http://www.worldmalariaday.org/ World Malaria Day en-gb Copyright (C): World Malaria Day Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:57 http://www.worldmalariaday.org/images/header/logo_right.gif http://www.worldmalariaday.org/ It shows a 'hopeless' malaria position 100 years ago, and where malaria has now been... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=190 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:57 Friday 19th August 2011 Library, LSHTM, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT Join us for a 1930s tea dance and tiffin in celebration of Sir Ronald Ross' discovery of the link between mosquitoes and malaria Join us for afternoon tea and dancing (all levels are catered for, from a beginners' class to a display of ballroom dancing). Objects from the LSHTM archive and the Malaria Centre 'Net-Work' project will also be on display. Date | Friday 19th August 2011 Time | 3.30-6.00 p.m. Location | Library,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=166 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:44:10 I recovered from malaria a few days ago. It was my first experience with the disease. Malaria is extremely debilitating. When I eventually recovered from the illness I was left feeling extremely sad at the fact that Malaria was successfully eradicated in North America and some parts of Asia, however in Africa we still living with this menace. This inspired me to do some research on the topic. I wanted to find out whether there were plans and funding available to eradicate this disease in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=165 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:55:36 I recovered from malaria a few days ago. It was my first experience with the disease. Malaria is extremely debilitating. When I eventually recovered from the illness I was left feeling extremely sad at the fact that Malaria was successfully eradicated in North America and some parts of Asia, however in Africa we still living with this menace. This inspired me to do some research on the topic. I wanted to find out whether there were plans and funding available to eradicate this disease in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=164 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:48:42 In the second part of Gudrun Hubinger’s Mobilize Against Malaria Field Diaries, the Pfizer Global Health Fellow describes the important role of Ashanti Region’s many Licensed Chemical Sellers. MAM works with Family Health International (FHI), Ghana Social Marketing Foundation (GSMF) and Health Partners Ghana (HPG) to improve access to Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Over 1,000 Licensed Chemical Sellers have been trained to recognise the symptoms of malaria, recommend effective... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=156 Tue, 24 May 2011 15:51:03 Help us save the lives of women and children by combating malaria in Africa. Millions need better medical treatment. Your kiss can make it better. Make a donation, upload your kiss or join our cause. We’ll be compiling a special video of all the kisses we receive. http://bit.ly/ifeAXO... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=155 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:22:43 Scientists call for more research, conservation of trees to harvest potential for next generation of malaria... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=154 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:08:06 Andrew Jack - author of the new FT supplement on malaria - will be speaking on Jazz FM this Monday, April 25 at... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=153 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:50:31 Poor sanitation and vector control in Pakistan is resulting in sharp rise in malaria cases and according to the Health Report 2011 of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) every year about 500000 new cases of malaria are being reported in the country.Huge number of malaria cases is ‘registered’ annually but 12% of people living in the rural areas carry malaria parasites in the blood without showing symptoms of malaria. SWO is Colliborating Partner of Pakistan Medical Association jointly... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=152 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:06:39 In a special issue of Medical Anthropology Quarterly, the American Anthropological Association honors World Malaria Day with the re-release of articles which demonstrate ways that ethnography and human behavior studies help to change care management and public health policy. This vitural issue will be available from April 25 - July 15,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=151 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:10:35 Gudrun Hubinger is a Pfizer Global Health Fellow who has just completed her assignment with the Mobilize Against Malaria (MAM) Program in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Her field diary attests to some of the great achievements (and everyday challenges!) of working to combat malaria on the ground. The aim of Mobilize Against Malaria is to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality through the effective delivery of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT), the national standard for treating... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=150 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:57:10 The malaria parasite and man have coexisted for millions of years – each influencing the other in their fight for survival. Historically, the parasite has become resistant to each medicine developed to kill it. One of the main reasons for the failure of the first global malaria eradication campaign, initiated in 1955, was the development of widespread resistance to chloroquine. Now, at the Thai–Cambodian border, the first signs of resistance to artemisinin, the key component of the current... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=149 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:29:34 Having had malaria on a previous visit to Tanzania and being able to easily afford treatment, I returned two years later (in between my first 2 years of university) having raised £1000. With this money, I was able to buy 200 repellent treated box nets for families in the community. 180 families now have protection! It was a successful visit and I plan to repeat the distribution hopefully having raised more money in a couple of years... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=148 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:09:41 This open education resource (OER) has been made available under the terms and conditions below. There is a large amount of study material contained within this module including activities and interactions and much more. We hope that you will find it useful and will enjoy using it. Within the module there are references to research articles and the text book Bruce Chwatt’s Essential Malariology, (4th edition) Gilles & Warrell. These are not provided. Please note that to study this... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=147 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:18:11 I have put the RBM on my blog. A credit to the people working on... