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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Cheaper drugs
uk drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to slash prices of medicines used to treat hiv/aids and malaria. The drug giant proposes to apply the latest cost cuts to their
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Soft targets
Malaria is back with a bang in East Africa. Its latest victim is Kenya, where the epidemic has killed at least 294 people since June 2002. According to estimates, more than 158,000 cases of the
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Dengue - reality bites
The millions affected have many to curse
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Caught by the gen i e
Scientists develop genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria parasite
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Ammo against AIDS
The global fund to combat aids, tuberculosis and malaria is finally set to become a reality with disburse ments due to begin shortly. A grant of us $378 million will be given to governments
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In sight, but out of mind
WHO raises concerns about hazards posed by the not so talked about diseases
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Not guilty for a change
Global warming is not responsible for Africa s upsurge of malaria
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Healing touch
A new class of anti-malarial drug that stops the parasite from repli cating in infected blood cells has succeeded in curing the disease in monkeys. Henry Vial and colleagues from the France-based
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Curative resolve
A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases
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Proving its metal
A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration