http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The prevalence of malaria in the population on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar has fallen to just 2 percent from 70 percent over the last century. Much of the progress came in just the last 10 years, leading to a new challenge: how to sustain eradication efforts now that the disease has become relatively rare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-puzzles-halting-malaria-hidden-parasites.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:45:13 EST news284103903 Malaria, the leading cause of death among children in Africa, could be eliminated if three-fourths of the population used insecticide-treated bed nets, according to a new study from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-bed-nets-percent-population-eradicate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:17:01 EST news281891773 Death rates from malaria have fallen significantly over the last decade, but plenty of work remains, with hundreds of thousands of children still dying from the disease every year, experts said Wednesday in a discussion at Harvard Kennedy School. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-malaria-sides-experts-explore-business.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:20:04 EST news279189608 (AP)—The fight against malaria is slowing down amid a dramatic drop in efforts to reverse the epidemic, even as health officials insist they will try to meet their idealistic target of virtually eliminating deaths from the parasitic illness by the end of 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-malaria-falters-goals-unrealistic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:04:27 EST news274957458 Health workers in Sudan's Darfur region have begun vaccinating more than two million people against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 124 since late September, medics said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-yellow-fever-shots-sudan-darfur.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:42:40 EST news272803349 More than two million people in Sudan's Darfur region will be vaccinated against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 107 people since late September, health officials said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-millions-yellow-fever-vaccine-outbreak-hit.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:16:05 EST news272002539 The number of people believed to have died from mosquito-borne yellow fever in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region has doubled to 67, health officials said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-darfur-yellow-fever-deaths-agency.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:58:02 EST news271436266 Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-yellow-fever-sudan-darfur-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:05:11 EST news270965098 Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, has bucked regional trends to achieve dramatic reductions in child mortality in recent years, according to a Countdown country case study published in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-child-mortality-niger-plummets.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:01 EST news267291227 Insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors, and so more sustainable integrated management strategies that use optimal suites of control tactics are needed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sustainable-vector-strategies-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:13 EST news261157046 A new technique that accurately determines the risk of infants in endemic countries developing clinical malaria could provide a valuable tool for evaluating new malaria prevention strategies and vaccines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-technology-malaria-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:24:19 EST news258110548 The universal coverage campaign for bed nets succeeded in dramatically extending access to these life-saving products, though recent gains may be in jeopardy unless rapid action is taken. Over 560 million long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) are required through 2015 alone to achieve and maintain universal coverage in Africa, at a total global cost of $2.4 billion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-malaria-bed-net-strategies-global.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:17:44 EST news254567802 (AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gates-750m-global-fund.html Other Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:50:03 EST news246796491 A new suite of malaria maps has revealed in unprecedented detail the current global pattern of the disease, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over a number of years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-malaria-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:08:44 EST news246546516 For some time now, artemisinin, derived from a Chinese herb, has been the most powerful treatment available against malaria. To avoid the malaria parasite becoming resistant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly recommends combining artemisinin with another anti-malarial drug. But there are different formulations and derivatives, in different combinations and with dosing schemes. Scientists from the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) carried out a head-to-head comparison of four combination therapies in seven African countries. One combination appeared particularly promising for regions where the risk of re-infection is high. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-artemisinin-based-treatment-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:53:14 EST news239997185 Malaria kills nearly 1 million people a year, most in sub-Saharan Africa. Five years ago it was five times as many, but the widespread use of insecticide-treated bed nets and other strategies has dramatically reduced the annual number of deaths. However, mosquitoes evolve resistance to insecticides -- which is why the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has awarded almost $6 million to four teams to find new solutions to limit transmission of malaria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-discovery-ways-malaria-mosquitoes-resistance.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:41:16 EST news235809665 Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of children each year in Africa and worldwide. This is the conclusion of research published today in the Lancet and funded by the Wellcome Trust. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-malaria-strategies-substantially-killer-bacterial.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:19:02 EST news234587927 Children who live in households that own at least one insecticide-treated bed net are less likely to be infected with malaria and less likely to die from the disease, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-insecticide-treated-bed-nets-lowers-child.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:42:40 EST news234549731 Grand Challenges Canada announces a grant today to support further development of a new innovative device to attract and kill mosquitoes that can transmit malaria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-smelly-socks-key-malaria-deaths.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:56:55 EST news229744558 Public health analysts expressed doubt Monday (April 25) that eradicating malaria is an attainable goal, saying the difficulty of doing so may put that out of reach despite the global effort now under way. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-eradicating-malaria-tall.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:08:24 EST news223121279