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Posted on August 1, 2006
Previously filed under: Health
Beyond Bird Flu and HIV/AIDS, some older diseases are still causing major problems in developing countries.
General Information:

World Health Organization (WHO) Malaria
This page provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic.

UNICEF Malaria
This page provides background information on Malaria as well as updates on what action UNICEF is taking and links to various other sites.

Centers for Disease Control Malaria
This is the CDC's main page on Malaria and includes background information, FAQs, and reports. There is also information about treatment options and information for specific groups, such as clinicians and travelers.

MedlinePlus Malaria
This website, part of MedlinePlus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), aims to provide comprehensive information. This includes news, background and related issues, as well as information directly from the NIH.

SciDev.Net Malaria
A comprehensive site that includes background information, updates on the latest news and a number of articles and opinion pieces.



Maps:

UNICEF, Malaria transmission areas and reported resistance

CDC, Global Distribution of Malaria



Articles:

Oxford Report: Malaria Vaccine Policy
This report seeks to explore the complexity of the underlying malaria science to try to work out some of the potential consequences for the economics and the finance of some of these proposals. It examines the science, economics, and politics of combating the disease.

The Cost of Making the Poor Pay
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Awash Teklehaimanot, and Gordon McCord present their opinion on Malaria's hefty price tag.

Gates to Donate $258m Towards Fighting Malaria
The Gates Foundation has demonstrated a consistent commitment to fighting global issues. This donation will be used to test the world's first vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease.

Malaria Research 'Needs Ten Times More Funding'
A serious lack of investment in Malaria research is leading to higher costs further down the road.




To read another Global Envision background article on pandemics, see Avian Influenza.



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Fri, 07/27/2007 - 05:55 — Victoria (not verified)

I agree with the summation of Charles Griffin on the way forward for Malaria Eradication Projects. I belong to an NGO, Africare, which, in partnership with Shell is fighting for Malaria control in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. I believe that if all the agencies in this fight share experiences and OR we would be more effective. For instance how do we know that all diagnosed with malaria without the use of microscopy in the isolated rural communities are really infected? We also found that rural health facilities are not patronised by villagers even when drugs are FREE. Is this problem unique?


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