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India's Malaria Epidemic Vastly Underestimated, Study Shows
Region: India
Amitabh Ghosh’s book, The Calcutta Chromosome reminds us in India of the country’s long association with Malaria. On 20 August 1897, in Secunderabad, Sir Ronald Ross, an Army doctor with the Indian medical serv... more
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Three New Technologies Designed To Tackle Malaria
Region: NigeriaThree emerging technologies have the potential to significantly improve supplies of drugs to combat malaria, a report published last week has said. With renewed efforts to eradicate malaria, a disease which kills up to on... more
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A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases
Region: MissouriIt’s a disease caused by a living plant or animal called a parasite. The parasite lives in or on the body of another plant or animal and feeds on it’s tissues. I... more
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New Weapon In The Fight Against Malaria
Region: Singapore
As malaria-causing protozoan parasites seem to toughen up against even the best medication, scientists have found a new weapon to combat them. Originally intended to fight cancer, laboratory tests have shown that the comp... more
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes hope to control Malaria
Region: IndiaMalaria remains the killer disease in the third world countries and pose humiliating challenge to the modern science to tackle this problem. In a pragmatic move to find the solution to the losing battle against malaria s... more
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Large-Scale Trial of Malaria Vaccine Begins in Africa Next Year
Region: NigeriaA phase III trials of a malaria vaccine candidate developed by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is set to begin at 11 sites in seven African countries early next year. The... more
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Climate Change Affecting Malaria Patterns
Region: NigeriaClimate change could affect malaria patterns by reducing disease prevalence in some regions while increasing it in others, researchers said last week during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancemen... more
Views: 4364 Ways to Survive Malaria-risk Destinations
Region: New YorkTraveling a little farther than you have originally planned might require you to be safer health-wise. There are many vaccines that your country’s health department recommends before you get somewhere else. However, ... more
Views: 489Southern Africa Hit Hard By Floods
Region: ZimbabweThe authorities of Mozambique have declared a red alert as the rivers have risen above the critical levels. Heavy rains which had started early in December washed away both homes and livestock throughout the area. Accordi... more
Views: 599Risk of Malaria Increases in Southern Africa
Region: South AfricaThe climate phenomenon known as La Nina which comes after El Nino is responsible for the unusually wet conditions in the southern African region according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The unusually wet condition... more
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