Malaria Statistics
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Malaria: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Malaria is the most deadly vector-borne disease in the world. Although typically an illness of tropical regions of the world, more than 1500 cases (nearly all foreign-originating) are diagnosed in the US each year. In some ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Malaria is the most deadly vector-borne disease in the world. Learn the causes, symptoms, and statistics. http://bit.ly/cqfUZ7
Malaria epidemic hits southern Venezuela - USATODAY.com
usatoday.com — “Malaria cases have doubled in Venezuela so far this year as health officials confront an epidemic in a vast southern region where wildcat gold miners are often infected in remote jungle camps.” View full resource at usatoday.com
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81% Of Malaria Cases In UK Residents Are From Visiting Friends And Family Abroad
medicalnewstoday.com — “Contrary to popular belief, malaria is not just about tourists or superstars. The main sufferers are British travellers of African descent who are not protecting themselves when they travel to vis” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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81% Of Malaria Cases In UK Residents Are From Visiting Friends And Family Abroad http://mnt.to/3HgF #tropicaldisease
Malaria in Africa likely to decline with global warming
sciencedaily.com — “Malaria transmission will not increase because of global warming in the African nation of Burundi according to a statistical analysis. Scientists explain that rising temperatures will lead to lower humidity and rainfall which will shorten the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying malaria.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Malaria transmission to decline in Burundi because of global warming
news-medical.net — “Malaria transmission will not increase because of global warming in the African nation of Burundi according to a statistical analysis by researchers in Austria and Burundi. Writing in the International Journal of Global Warming, the team explains that rising temperatures will lead to lower humidity and rainfall which will shorten the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying malaria.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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VOA News examines malaria in southern Sudan
news-medical.net — “VOA News examines malaria in southern Sudan. In the region, malaria is "widespread" and accounts for "up to 30 percent of all diseases treated by health facilities." It is the "number one killer of children in southern Sudan," though there are "no reliable statistics on the number in southern Sudan who suffer, or die from, malaria," VOA News reports.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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AIDemocracy.org | The Refugee-Malaria Crisis: Wetlands, marshes, and rural communities have malaria skyrocket.
aidemocracy.org — “Recently, many of our issues have discussed both the crisis of refugees and of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, but we have not taken the chance to look at how these two issues correlate to each other. A leading cause of death among refugees across the continent of Africa continues to be malaria. In fact, statistics from 2007 report that malaria was accountable for about 21% of reported deaths and 26% of deaths in children under the age of five, making it one of the most prominent diseases among t” View full resource at aidemocracy.org
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Interesting blog post by @AIDemocracy on the #malaria crisis for refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa: http://ow.ly/4sXa6
Malaria declines with global warming - QualityPoint Technologies
qualitypointtech.net — “Malaria transmission will not increase because of global warming in the African nation of Burundi according to a statistical analysis by researchers in Austria and Burundi. Writing in the International Journal of Global Warming, the team explains that rising temperatures will lead to lower humidity and rainfall which will shorten the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying malaria.” View full resource at qualitypointtech.net
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AFP examines insecticide resistance's effect on malaria fight in Nigeria
news-medical.net — “Agence France-Presse examines the increase in insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Nigeria - "the latest threat to combating malaria" in the country. "Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, contributes more than a quarter of the one million malaria deaths in Africa, according to official statistics," AFP writes.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Where the Fight Against Malaria is Being Won | Human Rights | Change.org
humanrights.change.org — “Anyone who's ever felt disheartened about the fight against malaria " the fact that a child dies in Africa every 45 seconds from the disease, to take just one statistic " would do well to turn thei... Read more of this post, Where the Fight Against Malaria is Being Won, at Change.org.” View full resource at humanrights.change.org
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Discovery of cancer drugs to kill malaria parasite could open up new strategies for treatment
news-medical.net — “Ahead of World Malaria Day (25 April), EU-funded researchers have discovered that drugs originally designed to inhibit the growth of cancer cells can also kill the parasite that causes malaria. They believe this discovery could open up a new strategy for combating this deadly disease, which, according to World Health Organisation statistics, infected around 225 million and killed nearly 800 000 people worldwide in 2009.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Opinions: Global poverty; Global Fund corruption; Tackling poverty, environmental issues
news-medical.net — “Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gert, both of the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development program, reflect on "Poverty's Success Story," a Washington Post opinion piece. They note that the last time the World Bank issued global poverty statistics (the number of people in the world living on less than $1.25 each day) was 2005.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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'Striking improvements' toward MDG targets, progress is unequal, WHO report says
news-medical.net — “The WHO's annual health statistics report, released Monday, found that global efforts aimed at achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets have led to "striking improvements" among goals related to child health, maternal mortality, malaria and HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Global Fund-financed programs reaching more people, report shows
news-medical.net — “The most recent statistics on programs funded in 140 countries through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria released Wednesday reveal "[m]ore than 2 million people living with HIV have been reached with life-saving treatment," the UN News Centre reports (7/8).” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Guest Blogger Geoff Thomas Talks about Men and Lupus - BUTTERFLIES AMONG US
lupusbutterflies.ning.com — “Hello My name's Geoff and I'm a statistic.Okay, I'll admit it - I have a problem.Unfortunately no twelve step program's going to help me through this.For a start, I was told I had lupus about eight years ago.Never heard of lupus mustn't be too bad, I said leaving the surgery after being told to take some malaria pills and to stay out of the sun.It was all a little confusing; considering the dermatologist didn't exactly explain there was more than one type of lupus. It took an internet search to ” View full resource at lupusbutterflies.ning.com
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Patient blogs but why butterflies? RT @LupusVoice LupusButterflies: Guest Blogger Geoff Thomas on Men & Lupus http://bit.ly/d6ewss
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