AIDS attracts more donor funding globally than all other diseases combined, it has not diverted attention from fighting unrelated afflictions - such as malaria, measles and malnutrition - and may be improving health services overall in targeted countries, according to a study on Rwanda published in the May 2012 edition of the American Journal of Tro...

African Malaria Parasite Is Genetically Resistant To Best Anti-Malarial Drugs published Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:00:00 PDT
An online report in Malaria Journal reveals that scientists have discovered genetic mutations in the deadliest malaria parasite in Africa that makes them resistant to one of the most powerful anti-malarial drugs. The researchers point out that the finding is a stark reminder that even the best weapons against malaria could become obsolete...

Over The Next 5 Years Malaria Bed Net Strategies Will Save Global Community An Estimated $600 Million published Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
The universal coverage campaign for bed nets succeeded in dramatically extending access to these life-saving products, though recent gains may be in jeopardy unless rapid action is taken. Over 560 million long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are required through 2015 alone to achieve and maintain universal coverage in Africa, at a total global cost of $2.4 billion...

Reduced Malaria Control Programs Associated With Disease Resurgence published Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00 PDT
According to a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Malaria Journal, there have been 75 documented episodes of malaria resurgence worldwide since the 1930s, the majority of which were associated with weakening of malaria control programs...

Reduction Of Malaria-Control Programs Lined To Malaria Resurgence published Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:00:00 PDT
Since the 1930s, there have been 75 documented episodes of malaria resurgence worldwide, most of which were linked to weakening of malaria control programs, finds a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Malaria Journal...

African Infants At Risk Of Endemic Fever To Benefit From Praziquantel Treatment published Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Thousands of pre-school children in Africa could benefit from access to treatment for an endemic disease, after tests showed infants to be at high risk of infection. Researchers tested hundreds of children aged between one and five in countries in sub-Saharan Africa where snail fever - also known as bilharzia or schistosomiasis - is endemic...

Extracts From The Neem Tree May Stop HIV From Multiplying published Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Tall, with dark-green pointy leaves, the neem tree of India is known as the "village pharmacy." As a child growing up in metropolitan New Delhi, Sonia Arora recalls on visits to rural areas seeing villagers using neem bark to clean their teeth. Arora's childhood memories have developed into a scientific fascination with natural products and their power to cure illnesses...

Tsetse Flies A Potential Model For Lipid Metabolism During Mammalian Lactation published Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
An unprecedented study of intra-uterine lactation in the tsetse fly, published in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press, reveals that an enzyme found in the fly's milk functions similarly in mammals, making the tsetse a potential model for lipid metabolism during mammalian lactation...

New Optical Technique Promises Rapid And Accurate Diagnosis Of Malaria published Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Correctly and quickly diagnosing malaria is essential for effective and life-saving treatment. But rapid detection, particularly in remote areas, is not always possible because current methods are time-consuming and require precise instrumentation and highly skilled microscopic analysis...

Hookworms And Allergies - Doctor Infects Himself For Experiment published Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:00:00 PDT
In the first experiment of its kind to test the suggestion that hookworm infection can reduce some allergic responses, a UK doctor who specializes in medical entomology, infected himself with the parasite and then swallowed a pill camera to film the effect on his intestines...

Achilles Heel Of Dengue Virus Identified, Offering Target For Future Vaccines published Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University have pinpointed the region on dengue virus that is neutralized in people who overcome infection with the deadly pathogen. The results challenge the current state of dengue vaccine research, which is based on studies in mice and targets a different region of the virus...

Novel Method To Combat Malaria Drug Resistance published Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health developed a "gene chip" to contribute to the identification of malaria drug resistance, an effort that will allow for real-time response in modified treatment strategies for this devastating disease. The new discovery is described in a paper appearing in the latest early online edition of the journal Science...

Resistant Malaria Spreads Along Cambodian-Thai Border published Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:00:00 PDT
After extensive reports of a malaria resistant strain to standard artemisinin treatment along the Cambodia-Thailand border, a new study published Online First in The Lancet informs that the resistant type of malaria has emerged and is rapidly increasing along the Thailand-Myanmar border, which is about 800 km to the west...

Predicting Malaria Outbreaks In India Using Climate Model published Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Scientists from the University of Liverpool are working with computer modelling specialists in India to predict areas of the country that are at most risk of malaria outbreaks, following changes in monsoon rainfall...

Cutting Malaria By 30 Per Cent Using Combination Drug Treatment published Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:00:00 PDT
Malaria infections among infants can be cut by up to 30 per cent when antimalarial drugs are given intermittently over a 12 month period, a three-year clinical trial in Papua New Guinea has shown...

Compound That Halts Growth Of Malaria Parasite Created By Yale Nobel Laureate published Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate Sidney Altman shows...

Genes That Make Mosquitoes Hungrier Are Targeted By Dengue Virus published Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have, for the first time, shown that infection with dengue virus turns on mosquito genes that makes them hungrier and better feeders, and therefore possibly more likely to spread the disease to humans...

Saving Children's Lives Through Malaria Prevention published Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Malaria continues to be a major disease worldwide, but while funding projects are working hard to improve malaria prevention it is difficult to measure how effective these interventions are...

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