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malaria – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:35:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg malaria – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 “Happy” World Malaria Day http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/world-malaria-day-africa-progress Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:35:54 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11382 Today is April 25th. It is designated as World Malaria Day. Unlike other celebrated days like New Year, Valentine, Independence, today is meant to remind us of the scourge of a pernicious disease that kills a child every 45 seconds.  Malaria Day commemorated with speeches, seminars, symposiums and workshops that are meant to petition all …

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]]> WHO Says Progress in Malaria Threatened by Funding http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/progress-malaria-threatened-funding Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:43:39 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11124 Recent gains in the fight against malaria could be reversed because funding has stalled, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Its latest World Malaria Report says 1.1 million lives were saved in the past decade but that the expansion in funding from 2004-09 halted in 2010-12. Less than half of the $5.1bn (£3.1bn) needed …

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]]> Fight Against Malaria Compromised by Resistance Spread http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/fight-malaria-compromised-by-resistance-spread Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:19:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10608 Scientists have found new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for malaria is increasing. They have confirmed that resistant strains of the malaria parasite on the border between Thailand and Burma, 500 miles (800km) away from previous sites. Researchers say that the rise of resistance means the effort to eliminate malaria is “seriously compromised”. …

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]]> Hope for Malaria Vaccine After Blood Entry Route Discovered http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/hope-for-malaria-vaccine-blood-entry-route-discovered Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:24:57 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10263 By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News The route all strains of the most deadly malaria parasite use to enter red blood cells has been identified by researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge. The scientists involved said the finding offered “great hope” for the development of a vaccine, which had the potential to be …

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]]> Malaria Vaccine: Now A Possibility http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-vaccine-now-a-possibility Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:13:17 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10156 GlaxoSmithKline research head Moncef Slaoui explains how change of focus to cellular immunity was key to breakthrough Moncef Slaoui was on holiday with his family when he heard the results of the first small trial, involving African infants, of the malaria vaccine he helped invent. It was a day he would never forget. “It was …

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]]> Malaria Deaths Fall over 20% Worldwide in Last Decade http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/malaria-deaths-fall-over-20-worldwide-in-decade Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:24:24 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10139 There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says. A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries where malaria was endemic were on course to eradicate the disease within 10 years. Experts said if targets continued …

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]]> Malaria Vaccine Trial Raises Hope http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/malaria-vaccine-trial-raises-hope Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:32:13 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9847 Researchers are to expand a clinical trial of a new malaria vaccine after promising results in a preliminary study in Burkina Faso.

The trial was designed to test safety, but researchers found that vaccinated children had high levels of protection.
Around a hundred different malaria vaccine candidates have been developed to date but the MSP3 vaccine tested in Burkina Faso is only the second one to show a substantial level of protection against the illness.

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]]> African Leaders Launch Malaria-Beating Scorecard http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-leaders-launch-malaria-beating-scorecard Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:59:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9826 A coalition of African leaders on Monday launched a “scorecard for accountability and action” to track their progress in the fight against malaria, following on successes in battling the disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa each year. The 40-member African Leaders Malaria Alliance (Alma), which was launched two years ago, aims …

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]]> Text Messages Advance Malaria Care http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/text-messages-advance-malaria-care http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/text-messages-advance-malaria-care#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:54:09 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9484 Text messages could be a cost effective way of improving care for African children with malaria, according to researchers. A six month study involving 119 health workers in Kenya, published by The Lancet, showed texts increased the number following government guidelines. Half of children received the correct treatment at the end of the study, more …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/text-messages-advance-malaria-care/feed 1 Sports Men and Women Urged to Become Malaria Ambassadors http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sports-men-and-women-urged-to-malaria-ambassadors http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sports-men-and-women-urged-to-malaria-ambassadors#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:27:24 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9404 Accra, July 25, GNA – The Country Director of the John Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) Voices, Mr Emmanuel Fiagbey, has called on sports men and women as well as their technical handlers to remain ambassadors in the fight against the malaria disease. Mr Fiagbey charged them to continue to behave as role …

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