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ECOWAS, partners take bold step to eliminate malaria
ECOWAS and its partners have achieved another milestone in their stride towards the elimination of malaria in the region with the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a biolarvicides...
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Invest in health systems for a balanced approach
By Irene Akua Agyepong – SciDev.Net Funding for programmes that target major diseases should be matched by investment in the health systems that underpin them, says Ghana’s Irene Akua Agyepong....
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Cell phones can speed up malaria treatment in remote areas
By Naimul Haq Mobile phones along with local knowledge and field support, can help to ensure the effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria in remote rural areas, according to a...
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Malaria experts join forces with Novartis to empower local communities to tackle malaria in Africa
Today, more than 35 countries from across Africa are represented at this year’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop • The Novartis Malaria Initiative is convening global experts...
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Malaria vaccine candidate ‘could be grown at home’
This article was originally published on the SciDev.Net Website 24 May 2012. An incredible development in the fight against Malaria has arisen. Researchers in America have discovered a way rural communities in...
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ECOWAS signs agreement with Cuba for the Elimination of Malaria in West Africa by 2015
ECOWAS and the Republic of Cuba have agreed new measures to revive their collaboration towards the elimination of malaria in West Africa by 2015 through a control and elimination programme....
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Biomed Analysis: Tackling drug-resistant malaria
Emerging resistance to artemisinin means efforts to track genetic markers and regulate the drug’s use must step up, says Priya Shetty. When parasites resistant to the anti-malarial drug artemisinin were discovered...