Lutheran World Relief (LWR), The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the United Nations Foundation announced on Monday an unprecedented partnership to mobilize Lutherans in the United States in the fight against malaria in Africa. … [Read more...]
Higher Research Funding Leads to 4x Rise in New Anti-Malaria Product Pipeline
A new analysis of progress in the global fight against malaria finds a four-fold increase in annual funding for malaria research and development (R&D) in just 16 years—increasing from US$121 million in 1993 to US$612 million in 2009, with a particularly rapid increase since 2004. The funding has generated the strongest pipeline of malaria control and prevention products in history. The … [Read more...]
Sanaria Announces Products for Malaria Research
Biotechnology company Sanaria has announced the launch of a suite of products intended to advance research towards new malaria vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics, and enhanced understanding of malaria pathology and immunobiology. Sanaria’s mission is to develop and commercialize wholeparasite malaria vaccines that confer high-level, long-lasting protection against malaria caused by … [Read more...]
“MalariaCube”: A Malaria Education Tool
A large part of helping the fight against malaria is in educating people about causes, treatments and malaria prevention methods. Malaria is one of the most serious health threats facing the world today. Malaria takes the lives of more than one million people, mostly children five years old and younger, per year and affecting between two and three billion people worldwide. A Tennessee … [Read more...]
Researchers Show Evidence of Genetic “Arms Race” Against Malaria
For tens of thousands of years, the genomes of malaria parasites and humans have been at war with one another. Now, University of Pennsylvania geneticists, in collaboration with an international team of scientists, have developed a new picture of one way that the human genome has fought back. The international team was led by Sarah Tishkoff, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor with … [Read more...]
Nothing But Nets Campaign Honors Champions in the Fight Against Malaria
The UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign—a global, grassroots movement to save lives by preventing malaria—announced Naomi Kodama as the winner of its contest to find the next “Champion” in the fight against malaria. Kodama, a 13-year-old from Chesterfield, MO, received an award on center court during half time of the Chicago Sky home opener, alongside Chicagoan Bryant Barr, who has raised … [Read more...]
Mobile Phone Technologies Used to Help Track Malaria Outbreaks
On the heels of the United Nations Social Innovation Summit, HP and nonprofit organization Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING) are launching a collaboration to improve the quality and efficiency of disease surveillance in Botswana through mobile health monitoring technology that can enhance protection and prevention against major malaria … [Read more...]
Hewlett-Packard To Test Mobile Technology in Botswana Clinical Trials
For years Hewlett-Packard has been equated with computers and printers. The company is looking to be a player in a new era of mobile health monitoring. H.P. said on Monday that it was beginning a yearlong clinical trial in Botswana that will equip doctors and nurses with Palm Pre 2 smartphones and an application that is designed to collect information about malaria outbreaks. Read more, via … [Read more...]
Scientists Offer 2020 Vision of Vaccines for Malaria, TB & HIV/AIDS
Collectively, malaria, TB & HIV/AIDS cause more than five million deaths per year – nearly the entire population of the state of Washington – and represent one of the world’s major public health challenges as we move into the second decade of the 21st century. In the May 26, 2011, edition of the premier scientific journal Nature, Seattle BioMed Director Alan Aderem, Ph.D., along with Rino … [Read more...]
Nigeria Government May Ban Mono-Therapy Malaria Drugs
Nigeria's Federal Government has hinted that in the near future, it would ban all mono-therapy drugs used in malaria treatment in Nigeria as they are no longer effective following resistance of the drugs by Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Professor Oyebuchi Chukwu dropped the hint during a dinner with journalists held in Lagos. The dinner was part of activities commemorating World Malaria … [Read more...]