Publication Date: 8th May 2013 Subject: Public health Rising incidences of a growing list of tick and mosquito borne diseases such as Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and even Malaria are “a serious” cause for concern in this country, according to health experts meeting at the annual public health conference of the Chartered … Read More
Malaria
Dengue spreading fast, says WHO
Dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease and represents a “pandemic threat,” infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Report by Reuters Transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes, the disease is occurring more widely due to increased movement of people and goods — including … Read More
The World Malaria Report 2012 – WHO – Funding Leveling off
News release: 17 December 2012 | Monrovia, Liberia, Geneva During the past decade, a concerted effort by endemic countries, donors and global malaria partners led to strengthened malaria control around the world. The scale-up of malaria prevention and control interventions had the greatest impact in countries with high malaria transmission; 58% of the 1.1 million … Read More
Más reclamaciones de los Remedios herbarios para el Dengue y la Malaria
Más reclamaciones de los remedios a base de hierbas para el dengue y la malaria, pero con una falta distintiva de la evidencia científica que los respalde. Si estas afirmaciones son verdad, entonces ¿por qué no las grandes empresas internacionales de medicamentos recogidos en estas curas bala de plata? Volviendo a las medidas básicas de … Read More
Cambodia accused of serious Corruption in malaria fight
Not a great reflection on a country when you cannot trust the state’s appointed agents! 14th November 2012 A major international aid fund has accused Cambodia of “serious” corruption in the use of money intended to combat malaria and other life-threatening diseases. The UN-backed Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria said a probe … Read More
Treating Malaria using Home Brew
In the Nigerian Tribune today I came across an article written by Sade Oguntola which has a slightly bizarre but interesting couple of opening paragraphs. ‘Following studies that validate the traditional use of Bitter leaf in the treatment of malaria in Nigeria, a new study has found that the best mode of preparing local recipe using the … Read More
MP Visited Ghana and caught Malaria
MP Eric Joyce has been hospitalised after catching malaria. He was on a business trip to Ghana and didn’t take his medication! Despite the warnings from GPs, the various travel sites, and the high profile Malaria No More campaign, people continue to travel to Sub Saharan Africa without taking the basic precautions! On a recent … Read More
While Greek economy is stabilising Health System struggling to contain Malaria outbreak
Source: NPR by MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF, October 26, 201211:32 AM After a 40-year hiatus, malaria is returning to Greece. Some 70 cases have been reported there this year, and at least 12 people appear to have been infected in the country. (The others picked up the disease elsewhere.) That’s a concern for health workers because it … Read More
New Malaria outbreak in Greece, CDC Update
I was staggered to read on The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that (CDC) they have received information that there have been 14 additional P. vivax malaria cases identified in Greece; four that are locally-acquired cases in Greek residents with no previous travel, and 10 cases in immigrants. Those 10 cases could have … Read More