Report: Malaria Deaths Drop in Rwanda, Ethiopia
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Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs have succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization will report tomorrow.
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A humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, once called the world's worst, appears to have eased, with the death toll from disease dropping, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Malaria may be helping spread the AIDS virus across Africa, the continent hardest hit by the incurable disease, scientists said yesterday.
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NEW YORK - In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in
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Compared with the past two years, the number of West Nile virus cases in Pennsylvania is down significantly this summer -- in both mosquitoes and people.
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A drug given to pregnant African women in malaria-endemic regions remains effective at preventing malaria's harm to developing babies even as it loses its ability to treat children with the disease, experts said.
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Kenya on Thursday said it has almost halved malaria deaths among small children by using insecticidal nets, spurring calls for free nets for all to tackle Africa&#39;s biggest killer.
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PARIS, Jul 4 (IPS) - Less than fifteen years after the genocide that  destroyed much of Rwanda's human capital, infrastructure,  and socio-economic fabric, the country is set to become  sub-Saharan Africa's hub for information and communications  technology (ICT).
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Bacterial infections of the blood, not  malaria, may be the biggest killer of children in sub-Saharan  Africa and many of the deaths could be prevented by simple  vaccinations, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Infusions of albumin, a blood   protein, could potentially save up to 80 percent of children   who otherwise die from malaria, researchers reported on Friday.
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The number of deaths worldwide among children under 5 dropped to a record low of 9.7 million in 2006, reflecting progress in areas such as malaria prevention, childhood immunizations and breastfeeding rates, global health officials said yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - A combination of environmental and nutritional programs that target the poor can substantially reduce childhood mortality globally, new research suggests.
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UK and Kenyan researchers say they are creating a global map to pinpoint areas where malaria is most likely to strike.
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President Bush on Thursday added eight more countries to a U.S. initiative aimed at combatting malaria in Africa and reducing the disease's mortality rate by 50 percent in targeted nations.
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Almost half of the world's   population, mainly in Africa and Asia, lack access to basic   sanitation, increasing the risk of diarrhea and other diseases   fatal to children, according to a U.N. report released on   Thursday.
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In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.