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Nearly 200 Million Africans at Risk for Malaria

February 20, 2014 By Joe DeCapua Leave a Comment

New research shows that after 10 years of intensified campaigns against malaria 184-million people in Africa still live in moderate to high-risk areas. While the number is high, it’s down from nearly 220-million in 2000 when anti-malaria efforts began to increase. The findings are based on thousands of community-based surveys in 44 African countries and territories. These are places where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Abdisalan Noor, Africa, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Robert Snow, Wellcome Trust

G6PD Deficiency Prevalence and Estimates of Affected Populations in Malaria Endemic Countries

November 13, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Primaquine is a key drug for malaria elimination. In addition to being the only drug active against the dormant relapsing forms of Plasmodium vivax, primaquine is the sole effective treatment of infectious P. falciparum gametocytes, and may interrupt transmission and help contain the spread of artemisinin resistance. However, primaquine can trigger haemolysis in patients with a deficiency in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Research Tagged With: Anand P. Patil, artemisinin resistance, Carmencita D. Padilla, Frédéric B. Piel, G6PDd, Global Malaria Action Plan, J. Kevin Baird, Katherine E. Battle, Lorenz von Seidlein, Malaria Atlas Project, Mariana M. Hogg, Mewahyu Dewi, Oscar A. Nyangiri, P. falciparum, Peter W. Gething, Primaquine, Rosalind E. Howes, Simon I. Hay, Wellcome Trust

Mobile Phone Text Messaging: Tool for Malaria Control in Africa

February 21, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Across many malaria-endemic areas in rural Africa, the communication gap between managers, health workers, and patients is a significant barrier to efficient malaria control. The rapid expansion of mobile network coverage and the widespread availability of basic handsets have the potential to substantively bridge the communication gap. Text messaging, as the least-expensive mobile phone function … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Research Tagged With: Africa, Mobile Phone, Pharmacovigilance, Wellcome Trust

Counterfeit Anitmalarial Drugs Threaten Crisis in Africa

January 16, 2012 By Malaria.com 1 Comment

Hopes of at last controlling malaria in Africa could be dashed by the emergence of poor-quality and fraudulent antimalarial medicines, warn experts writing in Malaria Journal. Unless urgent action is taken both within Africa and internationally, they argue, millions of lives could be put at risk. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Artemisinin, Counterfeit Drugs, Malaria Deaths, Wellcome Trust, World Malaria Report

Monkeys Provide Malaria Reservoir for Human Disease in South-East Asia

April 7, 2011 By Malaria.com 1 Comment

Monkeys infected with an emerging malaria strain are providing a reservoir for human disease in Southeast Asia, according to recent research. The study confirms that the species has not yet adapted to humans and that monkeys are the main source of infection. Malaria is a potentially deadly disease that kills over a million people each year. The disease is caused by malaria parasites, which are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Balbir Singh, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Macaques, Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo, Monkeys, P. knowlesi, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Sarawak, Sarawak State Health Department, South-East Asia, St George's University of London, University Malaysia Sarawak, Wellcome Trust

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