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Fighting Malaria is Going to Take More Than Just Nets

February 11, 2015 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Utibe Effiong, University of Michigan and Lauretta Ovadje, University of Michigan In January, the New York Times highlighted how insecticide treated nets meant to protect people from mosquitoes and malaria are now being used to haul fish in Africa. Among those using these nets to catch fish, hunger today is a bigger risk than malaria tomorrow. For those who have experienced life in countries … [Read more...]

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Breaking the Promise of Bednets? Let’s Not Jump to Conclusions…

August 24, 2011 By Claire Standley, Editor 2 Comments

Review of Trape et al., (2011), Malaria morbidity and pyrethroid resistance after the introduction of insecticide-treated bednets and artemisinin-based combination therapies: a longitudinal study, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, published online August 18th. Jean-François Trape and colleagues have been causing quite a media stir with the article they recently published in The Lancet Infectious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Bed Nets, Bednets, Jean-François Trape

NetGuarantee: Financing Speeds Delivery of Mosquito Nets

April 25, 2011 By Malaria.com 1 Comment

NetGuarantee, a new innovative finance facility, announces its first transaction with Zurich in North America, part of the Zurich Financial Services Group, to celebrate World Malaria Day today, April 25. This collaboration will help accelerate access to and advance the delivery of vital malaria prevention tools in Africa by six to 10 months, and shows how core business competencies and best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Bed Nets, Bednets, Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Brad Herbert Associates, ExxonMobil Foundation, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Goldman Sachs Gives, Leah Pedersen Thomas, Malaria Consortium, Malaria NGOs, Malaria No More, MalariaNoMore, Michel Kazatchkine, Montrose Africa, Mozambique Ministry of Health, NetGuarantee, Scott Case, the International Procurement Agency (IPA)

How to Prevent Malaria

April 16, 2011 By Ask-Malaria-Questions Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What is the prevention of malaria? ANSWER: Malaria can be prevented in a number of ways, the main three of which are bite reduction, prophylaxis and vector control. Bite reduction just means steering clear of mosquitoes, and specifically those that transmit malaria. These bite mostly between dusk and dawn, so if walking around at these times of day in a malarial area, it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bed Nets, Bednets, Malaria Prophylaxis, Malaria Vector Control, Transgenic Mosquitoes

Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets (ITMNs) Helps Prevent Japanese Encephalitis

March 8, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

A new study reveals that using treated mosquito nets could drastically reduce the transmission of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) to humans. The study, conducted by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Dibrugarh, North East Region (NE), Indian Council of Medical Research and released in the March issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, showed that the use of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bed Nets, Bednets, ITMN, Japanese Encephalitis, Lymphatic Filariasis, Mosquito Nets, Peter J. Hotez, Prafulla Dutta, Pyrethroids

U.S. Budget Cuts May Drastically Reduce Funding for Malaria Bed Nets and Treatment Programs

March 3, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Recently the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal budget for the rest of the fiscal year 2011. The legislation slashes programs that save the lives of some of the poorest people on the planet. These programs have been championed by Republicans and Democrats in the past, but now some of the most cost-effective programs our government funds to help combat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Bed Nets, Budget Cuts, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis

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