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=146 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:15:11 I am applying to BBC's dragons den for funding to launch pop-up fully enclosed mosquito proof cots. My aim is to offer these cots to charities such as oxfam, save the children etc.. to sell in their alternative gift range. My plan entirely depends on applying for funding from the dragons den programme, & should i be successful, I would operate the organisation on a not for profit basis, investing all profits in more cots for the babies that need them. I was wondering if you would... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=145 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:15:16 mosquito can be easily erradicatedbecause 1it prefers breeding in the darkest portion of stagnant water 2now breeding can be easily detected. how? put some diesel oil on suspected site of breeding. if there are larvae the surface of water will start vibrating due to intense activity of larvae due to lack of oxygen supply& the actively motile larvae can be easily identified 3fogging should be done on breeding sites during day & not in steets during evening. If breeding is at a... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=142 Sun, 16 May 2010 09:02:58 With just eight months to meet his goal of distributing hundreds of millions of mosquito nets around the world to people at high risk of contracting malaria, Ray Chambers is feeling confident. The UN special envoy on malaria believes efforts are on track for completion of deliveries during 2010, supporting broader plans to reduce greatly, within five years, the huge burden of illness and death from this leading killer disease. “This is the most optimistic World Malaria Day to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=141 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:13 ABSTRACT Myself Dr. Gogate is working as M.O M.M.&H.S. Cl.A. Officer working since 20 th June 1986. During my tenure of service,I have been exposed to different types of Environments. I have worked in Rural, Tribal, Semi Urban & Industrial populations, so I had experience in knowing the problems & remedial measures. Difficulties involved given me the necessary impetus to work more. By 2nd Jan 1998 I had been transferred to a remote rural P.H.C. I was surprised to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=140 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:59:43 Tulsi Gramodyog Seva Samiti run an awareness campaign against 'Malaria' in the slum area of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India on 25 April 2010. Mosquito Nets are distributed to the less privileged families of the slum area of Aligarh by the society. Pesticides are also spread by the volunteers of Tulsi Gramodyog in the slum and mosquito affected area of... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=139 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:17:36 The Malaria Control in Schools toolkit has been designed to help policymakers, health professionals, educationalists, researchers, donors and nongovernmental organizations on how to implement country-led plans for school malaria programmes. The WHO Globlal Malaria Programme recognizes the importance of the education sector and the role that schools and teachers can play on the prevention and control of malaria. The FRESH framework for school health, adopted by majority of African... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=138 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:00:23 The French version of CCAM's first-ever 'Practical Guide on Malaria Control' shall be launched on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel at 2 P.M. The official lauching ceremony shall be chaired by the Minister of Public Health, Mr André MAMA FOUDA. The launch of the “Practical Guide to Malaria Control” is part of activities to mark this year’s World Malaria Day which has as theme “Counting Malaria Out”. Meanwhile, a press event to evaluate the fight against malaria in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=137 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:18:54 Malaria has been very tedious in Nigeria and the Government of the Federal has not been Taking it as Serious and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=136 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:10:00 We are implementing an exciting program called Books & Bed Nets which intends to create awareness of malaria prevention using bed nets while also promoting a reading culture and an appreciation of literature among children and young... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=135 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:20:09 ASPH stands with other public health partners to commemorate the day. The accredited schools of public health in North America are partners in global efforts to eradicate malaria and share in the commitment to turn the tide of this epidemic. These schools, as noted by Dr. Harrison Spencer, president and CEO of ASPH, are involved in a broad spectrum of research and educational activities around malaria. “From the public health standpoint, the new thinking in the field is that we need... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=133 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:43:52 this is pdf file in arabic langugae talking about malaria disease in general and how we prevent... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=132 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:17:58 Nurses on Tour fights malaria in remote villages in northern Ghana. This young foundation distributes insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) to pregnant women and children below the age of five. Besides that, they also provide healthcare education about this parasitic infection disease, its causes and preventive treatment including the use of a mosquito net. To accomplish this program we look for most remote villages where healthcare facilities are rare or not available at all. These villages... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=130 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:08:47 Tips and facts in an interactive media learning tool with an African touch, Fun to learn with as a group or individual... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=129 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:24:28 In Northern India, people are felting ill due to Malaria. Tulsi Gramodyog Seva Samiti will conducting an awareness campaign to prevent from... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=128 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:47:21 A web company with the aim to help organisations overcome the many challenges in interacting, communicating and sharing knowledge with their audiences, in the pursuit of improving global health. Visit our site and find out... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=127 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:22:52 SD Bioline Malaria Ag P.f/Pan... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=126 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:59:54 There are more than 200 million cases of malaria every year, causing almost 1 million deaths worldwide. In the Americas, the situation is improving but 284 million people continue to be at risk and hundreds of thousands still suffer from this preventable and curable disease. Please join the Pan American Health Organization, Center for Global Health at George Washington University, the Global Health Network, and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation in commemorating World Malaria... