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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Japan, February flu pattern, flu spread at work, Angola's polio battle, low malaria protection

 

NEWS SCAN: Airborne prions, juice firm shutdown, malaria vaccine performance, yellow fever in Uganda

Jan 14, 2011

 

WHO launches plan to contain drug-resistant malaria

(CIDRAP News) – Warning that the spread of artemisinin-resistant parasites threatens the world's most potent tool for fighting malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new plan for containment.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 scandal, Arctic TB rise, malaria control

Dec 14, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu-shot uptake in pregnant women, H5 outbreak in Japan, US-Japan vaccine partnership, cholera update, local malaria infection

Dec 2, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Long-term E coli effects, antibiotic resistance, drug-resistant malaria

Nov 19, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Sanitation, water, and disease; E coli vaccine trial; intranasal rotavirus vaccine

Nov 16, 2010

 

Study: Artesunate is best drug for severe malaria

(CIDRAP News) – A large clinical trial in Africa has conclusively shown that artesunate is better than quinine for treating severe falciparum malaria in children, which should cement its status as the first-line treatment for severe malaria worldwide, says a large international team of researchers.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera surge; E coli from soil; imported malaria, polio; vaccine referendum

 

Elimination of malaria remains a distant goal

(CIDRAP News) – A collection of articles published recently in The Lancet lays out a daunting array of obstacles to the global elimination of malaria, including the lack of an effective vaccine, and suggests that the achievement remains decades away.

Robert Roos
 

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