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Shouldering the burden: determinants of malaria in Nigeria and implications for future interventions

March 19, 2021 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

By Charlotte Follari, Norma Quintanilla, and Emily Shambaugh Malaria is one of the world’s most widespread and deadly infectious diseases, with nearly half of the world’s population at risk of exposure. One of the major barriers to effective malaria control, and the reason why it remains such an entrenched public health problem, is that risk of exposure, and access to control interventions, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Malaria Control, Nigeria, Social Determinants

Lessons Learned from the Elimination of Malaria in the United States

February 26, 2021 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

By Jordan Cuevas, Mackenzie Moore, and Grant Rosensteel Malaria is one of the most widespread infectious diseases, affecting millions of people around the world every year and resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. Despite its ubiquity, some countries have been able to successfully control, and even eliminate, malaria. This piece takes a look at how the United States tackled the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Malaria Control, Malaria elimination; United States; Malaria control; History of Malaria, United States

Challenges for Malaria Elimination: Cycles of Poverty

February 9, 2021 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

By Corey Rathe, Sabrina Barrett, Hannah Hidle, Emma Weimer Malaria is a serious and life-threatening disease – it is also preventable and treatable. So, why does malaria continue to devastate the lives of hundreds of millions each year? Poverty cycles hold much of this responsibility. Disease and suffering are amplified through overwhelming and cyclical traps. Malaria’s burden and most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Malaria Control, poverty

Tools and Strategies for Malaria Control and Elimination: What Do We Need to Achieve a Grand Convergence in Malaria?

March 2, 2016 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Abstract Progress made in malaria control during the past decade has prompted increasing global dialogue on malaria elimination and eradication. The product development pipeline for malaria has never been stronger, with promising new tools to detect, treat, and prevent malaria, including innovative diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, vector control products, and improved mechanisms for surveillance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Research Tagged With: Malaria Control

Africa Faces $7 Billion Funding Gap to Fight Malaria

April 26, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

African countries face a $7-billion funding gap to control and eliminate malaria. To discuss this issue among others, African ministers of health came together at the African Union headquarters to commemorate World Malaria Day. Every year 660,000 people die from malaria, and 90 percent of those deaths are in Africa. Eliminating malaria by 2015 is one of the United Nations' Millennium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Africa, African Union, Malaria Control, Mustapha Kaloko, Namibia, Petrina Haingura

Precautions to Prevent Malaria

October 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What precautions can be taken to prevent malaria? ANSWER This is a common question.  Communities can try to control or eliminate mosquitoes (who when infected with the malaria parasite can bite humans and transmit the disease) by spraying with insecticide, using biological agents, or draining mosquito breeding areas.  These methods are called vector control. On a personal level, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Control, Malaria Prevention

Malaria Control and Prevention

September 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the methods of control and prevention of malaria? ANSWER Detailed information about methods of prevention and control of malaria can be. assessed via the Malaria Overview section of Malaria.com in the article: Malaria Control and Prevention. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Control, Malaria Prevention

Mosquito Larvae Eradication

August 16, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What measures can be taken to eradicate the mosquito larvae? ANSWER The usual, traditional method of eradicating mosquito larvae is through the application of insecticides. However many of these are known to have severe negative effects on water quality, particularly through being non-selectively toxic and therefore killing lots of other aquatic life as well as the mosquitoes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Control, mosquito larvae, vector control

Malaria meeting

June 2, 2012 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

QUESTION FACT meeting for malaria control programme directors in Asia are proposing to host a meeting in Penang, Malaysia probably in September 2012 for the all the Head of Malaria Department. Can you kindly update us the details of Head of Malaria Department (name, job position, company address & contacts) so that we can contact him/her regarding the details of the meeting. Looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: conference, DNDi, Malaria Control, malaria information

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

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