Best Way To Treat Malaria: Avoid Using Same Drug For Everyone, Scientists Say (Science Daily)

Scientists employing a sophisticated computer model have found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria treatment.

Best way to treat malaria: Avoid using same drug for everyone, scientists say (EurekAlert!)

( Princeton University ) A team of scientists employing a sophisticated computer model pioneered at Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria treatment.

Not recovering from dengue? You could have malaria (HT via Yahoo! India News)

IF YOU have tested positive for dengue but are not responding to medication and platelet transfusion, go for more tests. For, you may be suffering from malaria. That's what happened to Rajiv Bhati, a 17-year-old engineering student from Meerut. Bhati was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with fever, diarrhoea and extreme weakness.

Malaria halts training for Waikato cox (Stuff)

"Cant make it 2 training have malaria," As text message excuses go, Laura Breitenstein's one was impressive.

Malaria, dengue cases on the rise (The Times of India)

Of the five malaria casualties, two were from Jaipur while the rest were from Samb-har, Sawai Madhopur and Tonk. Over 200 malaria cases have been reported in SMS hospital this year, out of which 55 arrived in August last week alone.

UNICEF Executive Director Announces $1.7 Million For The Fight Against Malaria In Ghana (Medical News Today)

During her three-day visit to Ghana, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman announced an additional $1.7 million in support to combat malaria in the country. The money will help provide insecticide-treated bed-nets, a life saving intervention that is simple and cost effective. Thousands of children under the age of five die from malaria each year in Ghana.

U.S. Pledges $99M To Tanzania For HIV/AIDS, Malaria Efforts, Farm Loans (Medical News Today)

Tanzania will receive $99 million in aid from the U.S. to enhance its efforts to address malaria and HIV/AIDS and provide loans to farmers, Tanzania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Membe said Tuesday, Reuters reports. The U.S. pledged the funding during Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete's visit to Washington, D.C., last week.

Ghana: Unicef to Provide Thousands of Extra Bed Nets in Fight Against Malaria (AllAfrica.com)

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled plans to spend an additional $1.7 million for insecticide-treated bed nets in Ghana as part of the fight against the spread of malaria in the West African country.

New method to delay evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasite (New Kerala)

Washington, Sept 5 : Researchers at the University of Florida have devised a new method that effectively delays the evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites.

Delaying Evolution Of Drug Resistance In Malaria Parasite Possible (Science Daily)

There's no magic bullet for wiping out malaria, but a new study offers strong support for a method that effectively delays the evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites, a researcher says.