GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s experimental malaria vaccine, already shown to cut the risk of children contracting the disease by half after 8 months, was equally effective after 15, a study showed.
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The fight against HIV/AIDS needs a pragmatic approach (update)
K. Amponsah-Manager On December 14 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN agency which over ten years ago started a campaign to cut the number of malaria cases and deaths in half by 2010, reported that Malaria is fast declining in countries where it had been endemic. The report was surprisingly optimistic that we… Continue reading The fight against HIV/AIDS needs a pragmatic approach (update)
Why African women are saying YES to the female condom
With estimated 22.5 million people living with HIV in just the part of African below the Sahara, women are taking charge over their own health even if their male counterparts aren’t on board.
Sure, mosquitoes suck!
Celebrities join the fight against malaria. Although malaria was eradicated in the United States nearly 60 years ago, it continues to claim the lives of more than 850,000 people every year, most of them children under the age of 5 in Africa. Malaria No More has made it a mission to raise money and awareness… Continue reading Sure, mosquitoes suck!
The Hero Mosquito in Sierra Leone
A pedophile who escaped from UK to Sierra Leone grabbed at a hospital after suffering from malaria