle Malaria.
He has agreed to double any amount raised by the Walk for Women in March, an event run by the Faiths Act Fellowship. Myriam Volk, a Faiths
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Malaria Technical Advisor, West and Central Africa
Please apply online at www.psi.org
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals
regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
PSI and its affiliates manage malaria
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TED Talks mischief: lasers killing mosquitoes by the hundreds
Malaria is a huge problem worldwide, so its no surprise to anyone that plenty of people spend lots of time trying to think of ways to rid the world of mosquitoes, prime movers of the disease. Nathan Myhrvold's company Intellectual Ventures Labs (and
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Malaria- Battling Country's Big Killer
Kampala — A mother gets her child tested for malaria. Doctors advise that quinine be given intravenously
THE months of November, December and January saw malaria rise to epidemic levels because of prolonged rains. As a result, the national transfusion
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Team Develops New Weapon To Fight Disease-Causing Bacteria, Malaria
Main Category: Tropical Diseases
Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry; Tuberculosis; MRSA / Drug Resistance
Article Date: 16 Feb 2010 - 2:00 PST
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Researchers report that they have
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ENVIRONMENTAL FANTASIES
Environmentalism is an ethical system that places the welfare of the planet, or "nature", above that of the human beings who live on it. In fact, human life is actually quite low on the totem pole of environmentalist priorities; and the
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UCR researcher identifies mechanism malaria parasite uses to spread among red blood cells
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Malaria remains one of the most deadly infectious diseases. Yet, how Plasmodium, the malaria parasite, regulates its infectious cycle has remained an enigma despite decades of rigorous research.
But now a research team led by a
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Mosquito Nose Transplant a Breakthrough in Wiping out Malaria
The Good News Network is the only place you can find "NEWS TO ENTHUSE" every day -- plus inspiring videos, photos, and columns -- without all the junk, fluff and filler found on other websites. These are stories that you will not find anywhere else
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Mechanism Malaria Parasite Uses To Spread Among Red Blood Cells Identified By UCR Researcher
Main Category: Tropical Diseases
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Article Date: 20 Feb 2010 - 0:00 PST
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Malaria remains one of the most deadly infectious diseases. Yet,
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Saving the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Edimilson Da Silva Almeida uses ropes and climbing gear to ascend a Brazil nut tree in Boa Frente, where the nonprofit Amazonas Sustainable Foundation manages Brazil's Juma Reserve. The foundation is helping to train residents to safely harvest and
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Malaria research must be based in Africa, researcher urges
ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2010) Gunilla Priebe has studied the international research alliance the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM), which advocates for malaria research in general and the strengthening of research environments in Africa. Malaria
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Journey to Thailand
Thailand is a country with a beautiful flora and fauna. Here, you will find rain Forests, tigers, elephants and beautiful white beaches with swaying palms. The beautiful Thailand lies in southeast of Asia. The country has a very diverse landscape. The
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Blair talks about combating malaria in Nigeria, part of 3-nation African trip
At a workshop to train Christian and Muslim leaders in fighting malaria, Blair said, "Malaria has no barrier and does not discriminate. When we think of malaria we think particularly of children and women, and how to prevent it becomes particularly
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Combined drug therapy to treat TB and HIV significantly improves survival
Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) during tuberculosis therapy significantly reduced mortality rates by 56 percent in a randomized clinical trial of 642 patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis. The study, which provides further impetus for
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Rwanda: Nurses to Help Speed Up ART Rollout
Kigali — Rwandan nurses will soon be authorized to start HIV-positive patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment (ART), a move Ministry of Health officials say will speed up the rollout of ART in the East African nation.
"Task-shifting will
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Text BEDNET to 90999 to Help Nothing but Nets Campaign Save Lives
Anyone who wishes to help prevent malaria deaths is encourage to donate a net by texting a message from their cell phone. This works like other such benefits that have been promoted over the last few years.
To donate a net that may help prevent malaria,
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Electron micrograph of a mosquito head.
