News tagged with global health group
Malaria resurgence is linked to reduction of malaria-control programs
Since the 1930s, there have been 75 documented episodes of malaria resurgence worldwide, most of which were linked to weakening of malaria control programs, finds a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Malaria elimination strategies should adapt to changing patterns of infection
According to Sir Richard Feachem, Director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, and senior author of the study, "The malaria control strategies implemented over the last decade have ...
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Apr 14, 2013 |
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Malaria nearly eliminated in Sri Lanka despite decades of conflict
(Medical Xpress)—Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by 2014.
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Aug 30, 2012 |
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Quality of life good after salvage nasopharyngectomy
(HealthDay) -- For patients with residual or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma who undergo salvage nasopharyngectomy using a maxillary swing approach, postoperative quality of life is generally good, according ...
Cancer
Jul 27, 2012 |
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Malaria elimination maps highlight progress and prospects
A new global atlas charts prospects for malaria elimination by offering the first full-color, detailed depiction of a disease now declining in many parts of the globe. The "Atlas of Malaria-Eliminating Countries" spotlights ...
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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