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Africans need to work together to make drugs accessible to all people
When African leaders discussed economic growth in Africa at the African Union Summit, their options were constrained by the growing AIDS epidemic and slow progress on reaching the Millennium Development Goals .
Modiba: Youssou N'Dour Fights Malaria...In Stereo
It's been repeated so often that it almost seems an unalterable "fact of death": every 30 seconds, malaria claims the life of another child in Africa.
Economic crisis a 'major threat' to AIDS fight in Africa: UN
The global economic crisis poses a "major threat" to the fight against AIDS in Africa as funding for treatment programmes dries up, a top UN official said Thursday.
Kenya Malaria Study Shows One-Third Of Patients Receive ACTs
Just about one-third of people seeking malaria treatment in Kenya received the recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies and some people are being treated with ineffective drugs like chloroquine, which was phased out almost 10 years ago, according to the recently launched 2007 Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey - the country's "first ever ...
New UK Drive To End Malaria Deaths
An additional 30 million bed nets, the development of life-saving new treatments and new funding to increase access to anti-malarial drugs are announced today in a package of measures by International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, as the UK continues its fight to rid the world of malaria.
Preventing mosquito breeding key to keep malaria at bay
Anti-malaria awareness camp held on Tuesday. PUDUCHERRY: If preventing mosquito breeding in clean water sources is the key to keep malaria at bay, early detection and prompt treatment could help in reducing the effects of this vector-borne disease.
IDPs running out of medicine: WHO
Shortages of medicine and other supplies heighten the risk that epidemics of cholera, malaria and other infectious diseases could threaten people who fled the army's ongoing assault against the Taliban.
Dilip Kumar treated for malaria
VETERAN Indian actor Dilip Kumar is receiving treatment for malaria at a private hospital in Mumbai.
Scientists discover chink in malaria mosquitoes
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 30th June, 2009 Malaria infects more than 400 million people worldwide, claiming more than a million lives, most of them children, every year.
Tressel impressed by military's sacrifice during recent trip
COLUMBUS -- Take it from Jim Tressel, now an experienced world traveler. There are few places like Djibouti in early June.
VOA News Examines Malaria In Southern Sudan
VOA News examines malaria in southern Sudan. In the region, malaria is "widespread" and accounts for "up to 30 percent of all diseases treated by health facilities." It is the "number one killer of children in southern Sudan," though there are "no reliable statistics on the number in southern Sudan who suffer, or die from, malaria," VOA News ...
USAID commits $1 million to help several African nations deal with natural disasters, disease spread
USAID announced on Thursday a $1 million commitment to a Red Cross project aimed at helping those "living along southern Africa's Zambezi River cope with worsening natural disasters because of climate change," the AP/Washington Post reports.
Stars to back African campaign
Glastonbury performers gave their thumb prints to demand Government action to help prevent child deaths in Africa.
GBC Honors Levi Strauss & Co. for More Than 25 Years of Leadership in HIV/AIDS Pandemic
CSRwire.com - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 24, 2009 - The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today will award Levi Strauss & Co.
Lloydspharmacy Reveals Britons Play Russian Roulette With Worlds Deadliest Disease
According to new research* carried out by Lloydspharmacy, the UK's leading community pharmacy chain, around 2.1million British holidaymakers and travellers are ignoring the need to protect themselves against malaria.
Rotary begins grassroots effort to bolster fight against malaria
Seattle's global health focus on malaria is getting the support of the largest Rotary Club in the world.
Scientists discover new tiny bat species in Comoros
Scientists have discovered a small new bat species weighing just 5 grams on the Comoros island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the Natural History Museum in Geneva said.
On malaria struggle, baboons and humans have similar stories to tell
Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates.
Why we mustn't let malaria defences crumble
REPORTS from Cambodia that malaria is developing resistance to artemisinins have set alarm bells ringing.
House Subcommittee Markup Leaves Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Crisis
WASHINGTON, June 17 Global-Fund-AIDS-TB WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is currently facing a major financing shortfall.