by Beth | Jun 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The researchers said their findings were particularly important for areas where both HIV and malaria were rife… Malaria kills over one million people a year, with more than 90% of cases reported in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV drugs block malaria in tests Resistance...
by Beth | Jun 24, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
One of five children die before they are five years old. About 30% die from malaria, around 45 000 a year.Freeman said one reason for the high death figures was the problem of access to health facilities in a country where about 60% of the population live more than...
by Beth | Jun 10, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In a finding that may open promising new ways to attack malaria, scientists are reporting today that two fungi that are harmless to humans and the environment can be used to kill mosquitoes. The fungi are already licensed in Western countries to control aphids,...
by Beth | May 20, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
With significant help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the aid group PATH is seeking to bolster UN efforts to combat malaria in Zambia, where it hopes to cut malaria-related deaths by 75%. The initiative, which received $35 million from the Gates...
by Beth | May 4, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW YORK, 3 May 2005: UNICEF and the World Health Organization have jointly launched the first-ever ‘World Malaria Report’, at UNICEF headquarters in New York. United Nations Children’s Fund Officiating at the event were UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman,...
