World malaria report 2023
<p>India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
Malaria
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Climate change and the global malaria recession
A comparison of a recently published evidence-based map of the distribution of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite with data from 1900, before the introduction of major malaria control measures, suggests that concerns that rising temperatures are a threat to malaria control efforts are misplaced.
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Chemical genetics of Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is a disease that is responsible for 880,000 deaths per year worldwide. Vaccine development has proved difficult and resistance has emerged for most antimalarial drugs. To discover new antimalarial chemotypes, we have used a phenotypic forward chemical genetic approach to assay 309,474 chemicals.
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Thousands of chemical starting points for antimalarial lead identification
There are still nearly 250 million malaria cases reported annually, over 800,000 fatal, with most deaths being children under 5. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is notoriously adept at developing drug resistance, and new drugs are urgently needed. Two reports raise hopes that alternatives to artemisinins might be found, by identifying thousands of compounds inhibiting the growth of P.
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Priming the antimalarial pipeline
There are still nearly 250 million malaria cases reported annually, over 800,000 fatal, with most deaths being children under 5. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is notoriously adept at developing drug resistance, and new drugs are urgently needed. Two reports raise hopes that alternatives to artemisinins might be found, by identifying thousands of compounds inhibiting the growth of P.
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Malaria may not rise as world warms
Of the many climate-change catastrophes facing humankind, the anticipated spread of infectious tropical diseases is one of the most frequently cited
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Malaria big threat in 14 districts
PESHAWAR, May 12: People in 14 districts of the province are at high risk of malaria and need urgent measures to be saved from the mosquito-borne disease. Dr Mohammad Salim Khan, deputy director of the Malaria Control Programme, made this call at a one-day workshop held at the Provincial Health Services Academy here on Wednesday.
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Malaria spreading in coastal belt
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rising incidence of malaria in the coastal belt of Thiruvananthapuram district has raised serious concern as many cases detected are being `import cases
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Bridging the gaps between research, polcy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of researchers
Many international statements have urged researchers, policy-makers and health care providers to collaborate in efforts to bridge the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries. We surveyed researchers in 10 countries about their involvement in such efforts.
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Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of health care providers
Gaps continue to exist between research-based evidence and clinical practice. We surveyed health care pro viders in 10 low- and middle-income countries about their use of research-based evidence and examined factors that may facilitate or impede such use.
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Modeling the effects of weather and climate change on malaria transmission
There has been increased interest in the possible impact of climate change on human health, particularly as it relates to the transmission of environmentally sensitive diseases such as malaria. Parham and Michael investigated the role that process-based mathematical models can play in providing strategic insights on the effects of climate change on malaria transmission.