by annaread | Oct 20, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
naturenews reports that a trial vaccine against malaria has proven safe and effective for infants as young as a few weeks. In fact, the vaccine is most effective if given soon after birth. Read the article.
by Beth | Jan 9, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has recently announced that it has awarded a challenge grant to Nothing But Nets. That means they’ll match your donations dollar for dollar, net for net! For every bed net you send to a child in Africa, the Bill & Melinda...
by Beth | Dec 12, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Experts believe that more people are now dying of malaria that did so three decades ago, and warn that it is spreading to new countries. The disease is now present in non-tropical countries such as Turkey and Russia. In addition, a handful of people die of malaria...
by Beth | Nov 13, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House will hold a summit next month seeking strategies for combating malaria, a largely preventable disease that kills 3,000 children every day and claims nearly a million lives a year in Africa. President Bush and his wife, Laura,...
by Beth | Feb 3, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
LONDON (Reuters) – An early warning system based on climate models, average rainfall and data on seasonal malaria can predict the risk of an epidemic of the killer disease five months in advance, scientists said on Wednesday. The system has been devised by...