New malaria test welcome

In South Africa, young entrepreneur Ashley Uys has developed a rapid malaria test, which will help with early diagnosis.

BY ABDUEL ELINAZA, 29 APRIL 2014  ALLAFRICA.COM
Guangzhou — TANZANIA could be headed to a malaria-free country, thanks to Chinese medical research findings that target the disease-causing parasite itself instead of the mosquitoes which carry it. The current approach to deal with malaria is to control mosquitoes, which spread the disease by either killing them with insecticides or by draining bodies of stagnant water in which their larvae live.
However, Dr Li Guoqiao of the Guangzhou...

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-Power of One campaign, supported by exclusive treatment sponsor Novartis, raises funds for three million treatments for children with malaria

-Novartis associates rallied behind Power of One to fund close to 500,000 antimalarial treatments for Zambia

-Company reaches delivery landmark with 700 million antimalarial treatments supplied without profit in 60 malaria-endemic countries since 2001

Novartis (http://www.novartis.com) announced today that, through Power of One, enough funds have...

Organised jointly by the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara, Tanzania, and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute with the financial support of the Impact malaria, a Sanofi Access to Medicines program and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Malaria course is a tutorial that is aimed at strengthening competence of researchers, public health personnel and care givers to fight Malaria in Africa. Participants are taught how to conduct...

World Malaria Day 2015:Invest in the Future, Defeat Malaria
The World Malaria Day theme provides a common platform for all malaria partners to showcase their successes in malaria control and unify diverse initiatives in the changing global context. Malaria-endemic countries have made incredible gains in malaria in the last decade, but sustaining them will take extra efforts until the job is finished and malaria is eliminated worldwide. The theme for 2015 is Invest in the future, Defeat...