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2 Mar 2009

Containing artemisinin resistance

A new grant from the Gates Foundation will enable WHO to take action to control the spread of parasite resistance to this key antimalarial drug.
Source: World Health Organization
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2 Mar 2009

Bid to strengthen epidemiological capacities in South-East Asia

WHO’s South-East Asia Region brings together epidemiologists for a meeting in New Delhi.
Source: Citizen News Service
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2 Mar 2009

Lab tests suggest combination of existing antibiotics may work against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Researchers find that a combination of meropenem and clavulanate is active against XDR-TB.
Source: ScienceNow
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27 Feb 2009

‘Mobile health’ campaign aims to promote use of phones to improve health worldwide

The mHealth Alliance seeks to guide governments, NGOs, and mobile firms on how they can save lives in the developing world.
Source: Rockefeller Foundation
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27 Feb 2009

An African Network of Excellence for clinical trials

CANTAM (the Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria for the conduct of clinical trials) aims to prepare the region to conduct high-quality trials.
Source: European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
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26 Feb 2009

A spoonful of sugar can help fight malaria

A study suggests that, when children with malaria develop low blood glucose, it can be treated effectively with one teaspoonful of moistened sugar, placed under the tongue.
Source: Citizen News Service
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26 Feb 2009

Nepal makes progress against trachoma

The blinding infectious disease has been eliminated as a public health problem in some districts.
Source: International Trachoma Initiative
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19 Feb 2009

Visceral leishmaniasis: vaccine trials on the way

A vaccine for kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is under development and trials are planned to commence in India in 2012.
Source: The Times of India
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19 Feb 2009

Dengue vaccine trial will begin in Thailand

A tetravalent vaccine against dengue fever will be used in a trial in children.
Source: Sanofi Pasteur
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16 Feb 2009

Effect of climate change on malarial mosquitoes may depend on daily temperature fluctuations

More accurate data will be needed to predict the impact of global warming on malaria.
Source: Eureka Alert
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