Rappler's latest stories on malaria
Doctors warn of malaria drug scarcity
Doctors in Italy – the country hardest hit by COVID-19 – say that limited supply could scupper any widespread attempt to use the two drugs against the virus
Africa struggles to stem deadly flood of fake medicine
It is estimated that between 30% to 60% of medicine sold in Africa is fake and mostly comes from China or India
$14 billion goal in sight for fighting AIDS, TB, malaria
Promises for replenishment money are made at meeting in France of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
WHO urges investment drive as malaria fight stalls
The World Health Organization says $34 billion must be invested between now and 2030 to fight malaria
Malaria surges back in crisis-hit Venezuela
Malaria is rapidly making its presence felt in Venezuela – a country that could once boast of being the first to have eradicated the disease in 1961
Deadly drug-resistant tuberculosis a 'blinking red' global threat
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is on a mission to eradicate the 3 epidemics
Palawan records increase in malaria cases
'We expect to meet the malaria-free target in the province despite the difficulty to reach malaria-stricken mountainous areas,' says health official Mario Baquilod
A month on, Indonesia's quake-tsunami hit city faces health crisis
Aid groups say there has been an increase in cases of diarrhea and respiratory infection, while there are also suspected cases of mosquito-borne illnesses, including malaria and dengue fever
Indonesia's quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
The government has taken steps to prevent the disease from spreading such as taking blood samples, distributing mosquito nets, and fogging
First large-scale malaria vaccine trials for Africa
The vaccine also known as Mosquirix is developed by GlaxoSmithKline GSK in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative The large scale three country pilot will test it on children aged 5 to 17 months
Increase in malaria cases seen in IP communities in Palawan
According to the DOH MIMAROPA Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit RESU from January 1 to October 31 2016 malaria cases in Brooke’s Point are 17 higher with 1 275 recorded cases compared to the same period last year which had 1 092
Will gene editing end the worldwide problem of malaria?
Gene editing Biotechnology may bring about an end to malaria but will it have unforeseen effects down the line?
WHO declares Sri Lanka free of malaria
The announcement comes as Colombo hosted a meeting of the WHO regional committee for South East Asia
Drug-resistant malaria strain contained in Asia – scientists
Scientists confirms the containment by conducting the first global study that maps resistance to artemisinin currently the leading anti malaria drug
Colombia's illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak
Critics point to stagnant water buildups at the clandestine sites and poor sanitary conditions at the workers camps for an increase in mosquitos spreading the disease
Britain, Bill Gates to spend £3B to fight malaria
Chancellor George Osborne and Gates announced £3 billion 4 28 billion 4 billion euros in funding over the next 5 years for research and to support efforts to eliminate the mosquito borne disease
The many health impacts of climate change
Medical experts say climate change affects human health in direct ways
WHO expert panel urges pilot roll-out of first malaria vaccine
Mosquirix is the most clinically advanced vaccine against the mosquito borne disease that infects some 200 million people and kills about 600 000 every year
Drug-resistant malaria could spread to Africa: study
Lab tests show that drug immune parasite Plasmodium falciparum are able to infect the Anopheles coluzzii mosquito the main transmitter of the disease in Africa
Malaria deaths fall 60% since 2000 – UN
Fifteen years ago an estimated 262 million malaria cases killed nearly 840 000 people Projections for 2015 indicate that some 214 million cases are likely to cause 438 000 deaths according to a joint report from WHO and UNICEF
Malaria vaccine gets regulatory nod
The vaccine has yet to pass a final World Health Organization WHO hurdle and may not become available before 2017
Ilocos intensifies search of TB cases through caravan
Tuberculosis is the 6th leading cause of death in the Philippines ranking 9th of 22 high TB burden countries worldwide
Countries vow to all but eradicate malaria by 2030 – WHO
This is the most ambitious but realistic strategy the world has endorsed since the middle of the 20th century says Pedro Alonso head of WHO s Global Malaria Programme
Doctors slam 'poorly designed’ study on anti-dengue drug
It is our obligation to stop the expanded use of scientifically unproven treatments say the Philippine College of Physicians and the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Is the anti-dengue drug trial ordered by Ona ethical?
The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development says it approved only the technical aspects of the clinical trials of ActRx TriAct for dengue treatment
The dangers of ActRx TriAct, according to DOH
The health department says researchers of the clinical trials must be held accountable if something happens to patients who were administered with the treatment
DOH: No legal basis for Ona's order on anti-dengue treatment
The DOH rebukes its own chief saying the clinical trials he ordered in September should not have taken place
Ona not yet out, on 'extended leave'
UPDATED In a phone conversation the health secretary is told by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa to go on extended leave Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte says
Ebola 'easier to avoid than malaria' – USAID
USAID director Jeremy Konyndyk: Compared to something like malaria it is much harder a disease to get But obviously must worse when you do get it
Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in Southeast Asia
Doubling the course of antimalarial treatment from three days to six could help fight the resistance problem but time was short
GM mosquitoes open up new front in war on malaria
The sex selection technique produces a generation of mosquitoes which is 95 male as opposed to 50 in normal populations
[INFOGRAPHIC] Top killers: Diseases threatening undernourished children
Undernourished children are at risk of dying from preventable diseases; they die because they are poor according to the Unicef
Malnutrition, the Pied Piper and the lost children
World Vision encourages those who have the means to take many small steps to save more children s lives
Malaria on the move as temps warm – study
Experts are concerned because once malaria moves into new high altitude areas local people may be at risk for severe complications and death
Revealed: How malaria parasite beats top insecticides
A singe mutation changes a normal gene for metabolism known as GsTe2 into one that helps the mosquito break down the insecticide molecule so that it is no longer toxic
Malaria deaths down but victory is far off – experts
Malaria parasites are showing signs of resistance to insecticides in 64 countries
New target seen in war on malaria
Potential drugs can aim at a newly discovered enzyme that the parasite uses to metabolize energy at every stage of its infection in humans
GSK to seek green light for malaria vaccine
Results for the Phase III stage of the closely followed RTS S vaccine were unveiled to experts on malaria in Africa
Iron supplements do not boost malaria risk - study
The findings contrast with previous research that has suggested iron deficiency anemia may protect against malaria and that iron supplements may make malaria more deadly
Early promise for malaria vaccine that mimics bites
An experimental vaccine for malaria has been produced showing early promise by offering complete protection to 12 human volunteers
Australian researchers close in on malaria vaccine
Study: Vaccine led to naturally existing white blood cells or T cells attacking the potentially deadly malaria parasite which lives in red blood cells
Gene clues point to Cambodia for drug-resistant malaria
Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin
Battle against malaria slowing down, WHO warns
The fight against malaria has slowed in the past two years threatening to reverse progress in combatting one of the world s biggest killers the World Health Organisation warned Monday
Fighting drug resistance on Asia's malaria frontline
At a meeting in Sydney last week leading scientists and health experts flagged the need for tougher political leadership and regional coordination in Asia to combat malaria with the drug resistant strain a particular worry
Asia battles drug-resistant malaria
Drug resistant malaria is spreading in Asia experts warned as a high level conference opened Wednesday October 31 with the aim of hammering out an action plan to strengthen the region s response
PH malaria-free by 2020?
This decrease is the lowest malaria level on record for the country in 42 years
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