Eight African nations added to anti-malaria plan
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President George W. Bush named eight more countries on Thursday to get U.S. assistance for malaria prevention and treatment in Africa, where the disease kills a million people a year, and asked Europeans to do more to help.
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Leaders of seven African countries sign a treaty to preserve their continent's vast but fragile rainforest.
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Leaders of the Group of Eight agreed Friday on a $60 billion package to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa and warned Iran over its disputed nuclear program, on the final day of the summit of the world's richer nations.
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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.
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New research has found enough differences in health and lifespan between various groups to create 'eight Americas'
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African nations have made surprising strides in carrying out changes that make it easier to start and run a business, a new report says.
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African babies -- the group most at risk of dying from malaria -- may be protected against the mosquito-borne disease by an experimental vaccine, researchers said on Wednesday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World powers on Friday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other diseases ravaging Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of Eight had offered little fresh cash for the poor.
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President Bush and first lady Laura Bush hosted a summit on malaria today and added eight more African countries to a White House initiative aimed at taming the mosquito-borne disease that still claims more than a million lives a year, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Researchers are creating a global malaria map to tackle the killer disease by pinpointing the areas where it strikes most often.
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Southern Africa could be facing a heightened risk of malaria this year, the World Heath Organization warns.
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A United Nations conference approved a  proposal by African countries Friday to control trade in a rare  plant sought hungrily by drug companies for its  appetite-suppressing properties.
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KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunize more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.
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Clinical tests of a product candidate to be a vaccine against malaria, the RTS/ASO2A, that were carried out by the Manhica Health Reaserach Centyre, in the southern Mozambican province of Maputo, revealed its efficacy and safety to reduce this disease
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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 number of African leaders last week used the second African Traditional Medicine Day (31 August) to confirm their commitment to national efforts aimed at ensuring the safety, efficacy and quality of traditional medicines.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Friday a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging Africa and restated broader promises to double development spending.