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Traditional Treatments for Malaria

November 15, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are some traditional treatments for malaria? ANSWER Many different cultures have had their own traditional ways of treating malaria. Perhaps the two best known come from the native tribes in the Western Amazon basin and the ancient Chinese. Tribes in the Amazon used the bark of a shrub called Cinchona to treat fevers and shivering; Spanish priests in this region observed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Chloroquine, Quinine, traditional medicine

WHO Launches Program to Counter Drug-Resistant Malaria

May 16, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

On World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization has launched an emergency program in Phnom Penh to tackle a worrying regional trend - a strain of malaria that is proving resistant to the most important anti-malarial drug. Six years ago, health researchers were worried after a strain of malaria in western Cambodia began to show resistance to the world’s key malaria treatment - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: ACTs, artemisinin resistance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cambodia, Stephen Bjorge, World Health Organization (WHO)

The Future of Subsidized Malaria Drugs (ACTs)

January 6, 2013 By Claire Standley, Editor 1 Comment

In November 2012, the Board of the Global Fund meets to determine the future of the Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria. Should it be cut, to make better use of limited funds? Or does it still have a role to play in the fight against malaria? In late 2009, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (hereafter, the Global Fund) launched an initiative called the Affordable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: ACTs, Affordable Medicines Facility Malaria, AFMm, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria

Malaria Diagnosis

August 8, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION My body is getting hotter after taking artesunate and mtivitamen tablet, the pain subsides, but later in the evening my body starts getting hotter, I have taken almost four artesunate, yet the body pain and headache refuse to go, pls sir is it malaria or what. ANSWER Unfortunately the symptoms of malaria are quite general, and just having a fever could be a sign of malaria but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Alu, amodiaquine, Artekin, artemether, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Artesunate, ASAQ, Coartem, dihydroartemisinin, Duo-Cotecxin, Lonart, lumefantrine, piperaquine

Malaria Fever and Recovery

June 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION My 21 year old daughter spent 4 months on a study abroad program in Dakar. A week before returning home she started having night fevers and would complain of retrosternal pain and rib and neck and shoulder pain. The next day she would be fine. The episodes came every other day and eventually it occurred to her that it might be malaria. It was evening so she went to a pharmacy for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, artesunate-mefloquine, Chloroquine, dairy products, Dakar, Doxycycline, fever, immune system, Malaria Prevention, Plasmodium Falciparum, resistance, Senegal, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Thailand, treatment

Malaria Treatment with Fansidar

June 13, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION My husband has Malaria following a trip to Kenya and has had a fever for three days. We are in Russia and the only drug available at the pharmacy was Fansidar (we also have some Doxcycyclin). He took three Fansidar tablets last night and feels better but the fever has still not completely gone. What should we do? Take more Fansidar? Thanks for your help. ANSWER A single dose of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, diagnosis, Fansidar, Kenya, Plasmodium Falciparum, resistance, Russia, treatment

Duration of Malaria Fever for Child

June 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can fever duration in malaria is 5-6 Hours for back? And if I m giving 5 ML of Lariago to my 5 Yr Child how many days it will take to reduce the fever or increase the gap of fever coming back in 5-6 hours. ANSWER Please give more information regarding the first part of your question - I am not sure what you are asking regarding malaria fever duration? Regarding Lariago, its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, arteminsin, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, intravenous, Lariago, Plasmodium Falciparum, Quinine, suppository, World Health Organization

Relapsing Malaria

May 31, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I'm constantly on malaria drugs, fall ill every 2 weeks and always diagnosed with malaria.I'm getting really fed up and need a permanent solution to all of this. I want to live a healthy life and I'm tired of being on malaria drugs. How do I overcome malaria permanently? ANSWER It is very unusual to be reinfected so constantly with malaria. First of all, how are you getting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, blood smears, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Lariam, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Control, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Prevention, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, Plasmodium Falciparum, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, treatment, World Health Organisation

Can’t Get Rid of Malaria

May 27, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Each and every month I am suffering from malaria ..Treatment is also going on but I am unable to get rid of it. ANSWER It is very unusual to be reinfected so constantly with malaria. First of all, how are you getting diagnosed? You should be getting a blood test, and not relying on symptoms only; the symptoms of malaria are very general and it could be that you are suffering from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, blood smear, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, diagnosis, Fansidar, Lariam, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Control, Mefloquine, Plasmodium Falciparum, prevention, rapid diagnostic test, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, treatment, World Health Organization

New Treatment for Malaria

May 19, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION New treatment for malaria? ANSWER The most recently developed type of treatment for malaria actually has very ancient origins. The herb wormwood (Artemisia annua) has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for hundreds, even thousands, of years to cure certain fevers. In the 1970s, a Chinese research program intensively sought new medications against malaria, as part of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisia annua, Artemisinin, Chinese medicine, Chloroquine, Coartem, Duo-Cotecxin, lumefantrine, piperaquine, Pyramax, Pyronaridine, resistance, treatment research, wormwood

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