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• RTI Receives 5 Year Contract Worth $101 Million For Malaria Program

  
  BASIL & SPICE--HEALTHCARE ISSUES! — Authority: 116
  Trained spray operators leave to begin spraying against malaria in communities RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—As part of an effort to reduce the incidence of malaria in Africa, RTI International was awarded a contract by the U.S. Agency for International Development to expand indoor residual spraying ...
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• Nigerian fears of insecticide resistance

  
  TropIKA — Authority: 127
  A worrying report from news agency AFP says that delegates at a conference in Abuja, Nigeria have expressed that mosquitoes are becoming less sensitive to insecticides. According to Peter Clearyof Vestergaard Frandsen, manufacturers of insecticide-impregnated bednets, “There is concern that the malarial vectors ...
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• Stephen Webster’s Mosquito Rings Sell Out in Record Time on ASOS.com

  
  Press About — Authority: 457
  100% of the profits from the rings will be used to support the charity Malaria No More UKLondon, UK, December 10, 2009 — Stephen Webster’s limited edition mosquito rings are officially this winter’s hottest accessory after selling out on ASOS in under three hours – a new record for the online fashion store. ...
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• The third wave of malaria activism - stopping stock-outs

  
  Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog — Authority: 111
  “We abandoned chloroquine when it failed to cure one in four patients and was available everywhere,”.....“We now have a drug that cures 100% of patients but is not available in one in four clinics.” That is a quote taken from a recent Editorial by the Editors of the PLoS Medicine journal who are calling for ...
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• The many faces of chloroquine

  
  topnaman | Malaria blog — Authority: 99
  Chloroquine was discovered in Germany in 1934 (as Resochin) but was originally considered too toxic for human use. After American trials of the drug in World War 2 chloroquine became a mainstay of malaria treatment. In recent decades with the advent of worldwide drug resistance its use has declined. With perhaps the ...
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• India gets $128.5 million grant for AIDS, TB, malaria Eradication

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 172
  International aid agency Global Fund Tuesday announced a $128.5 million grant for India to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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• NYT > World: New U.S. Plan to Battle AIDS Slows Growth in Treatment

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 174
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . As the White House unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put people on drugs is receding as emphasis shifts to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight.
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• New U.S. Plan to Battle AIDS Slows Growth in Treatment

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 163
  As the White House unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put people on drugs is receding as emphasis shifts to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight.
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• New U.S. Plan to Battle AIDS Slows Growth in Treatment

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 154
  As the White House unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put people on drugs is receding as emphasis shifts to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight.
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• Forum 2009, No. 5: Innovation for Remote Populations/mHealth (#GFHR09)

  
  Global Health Ideas — Authority: 114
  The Global Forum for Health Research Forum 2009: Innovating for the Health of All took place in Havana, Cuba from 16-20 November. This is the fifth in a series of posts from the conference. Only one or two more after this one. My reason for attending Forum 2009 was to participate in a session title ...
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• 80 Indian Securitymen Down With Malaria

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 452
  Ranchi, Dec 9 : Mosquitoes have succeeded where Maoists have failed. Though CRPF personnel have been able to contain Maoist activities to ensure peaceful polls in the state so far, they have fallen prey to mosquitoes with a large number of them being afflicted with Plasmodium Falciparum (MF), also known as malignant ...
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• India gets $128.5 mn grant for AIDS, TB, malaria eradication

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) International aid agency Global Fund Tuesday announced a $128.5 million grant for India to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.Of the newly approved grants, $69.4 million will be provided for expanding care and treatment services for tuberculosis (TB), particularly for multi-drug resistant ...
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• Bad publicity is destructive publicity for the Philippines

  
  tropicalpenpals.com — Authority: 129
  With the recent massacre and issues with the election coming up everything coming out of the Philippines seems to be bad news. The previous stories to those were the typhoons and the destruction caused. So what is positive going on in the Philippines? I have been out working in the UK for 8 months so [...]
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• How climate change will hurt Uganda

  
  TropIKA — Authority: 127
  Africa’s media are taking a keen interest in the Copenhagen climate change. See, as an example, an excellent article on AllAfrica.com , which examines the likely impact of climate change on human and animal diseases in Uganda. Author Frederick Womakuyu spoke to experts on health and environment based in Uganda, ...
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• Global Fund approves TB funding for government and civil society led proposal in India

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  A defining moment in the history of tuberculosis control in IndiaA proposal that will launch a massive effort to address two of the main challenges to tuberculosis (TB) control in India has been approved for Round 9 funding by the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). The grant is ...
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• Delivering Love, Music and Yoga To Africa

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 128
  “The huge spiritual world that music produces in itself, ends up overcoming material poverty. From the minute a child’s taught how to play an instrument, he’s no longer poor. He becomes a child in progress, heading for a professional level, who’ll later become a citizen.” –Dr. Jose Abreau Right now ...
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• Malaria in the USA, 1870

  
  Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Authority: 412
  From the Library of Congress “ Digital History ” collection. (Click for a larger version) The legend shows increasing shades of red as 100:250 250:350 550:900 900:1400 1400
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• Preventable Causes of Death

  
  Compassion International - Christian Blog on Child Poverty — Authority: 468
  Diarrhea. Unclean water. Measles. Pneumonia. Tuberculosis. Malaria. Every day 25,000 children younger than 5 die from mostly preventable causes. Why? Because they live in poor countries that aren’t a priority to developed nations. But they’re still a priority to God. And they can be yours, too – ...
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• Young people of Leicester act aginst Malaria

  
  Citizenseye — Authority: 146
  On Wednesday the 2nd of December 2009, young people from Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and Jain faith backgrounds came together to discuss how the people of Leicester can join the global movement to help end deaths caused by Malaria, one of Africa’s biggest killers. The initiative has been launched by Michael ...
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• On the Origin of Tomorrow

  
  Origins — Authority: 523
  by Elizabeth Pennisi More than ever before, the future is in our hands. We are shaping not just our own destiny but also the destinies of much of life on this planet. That is the take-home message of the final...
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