MALARIA: Africa Fighting Malaria Updates and Events

Hitting malaria from all sides   Death rates from malaria have fallen significantly over the last decade, but plenty of work remains, with hundreds of thousands of children still dying from the disease every year, experts said Wednesday in a discussion at Harvard Kennedy School.  The Harvard Malaria Forum gathered experts from the corporate and nonprofit sectors as well as academia to explore business approaches toward the goal of eliminating malaria deaths in the world.  Panelists discussed companies' efforts to fight malaria among employees, manufacture bed nets, distribute nets along supply chains, and alert government officials, concerned about foreign exchange, to the impact the ailment has on workers.       Read More  Other News Fake drugs flood East African markets... Malaria officials forge papers for seminars, hiring 100 cars... Scientists call for mutant mosquitoes to end malaria... Events and Information February 08, 2013: MMV 34th Board Meeting, New York, United States of America March 05-07, 2013: Seventh annual meeting of the Case Management Working Group, venue TBA  Check out the book "The Excellent Powder: DDT's Political and Scientific History". Substandard and falsified anti-tuberculosis drugs: a preliminary field analysis The objective of this study was "to assess the quality of the two main firstline anti-tuberculosis medicines, isoniazid and rifampicin, procured from private-sector pharmacies, to determine if substandard and falsified medicines are available and if they potentially contribute to drug resistance in cities in low- and middle-income countries".   The study concludes, "Substandard and falsified drugs are readily available in the private marketplace and probably contribute to anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in low- and middle-income countries. This issue warrants further investigation through large-scale studies of drug quality in all markets".  Read More SA's malaria plan lauded South Africa plans to eliminate the spread of malaria within its borders by the year 2018, President Jacob Zuma said. He was speaking at an African Union event in which South Africa was granted an award for dealing with the spread of malaria in the country. Zuma confirmed South Africa would continue to use Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) insecticide to control Malaria.      Read More  Also on FightingMalaria.org News AFM Articles Research About AFM Contact Us Donate to AFM Please email Africa@fightingmalaria.orgfor more information.