By transplanting odor-sensing genes from mosquitoes into frog eggs and fruit flies, scientists have pinpointed dozens of odor receptors that help mosquitoes sniff out their human prey. The findings could lead to new methods for repelling or trapping
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Study: Climate change one factor in malaria spread
Climate change is one reason malaria is on the rise in some parts of the world, new research finds, but other factors such as migration and land-use changes are likely also at play. The research, published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, aims to
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Kenya: Wet, warming weather brings surge in malaria in highlands
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Malaria used to be virtually unknown in Kajiado, a Rift Valley village south of Nairobi. But these days 98-year-old Ole Lakutit Kuyioni, one of the village's residents, finds himself in Nairobi's Narok Hospital suffering from his
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Malaria drugs for those going to Haiti
ATLANTA, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials advise people travelling to Haiti should take medications to prevent malaria.
The earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12 resulted in more than 200,000 deaths and millions left homeless. The Centers for
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Health Officer, Malaria
UNICEF SOMALIA
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT REF: UNSOM/2010/10
Category and Grade Level: NOB
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
IMIS No: 63900
Length Of Contract: One year
Organization Unit: Accelerated Child Survival and Development
Duty Station: Bossaso,
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Drug-resistant malaria parasite stirs health fears
In a dusty village near the Thai-Cambodia border, 24-year-old
Oeur Samoeun sits on a dark green hammock recovering from a strain
of malaria that has resisted the most powerful drugs available.
Ravaged by days of fever and chills, he is considered lucky:
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Malaria, AIDS, TB In Retreat: Global Fund
Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.
The elimination of
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WHO releases new guidelines for Malaria cure
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines.
The 'Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition)' provides
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WHO Releases New Malaria Guidelines For Treatment And Procurement Of Medicines
Main Category: Tropical Diseases
Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Article Date: 10 Mar 2010 - 13:00 PST
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new
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WHO's Updated Malaria Guidelines Include Rapid Diagnosis, New ACT
The WHO on Tuesday released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, which recommend "parasitological testing before treatment begins" and add "a new artemisinin based combination treatment [ACT] to the list of prescribed drugs," BMJ News reports.
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Kenya: Gor Seek to Break Ice in Awendo
Nairobi — Gor Mahia, desperate for their first win and goal this season, travel west to a venue they consider "home" to face Sony Sugar, Nairobi City Stars entertain Chemelil Sugar at Hope Centre and high-riding Western Stima face a tricky tie against
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Called from the suburbs to a Haitian mountaintop
Over six years, the girls of Coq Chante had come to feel like family. Now, after trips by dozens to Haiti, thousands of dollars raised and spent, and countless hours poring over adoption paperwork, the bond between the congregation and 19 children from
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Called from the suburbs to a Haitian mountaintop
Each Sunday morning, members of White Stone Church spread photos of the girls' grinning, impish faces across a folding table before 10 a.m. worship, then prayed for the day the children might join them.
When the churchgoers closed their eyes and bowed
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Duffy-negative blood types no longer protected from P. Vivax malaria
In a paradigm changing discovery, Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria has been identified in a population historically thought to be resistant to the disease, those who do not express the Duffy blood group protein on their red blood cells, according to
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Showbiz: Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh broke down on visit to Uganda for Sport Relief
Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh said she broke down during an "overwhelming" visit to a maternity ward in Uganda for Sport Relief.
The singer, who guest-edited a special issue of Now magazine for the charity, gave a frank account of the poverty she
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Missing Caravaggio may be finally found
In 1610, the disappearance of the great Baroque painter Caravaggio was announced, and 400 years later, the body is still not found. However, four centuries after the disappearance of Caravaggio, researchers in Italian universities may have solved the
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VA takes steps to make it easier for vets with malaria, West Nile to get benefits
WASHINGTON
- The Veterans Affairs Department is taking steps for the first time to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits for malaria, West Nile Virus and other diseases.
The VA has proposed a
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Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Provide New Strategy Against Malaria
Mosquitoes transmit infectious diseases to millions of people every year, including malaria for which there is no effective vaccine. New research published in Insect Molecular Biology reveals that mosquito genetic engineering may turn the transmitter
