by Beth | Nov 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
New York Times: A Chinese herbal drug that is strikingly effective against malaria is in critically short supply because of rising demand, public health officials and pharmaceutical executives say. As a result, prices for the drug, artemisinin, have quadrupled, and...
by Beth | Nov 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that some countries are likely to face a shortage of malaria drugs because of a sharp increase in demand.By Ania Lichtarowicz BBC health correspondent The medicines – derived from a Chinese herb – are used to...
by Beth | Oct 25, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
VATICAN CITY, OCT 20, 2004 (VIS) – Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, spoke yesterday in the plenary session of the 59th General Assembly dedicated to the analysis of the progress and the international...
by Beth | Oct 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death.The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It protected them from catching the disease only about 30 percent...
by Beth | Jul 28, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Facing the possibility of a major malaria epidemic, Ethiopia has joined with UNICEF and the World Health Organization to raise nearly $7 million for new medicines to fight the disease, the United Nations said yesterday. U.N. Agencies Join Ethiopia’s Call For $7...
