10/11/2008 -
Uganda: Scientists Fight Over Malaria Project
TOP bosses of Uganda's leading medical research organ are locking horns over a malaria project sponsored by the President's office.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810110015.html
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10/11/2008 -
Kenyan bed-net blitz aims to beat malaria
Millions of families across Kenya will be better protected against malaria this weekend as a result of a UK Government-funded campaign to upgrade every bed-net in the country.
Source:
DFID
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/retreatment-kenya-nets.asp
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10/09/2008 -
Decoding of malaria parasite's genome could lead to vaccine
Scientists have unraveled the genetic code of a malaria parasite that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year, a step that may lead to better treatment and a vaccine.
Source:
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-08-malaria-genome_N.htm?csp=34
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10/10/2008 -
Cameroon: 15 550 Community Health Workers to Reinforce Malaria Fight
Some 15, 550 community health workers have been trained to intensify the fight against malaria through a door-to-door sensitisation and treatment of simple malaria cases.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810100984.html
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10/10/2008 -
Kenya: Government Launches Anti-Malaria Campaign
Kenya's Ministry of Health has launched a four-day nationwide campaign to retreat at least 1.8 million bed nets with long-lasting insecticide to control the spread of malaria as the rainy season sets in, a senior health official said.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810100965.html
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10/10/2008 -
New EU Pesticide Regulations Will Increase Risk Of Malaria And Other Insect-Borne Diseases
Today 160 senior scientists from around the world release a petition against proposed EU pesticide regulations which they believe would shrink the global insecticide markets, leaving millions of people in poor countries at an increased risk of malaria and other insect-borne diseases.
Source:
Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/125046.php
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10/10/2008 -
Nigeria: Treating Malaria Indeed
The 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly discussed malaria, the acclaimed scourge in the tropics.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810100519.html
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10/10/2008 -
Scientists Decode Genome of Parasite That Causes Relapsing Malaria
Advance May Speed Development of Malaria Drugs and Vaccines
Source:
Kansas City InfoZine
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/31228/
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10/09/2008 -
Genetic code of malaria parasite sequenced
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of scientists has identified the complete genetic sequence of a parasite that is the leading cause of relapsing malaria.
Source:
UPI
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/10/09/Genetic_code_of_malaria_parasite_sequ
enced/UPI-34821223585819/
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10/13/2008 -
Inherited disorders and copy number changes in human alpha-globin genes
A researcher from the University of Leicester has shed new light on the way genetic material is exchanged between chromosomes, the effect this 'aberrant exchange' has had on inherited disorders like thalassaemia (a form of anaemia), and its link with malaria.
Source:
News-Medical-Net
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=41902
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10/10/2008 -
230 die of malaria in Rampur dist
Rampur (UP), Oct 10 More than 230 people have died of malaria and viral fever in last 90 days in the district, media reports here claimed. Verifying the toll figure, Vinod Kumar, Chief Medical Officer said today, "the published figures are consolidated."
Source:
Chennai Online
http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7bF44380F5-9D97-4C4E-8
DB2-61A50D3B9941%7d&CATEGORYNAME=NATL
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10/10/2008 -
US FDA, PATH-MVI tie-up for malaria vaccine research
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a collaboration with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (PATH-MVI) to develop laboratory tests to better predict the level of safety and effectiveness of experimental malaria vaccines before they are used in human clinical trials.
Source:
PharmaBiz
http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=46454
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10/09/2008 -
Genetic Research Offers Insights Into Form of Malaria
Title: Genetic Research Offers Insights Into Form of Malaria Category: Health News Created: 10/9/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 10/9/2008
Source:
MedicineNet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=DailyHealth&a=93288
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10/10/2008 -
Scientists map more malaria strains
An international team of scientists have mapped the genes of two species of malaria, opening the way to more research into one of the world's most deadly diseases.
Source:
ABC via Yahoo!7 News
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/5070122/scientists-map-more-malaria-stra
ins/
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10/08/2008 -
Scientists map genomes of two malaria parasites
Scientists have mapped the genomes of the parasite that causes most cases of malaria outside Africa and a monkey parasite that is emerging as an important cause of malaria in people in Southeast Asia.
Source:
Reuters via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081008/hl_nm/us_malaria_genome_3
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