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India’s Malaria Toll 40 Times Higher Than Estimated
Feb. 3 | Malaria deaths in India could be more than 40 times higher than what is presently estimated. A new research published in the Lancet shows that malaria kills around 1.2 million people worldwide each year – twice as high as the figure in the World...
Scientists Find Big Chink In Malaria’s Armour
Dec. 15 | Researchers have said that they have discovered a unique microscopic channel through which malaria parasites must pass to infect red blood cells, a finding that opens up a highly promising target for a vaccine. The doorway mechanism is common to all known...
Discovery Of A New Class Of Anti-malarial Compounds
Dec. 3 | An international team led by scientists from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a family of chemical compounds that could lead to a new generation of anti-malarial drugs capable...
Malaria Deaths Declined By 20% In Last Decade
Oct. 31 | Malaria accounts for 20% of childhood deaths in Africa. There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says. A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries...
Promising Malaria Vaccine
Oct. 8 | According to a study published in USA, an experimental malaria vaccine tested on children in Burkina Faso has shown “a high level of efficacy” in protecting against the disease. The study was initially planned to study the safety and immune...
Pre-existing Malaria Can Prevent From Secondary Infection
Jun. 14 | In a study, a team of researchers found that pre-existing malaria prevents secondary infection by another Plasmodium strain, the parasite responsible for malaria, by restricting iron availability in the liver of the host. This discovery has important...
Bill Gates Urges African Leaders To Prioritise Vaccines
May. 18 | The billionaire founder of Microsoft Inc, Bill Gates, has urged the African nations to work harder to get life-saving vaccines to children, adding that sluggishness could derail the efforts to save millions of lives and stamp out deadly diseases. According...
Scientists Look At Seaweed For Malaria Cure
Mar. 15 | Scientists in the United States of America (USA) are studying seaweed in a bid to find new types of anti-malaria drugs. Their research is based on the fact that seaweed emits a natural chemical response to ward off fungi that would otherwise colonise...
WHO Gears Up To Halt Malaria Drug Resistance
Feb. 8 | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched an extensive global plan to check the spread of resistance to artemisinin, a key compound of new malaria drugs. In a statement issued recently, the WHO said that not acting would be “catastrophic.”...
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