African Union malaria status report 2022
This report highlights the ongoing challenges in the fight against malaria in Africa and the urgent need for strong political commitment and leadership, robust partnership, and increased investments from
Malaria
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Gene shows the way
SCIENTISTS have now found a way to render "killer" malaria viruses impotent. Researchers based in the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University and other research bodies in the us have
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Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to most drugs
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The nature of malaria
A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria
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Bednet or not?
Scientists debate the effectiveness of insecticide treated bednets in dealing with malaria
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The buzz on Malaria
Integrating cost effective traditional methods is essential to fighting the killer disease
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Roman tragedy
A mosquito brought down an empire that worlds militaries couldn t
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Nipping malaria in the bud
Scientists are focussing on strengthening genetically the defence mechanism of mosquitoes so as to render them inhospitable to the malarial parasite.
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For a cup of tea
Dense cinchona and silver oak forests covering 3,000 ha in Valparai in the Annamalai hills will be replaced by tea plantations if the state-run Tamil Nadu Plantation Corporation Ltd (TNPCL) has its
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Popping situation
to help various countries assess the complexity of the hazards posed by persistent organic pollutants ( pops) , the United Nations Environment Programme recently held a meeting in
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Malaria vaccine tests positive in trials
A MALARIA vaccine made in Colombia by synthesising protein segments from the malaria parasite is proving promising in field trials, but its efficacy is still low. Vaccine developer Manuel