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Treating Malaria by Health Extension Workers: A Case Study from Ethiopia

May 20, 2011 By Judith Standley 2 Comments

For many years the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been promoting an Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training package to ensure that nurses and doctors are capable of treating sick children at health facilities.  Over the years, with the realization that many children did not have access to health facilities and therefore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Catalytic Initiative of Canada, Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers, HEWs, iCCM, Malaria Treatment, Millenium Development Goals, Plasmodium Falciparum, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Rapid Test for Malaria, UNICEF

EDITORIAL – Reflections on World Malaria Day 2011

April 25, 2011 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

How far have we come in the last four years? Four years ago, it was estimated that a child died every 30 seconds from malaria, and that more than a million people each year were killed by this devastating and debilitating disease. Four years ago, the malaria advocacy partnership Roll Back Malaria organized the first World Malaria Day, and published the Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP), which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Malaria Action Plan, Malaria Deaths, Malaria No More, Roll Back Malaria, World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), World Malaria Day

From the Editor

March 14, 2011 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

Welcome to the re-launch of Malaria.com, a member driven website encompassing the global malaria community. Malaria.com is designed to be dynamic and user-driven.  It is a place where, to name a few examples, researchers will have the opportunity to connect and collaborate on projects, field practitioners can blog about their adventures on the front lines of malaria control, and where the … [Read more...]

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Of Macaques and Men

March 12, 2011 By Christina Faust 2 Comments

Plasmodium knowlesi —a new challenge in the Roll Back Malaria Program? Mention of malaria often conjures images of infants hospitalized in Africa. Although most deaths from malaria are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa, there are many different types of malaria that put over half of the world’s population at risk in subtropical and tropical regions worldwide. There have historically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Malaria Research Tagged With: Borneo, Indonesia, Macaques, Malaysia, Myanmar, Non-human/Zoonotic Malaria, Philippines, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Singapore, Thailand, University of Malaysia Sarawak, Vietnam

Lariam Legacy

March 9, 2011 By Robert Rabkin, MD 4 Comments

In 1990, Lariam (mefloquine) became the drug of choice for malaria prevention.  It was endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and prescribed for travelers, government workers, and the U.S. military who were going to regions where malaria was present. It was even given to airline crews who flew to malaria regions. Mefloquine has been responsible for psychotic breakdowns, suicides and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Lariam, Mefloquine, Thailand

Malaria Co-infection with Other Diseases of Global Public Health Importance

March 6, 2011 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

Effects of co-infection on human health, the need for further research and steps towards integrated control Introduction In large parts of the world, the Plasmodium protozoans that cause malaria co-exist alongside a number of other pathogens and parasites, many of which are also infectious to humans. One of the foremost challenges in tackling the huge burden of malaria … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Co-infections, Helminths, HIV, Malaria Control

A Case for Evidence-Based Communication Campaigns in Angola

February 24, 2011 By Malaria.com 2 Comments

Malaria is one of the largest health concerns in Angola, particularly for pregnant women and young children. Using a long-lasting insecticide-treated net (LLIN) can greatly reduce the risk of malaria. The Ministry of Health is scaling up malaria control activities with expansion of net distribution as well as communication activities for behavior change to encourage the use of a net every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Angola, ExxonMobil, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, LLIN, Population Services International, President’s Malaria Initiative

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