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Africas potential 'game changer' in the fight against malaria
2018-08-21 01:20:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Four Ugandan students have developed a revolutionary way to test for malaria without drawing blood.
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Can a mobile device get the better of malaria?
2017-12-22 01:22:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An Oxford firm has developed a device to sequence the genome of malaria parasites to help doctors detect the strain they're dealing with.
World Health Organization Recommends New BASF Insecticide For Malaria
2017-07-18 17:13:00| Chemical Processing
This is reportedly the first WHO recommendation for a product based on a new insecticide class in more than 30 years.
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Climate change threatens to double malaria risk from African dams, say researchers
2016-09-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The number of Africans at risk of malaria who live near dams will nearly double to 25 million by 2080 as areas where the disease is not currently present will become transmission zones due to climate change, researchers said on Monday. Without prevention measures, the number of malaria cases associated with dams could triple to nearly 3 million a year over the same period, they said in a study published in Malaria Journal. "While dams clearly bring many benefits ... the role of climate change on...
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Countries on verge of beating malaria face new threat, study says
2016-04-21 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nations on the verge of eliminating malaria risk falling short of their goal, just as it lies within reach, due to funding being shifted elsewhere, researchers said on Thursday. Global aid has moved to areas where malaria remains widespread, while internal domestic funding gets diverted to fighting other diseases perceived as more urgent, said researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, in a study published in The Lancet medical journal. Once a leading cause of death and illness,...
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