Africa Fighting Malaria Updates and Events June 19 2013

Africa Fighting Malaria Updates and Events Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) seeks to raise awareness of the huge burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and promote sensible policies for long-term solutions.

Malaria control strategies: an interview with Sir Richard Feachem, Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco   Exciting progress has been made in the global fight against malaria. The malaria map continues to shrink each year; in the last ten years four countries have been certified malaria-free, and thirty-four additional countries are now working towards malaria elimination targets.      Read More  Other News Rapid Malaria Test Uses the Power of Magnets... Malaria-hit Kagera villages 'weren't sprayed'... Malaria No More Presents Fifth Annual Malaria Champions Awards... Events and Information June 26-28 2013, Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group Meeting, New York City, United States July 08-12 2013, SARN Annual Constituencies Consultative Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa Check out the book "The Excellent Powder: DDT's Political and Scientific History". Resistance to combination drugs threatens efforts to eradicate malaria With 300-500 million people falling ill to malaria each year, this debilitating tropical disease remains a global problem. Current combination drug therapy is still generally effective, but recent signs of resistance present scientists with a new challenge. Malaria is major issue in Africa, in particular, where drug resistance in the 1990s contributed to a higher than usual death rate from the disease.     Read More How Parasites Respond to Malaria Treatment   Whenever Murashani Gosbert felt what he thought were symptoms of malaria, he would purchase a dose of Artenam at any drug shop. "Apart from stomachache, Artenam never gave me any side effects like nausea. I would feel better the following morning and could even work just as well as long as I was taking enough fluid. It being sugar coated was a big plus for me also because just imagining the bitterness of medicine makes me throw up," he admits.   Read More  Also on FightingMalaria.org News AFM Articles Research About AFM Contact Us Donate to AFM Please email Africa@fightingmalaria.orgfor more information.