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Global malaria battle stalls as financing gets tightGlobal funding for the fight against malaria has stalled in the past two years, threatening to reverse what the World Health Organisation (WHO) says are "remarkable recent gains" in the battle to control one of the world's leading More… |
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Malaria vaccine disappoints in trialA GlaxoSmithKline experimental malaria vaccine touted as a new weapon in the fight to eradicate the disease proved only 30 percent effective when given to babies as part Africa's largest ever clinical trial. &n More… |
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Malaria ‘poses deadly risks worldwide’Malaria remains one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world and recent estimates suggest that many more people are dying of the disease each year than previously believed, said an expert. The disease causes 1.24 million deaths More… |
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Drug-resistant malaria can spread fast warns expertDrug-resistant malaria could spread from southeast Asia to Africa within months, putting millions of children's lives at risk, a leading expert warned. Nicholas White, professor of tropical medicine at Mahidol University in Bangkok, called More… |
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Major push ‘could end malaria deaths by 2015’The world could stop malaria deaths by 2015 if massive investment is made to ramp up control measures, including wider use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Progress has been made ov More… |
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Global Malaria funding falls shortGlobal funding for malaria is less than half the $4.9 billion needed in 2010 to prevent and treat the disease that kills around 850,000 people a year, a study showed on Saturday. Researchers writing in The Lancet medical journal said that More… |
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Crucell, GSK agree malaria vaccine dealDutch biotechnology firm Crucell said on Tuesday it had agreed with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline to jointly develop a malaria vaccine candidate. The deal is an extension to an earlier programme agreed in October 2003 between Crucell, GSK and More… |
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Genetics may turn mosquito into vaccinatorMosquito genetic engineering may turn the malaria transmitting mosquito into a natural ‘flying vaccinator’, providing a new strategy for biological control over the disease, a new research said. The research, published in Insect Molecular More… |
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WHO releases new guidelines for Malaria cureThe World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. The 'Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second e More… |
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New malaria vaccine shows promise in childrenA new vaccine showed promise at protecting young children from malaria, offering a potential new weapon against a disease that kills at least one million people each year, US researchers said. In a study of 100 West African children aged o More… |
