by Beth | Aug 17, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Editorial: Create malaria fund to lower drug cost One of the most effective ways of battling malaria in Africa would be for wealthy countries to create a fund to purchase anti-malaria drugs developed from the Chinese herb wormwood, this Los Angeles Times editorial...
by Beth | Aug 10, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A big jump in malaria cases in Ethiopia is raising fears of a new epidemic of the dangerous disease sweeping the Horn of Africa country, the United Nations warned yesterday. Ethiopian health officials are working with UN agencies to distribute medicine and...
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,...
