Malaria News

“Once those diseases start, it's very hard to control”

Survivors of the deadly cyclone Nargis use polluted water yesterday from the Pyapon river in the southern delta, hardest hit by cyclone Nargis. via The Daily Star

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An AmeriCares emergency relief expert arrived in Myanmar earlier today to assess the crisis situation and continue with efforts to obtain clearance for the organization's airlift of 15 tons of essential ... via Earth Times

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Initially, the most likely killer is acute watery diarrhoea. Within two weeks there could be outbreaks of malaria and dengue fever in Myanmar. via The Hindu

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“We usually try to do injections as quick as possible.”

Cyclone-affected women wash rice in front of their flooded and destroyed house in Kungyangon in the outskirts of Yangon Thursday. via The Daily Star

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Funding for HIV/AIDS in Tanzania from the government and international donors from 2007 to 2008 is expected to total more than 568 billion Tanzanian shillings, or about $476 million, according to a recently ... via News-Medical.Net

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“To have the next crop, they will need seedlings, which they don't have because the crop is gone”

As international relief workers struggle to provide assistance to survivors in the immediate aftermath of cyclone Nargis, five major crises in the Irrawaddy delta threaten to multiply the already devastating ... via ScrippsNews

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Some 130 UNICEF technical and operations staff traveled to the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis today, identifying the greatest threats to children and women and delivering life-saving supplies. via Earth Times

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“Malaria surged through Africa in the 1990s, fueled by resistance to chloroquine and other historically effective drugs”

The study further found that artemisinin monotherapies, which the World Health Organisation explicitly rejects as substandard, remain common in Africa. via MediLexicon

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“Substandard drugs not only endanger lives today, but also jeopardize future malaria treatment strategies by accelerating parasite resistance.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Africans are getting substandard malaria drugs, with more than a third of the pills tested failing quality tests, according to a report published on Tuesday.

Tests of 195 different packs of malaria drugs sold in six African cities showed 35 percent of them either did not contain high enough levels of active ingredient or did not dissolve properly.

"Our study shows that efforts to increase access to quality antimalarial drugs in Africa are increasingly important," Dr. Roger Bate of the American Enterprise Institute, who led the study, said in a statement. Read more

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THE Australian Government will give $3 million in immediate relief to cyclone-stricken Burma. via News.com.au

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