http://africa.oneworld.net/article/archive/566 en_GB http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160522/1/566 It rains on an average 200-250 days in a year in India's north eastern state of Assam. Home to more than a hundred species of mosquitoes, a fifth of all malarial deaths in the country are reported from here. This season, however authorities claim they are prepared. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83716 Why do some people continue to hold Rachel Carson responsible for millions of malaria deaths, ask John Quiggin and Tim Lambert. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160125/1/566 On World Malaria Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce a global initiative to fight against the vector-borne disease that kills a million people around the world every year. In India, malaria is spreading to newer areas owing largely to a changing climate. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/160121/1/566 Today, on World Malaria Day, 3,000 children will die of malaria. This year, it will kill more than one million people. When faced with such disastrous statistics, it can be easy for us to feel overwhelmed – to see malaria as another problem that is too big and too complex. The reality is different: malaria is 100 per cent preventable. But action must be taken before the mosquito bites. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160112/1/566 The first World Malaria Day hears a call for action by UK civil society. + A long way to go http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159354/1/566 The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis & Malaria (GFATM) has launched its Round 8 funding to scale up health systems across the world. The India – Country Coordinating Mechanism for the GFATM invites proposals from government agencies, civil society networks and private sector for receiving grants. http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/157082/1/566 Più di 26mila bambini sotto i 5 anni muoiono ogni giorno nel mondo per cause che potrebbero essere facilmente prevenute come le malattie infettive, le diarree, la malnutrizione cronica e la malaria. Lo segnala il rapporto annuale presentato oggi dall’Unicef sulla condizione dell’infanzia nel mondo dedicato quest’anno al "diritto alla salute". Per la prima volta nel 2006, le morti dei bambini sono scese sotto i 10 milioni (9,7 milioni), ma Medio Oriente e Nord Africa, Asia meridionale e Africa S http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82059 Yhdysvaltojen rahoittama malariaohjelma on tavoittanut kohderyhmästään, alle 5-vuotiaista lapsista ja odottavista äideistä, 85 prosenttia 15 Afrikan maassa. http://satudunia.oneworld.net/article/view/156269/1/566 Pengurangan dampak buruk penggunaan narkoba suntik sebagai mata rantai penyebaran HIV (harm reduction), tak hanya sebatas terapi metadon dan pertukaran jarum suntik steril. Salah satu substitusi lain adalah terapi subutex. Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN) menyatakan mendukung terapi ini. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/155761/1/566 http://satudunia.oneworld.net/article/view/155676/1/566 Apakah nyamuk bisa menularkan AIDS? Bukankan nyamuk menghisap darah kita dan alat penghisapnya sama seperti jarum suntik yang dapat menularkan AIDS? Apakah pendapat ini fakta? Atau mitos? http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155650/1/566 A new report by Oxfam says that more than 85% people in the world have no access to medicines due to high pricing. Developing medicines only for the rich is a bad business strategy, as also the scant interest shown by pharmaceutical companies in research and development of medicines for diseases that affect the poor in developing countries, says the report. http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/154340/1/566 Nonostante i "significativi i progressi conseguiti nella lotta alla malaria", in Africa subsahariana la malattia uccide ogni anno almeno 800mila bambini sotto i 5 anni: lo rileva un nuovo rapporto presentato ieri dall'Unicef a nome della partnership "Roll Back Malaria" da cui emerge un quadro completo della lotta alla malaria nella regione. Nel mondo oltre 3 miliardi di persone vivono in aree malariche dove un milione di persone ogni anno perde la vita a causa della malattia. E' aumentata la fo http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71793 This year, on Africa Malaria Day,Roy Innis, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, writes an informative and provocative commentary on the dreaded but useful eradicator of malaria-DDT. Every year, over 400 million African mothers, fathers and children are stricken by acute malaria. That's as many victims as there are people in the United States and Mexico combined. Fevers, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, delirium and unconsciousness leave them unable to work, cultivate http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78793 Malaria on eniten ihmisiä tappava tauti Afrikassa, mutta ennen kaikkea maaseudun yhteisöiltä puuttuu tietoa ja välineitä torjua tautia. Zambian malaria-säätiö ja OneWorld Africa ovat päättäneet kouluttaa parikymmentä kylätason malariatiedottajaa paikkaamaan julkisen vallan ja malariaprojektien jättämiä aukkoja.