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Malaria death rates reduce by 60% since 2000, shows WHO-UNICEF report

Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives saved, the vast majority of them children, according to a joint WHO-UNICEF report released today.

18 Sep 2015

UNITAID, EGPAF launch new initiative to scale up HIV diagnosis among newborns in African countries

UNITAID and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation today launched an initiative that will dramatically scale up HIV diagnosis among newborns in nine African countries. In partnership with ministries of health, this initiative will make "point-of-care" testing more widely available to HIV-exposed infants early in their lives, when they are most at risk of dying, and enable those diagnosed with the virus to be put on lifesaving treatment more quickly.

14 Sep 2015

Nurse-trainer uses new approach to teach correct combination of HIV drugs to Angola's nurses

Nurse-trainer Helena Cumbelembe Inacio was struggling to teach nurses at the health center here the correct combination of medicines to prevent pregnant women with HIV from passing the infection to their children.

11 Sep 2015

Deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease widespread in Texas bugs

A deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease is widespread in a common Texas insect, according to a new study by University of Texas at El Paso researchers. The finding suggests that the risk of Texans contracting the disease may be higher than previously thought.

10 Sep 2015

Research opens up potential new pathways to vaccine development against HA-MRSA

New research led by NYU Langone Medical Center has uncovered why a particular strain of Staphylococcus aureus -- known as HA-MRSA -- becomes more deadly than other variations. These new findings open up possible new pathways to vaccine development against this bacterium, which the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions says accounts for over 10,000 deaths annually, mostly among hospital patients.

10 Sep 2015

Report highlights remarkable decline in child mortality, but MDG target still missed by wide margin

Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according to a new report released today. Under-five deaths have dropped from 12.7 million per year in 1990 to 5.9 million in 2015. This is the first year the figure has gone below the 6 million mark.

9 Sep 2015

Surgical operation using mosquito mesh to repair hernia can benefit millions of impoverished people

Mosquito mesh cannot just prevent malaria, but can also be used to reduce the suffering caused by groin hernia. A surgical operation using mosquito mesh to repair the hernia can give millions of people a chance at a better life.

9 Sep 2015

DNDi unveils plans to better respond to the needs of neglected patients

After having built the world's largest drug development pipeline for the most neglected diseases, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has unveiled plans for a more flexible, dynamic portfolio approach, integrating various operating models to better respond to the needs of patients, notably in low- and middle-income countries. The plan also paves the way for new diseases to be taken up in DNDi's portfolio.

9 Sep 2015

Daily iron supplementation during pregnancy does not increase malaria risk in malaria-endemic region

Among women in a malaria-endemic region in Kenya, daily iron supplementation during pregnancy did not result in an increased risk of malaria, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA. Iron supplementation did result in increased birth weight, gestational duration, neonatal length, and a decreased risk of low birth weight and prematurity.

9 Sep 2015

Molecular evolution in separate species predicts convergence of toxin resistance

Researchers at LSTM have shown that under certain circumstances evolution can be highly predictable, especially in terms of how creatures become resistant to dangerous toxins.

8 Sep 2015

LSTM study reveals how insecticide-treated bed nets are effective in preventing malaria

Communities in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable to malaria and 90% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa. Safe, simple and affordable, long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs) are very effective in preventing malaria and have played a major part in reducing malaria deaths in Africa by over 50% since 2000 (WHO).

3 Sep 2015

World leaders meet at World Hepatitis Summit to discuss prevention strategies for viral hepatitis

Today marks the start of the first-ever World Hepatitis Summit hosted in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

3 Sep 2015

UC San Diego-led research team awarded $1.89 million to carry out research on leptospirosis

An international research team, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of the UC San Diego Center for Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health, has been awarded a 5-year, $1.89 million cooperative agreement to carry out translational research studies of leptospirosis, an infectious and sometimes fatal bacterial disease endemic in much of the world.

2 Sep 2015

Special issue of Future Science OA highlights research on protein misfolding diseases

Future Science Group today announced the publication of a special issue in Future Science OA, covering the rapidly evolving field of protein misfolding diseases.

28 Aug 2015

Health providers still prescribing expensive malaria drugs in Nigeria to patients who do not have malaria

Health providers trained to perform malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are still prescribing valuable malaria medicines to patients who do not have malaria, according to new research published in PLOS ONE.

27 Aug 2015

Global life expectancy climbs, but people live longer with illnesses

Global life expectancy has risen by more than six years since 1990 as healthy life expectancy grows; ischemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, and stroke cause the most health loss around the world.

27 Aug 2015

Special issue of SAGE's JERHRE presents guidelines, new resources to improve data sharing across the globe

With the globalization of biomedical research and growing concerns about possible pandemics of diseases such as HIV, SARS, and Ebola, international data-sharing practices are of growing interest to the biomedical science community. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of sharing data in low and middle-income settings? What challenges stand in the way for researchers in countries such as India, Kenya, and Vietnam? A new special issue of SAGE's Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics presents guidelines, protocols, models, and new resources to improve data sharing across the globe.

24 Aug 2015

WHO and health cluster partners cope with health needs of internally displaced persons in South Sudan

The World Health Organization and partners are racing to cope with the health needs of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeastern South Sudan where fighting continues and the humanitarian situation remains dire.

21 Aug 2015

60P to commence Phase II clinical trial among dengue fever patients

60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on development of therapeutics for tropical diseases, and Singapore General Hospital announced today that the Hospital has received a grant from Singapore's National Medical Research Council to support a Phase II clinical trial among dengue fever patients.

20 Aug 2015

Researchers capture images of immune cell interactions rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus

Doctor Scott Mueller and colleagues from the University of Melbourne's Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute used state-of-the-art microscopy to painstakingly capture images of the interactions of three crucial types of immune cells rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus.

19 Aug 2015

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

Malaria death rates reduce by 60% since 2000, shows WHO-UNICEF report

UNITAID, EGPAF launch new initiative to scale up HIV diagnosis among newborns in African countries

Nurse-trainer uses new approach to teach correct combination of HIV drugs to Angola's nurses

Deadly parasite that causes Chagas disease widespread in Texas bugs

Research opens up potential new pathways to vaccine development against HA-MRSA

Report highlights remarkable decline in child mortality, but MDG target still missed by wide margin

Surgical operation using mosquito mesh to repair hernia can benefit millions of impoverished people

DNDi unveils plans to better respond to the needs of neglected patients

Daily iron supplementation during pregnancy does not increase malaria risk in malaria-endemic region

Molecular evolution in separate species predicts convergence of toxin resistance

LSTM study reveals how insecticide-treated bed nets are effective in preventing malaria

World leaders meet at World Hepatitis Summit to discuss prevention strategies for viral hepatitis

UC San Diego-led research team awarded $1.89 million to carry out research on leptospirosis

Special issue of Future Science OA highlights research on protein misfolding diseases

Health providers still prescribing expensive malaria drugs in Nigeria to patients who do not have malaria

Global life expectancy climbs, but people live longer with illnesses

Special issue of SAGE's JERHRE presents guidelines, new resources to improve data sharing across the globe

WHO and health cluster partners cope with health needs of internally displaced persons in South Sudan

60P to commence Phase II clinical trial among dengue fever patients

Researchers capture images of immune cell interactions rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus

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