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=90 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:42:29 our goal is to provide one mosquito net per family in endemic areas of sub-saharan Africa in an effort to combat malaria in the long... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=125 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:04:02 The Butterfly Tree provides mosquito nets and malaria testing kits to remote communities in Zambia. The result - no cases of malaria reported in the areas of distribution. We are launching a charity song, 'Change for the Better' on World Malaria Day to raise funds and promote global... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=89 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:11:01 The Butterfly Tree provides mosquito nets and malaria testing kits to remote communities in Zambia. The result - no cases of malaria reported in the areas of distribution. We are launching a charity song, 'Change for the Better' on World Malaria Day to raise funds and promote global... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=88 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:09:44 An online interactive information portal for Malaria Statistics in the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=124 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:12:03 With over 70 member organisations the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM) enables partners to incorporate malaria into their work. It provides training on advocacy and programming to build capacity and has a media coalition, that deals with training and support for journalists. CCAM works with parliamentarians to encourage them to become successful malaria champions and conducts advocacy activities around key dates like World Malaria Day. To mark World Malaria Day 2010 CCAM will be... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=87 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:32:41 The control of malaria vectors with insecticides remains an essential component in the fight to eliminate or eventually eradicate... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=86 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:42:09 Malaria Watch is an organisation that diseminate information about prevention against malaria-Africa's deadliest... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=123 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:28:06 Nearly 300 children a day die from treatable malaria in Tanzania alone. We launch our project Malaria Outreach Tanzania on World Malaria Day with our inaugral ride out on motorbike to rural areas of Tanzania and offering free mosquito nets and malaria medication to those without access to medical help. Fully funded by donations and sponsors we hope to expand to other African countries in the fight against... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=85 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:14:54 Every year, there are 300-550 million cases of malaria(1) resulting in over a million deaths worldwide. A large portion of these cases and deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and particularly affect children. In the North Rift Valley of Kenya, where HealthRight International has implemented programs on HIV/AIDS, malaria and maternal and neonatal health, malaria is the leading killer of children and pregnant women. Already facing limited access to health care, pregnant women are also at a higher... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=84 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:03:53 Consensus on best practice for use in the development of Global Fund Round 9 malaria proposals and National Strategy... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=83 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:48:04 2010 report from Global Business Coalition and World Economic... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=82 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:34 Every year, about 3.7 million babies die in the first four weeks of life (2004 estimates). Most of these newborns are born in developing countries and most die at home. Up to two-thirds of these deaths can be prevented if mothers and newborns receive known, effective interventions. A strategy that promotes universal access to antenatal care, skilled birth attendance and early postnatal care will contribute to sustained reduction in maternal and neonatal... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=81 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:59:27 Crises have a way of uniting NGOs in a single cause. Usually it’s a major disaster such as the 2004 tsunami that left millions homeless or a bloody civil war that kills and displaces hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. But our organizations are coming together this year for two reasons. Our Group of Seven is combining forces because of an ongoing global emergency that is needlessly killing millions of mothers and their children, deaths that could be prevented by pennies a day. And,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=80 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:14:04 Not enough research is being done on malaria and pregnancy. That’s the message from Rose Gana Fomban Leke, Professor of Immunology and Parasitology at the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon, who has spent the best part of her career looking at how malaria affects... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=79 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:19:08 The Malaria Advocacy Working Group (MAWG) of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership has created a sub group that specifically focuses on Africa. Known as the Africa Advocacy Task Team, this group is seeking support for its activities in what is a critical year in the drive for universal... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=78 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:04:46 Tools and Tips for Effective E-Activism, Amnesty International... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=77 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:33 World Malaria Report 2009: 3 page... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=76 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:36:57 Also available from WHO website in Chinese, French, Spanish and there is an English/French/Spanish compiled... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=75 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:35:20 Half of the world's population is at risk of malaria, and an estimated 243 million cases led to nearly 863 000 deaths in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=74 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:11:38 This fact sheet summarizes the key components of the 2009 Human Rights Council resolution on maternal mortality, and outlines key steps that advocates, governments, and donors can take to encourage its... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=73 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:53:28 As the world marks Human Rights Day (10 December) Action for Global Health calls for more and urgent action by donors, national governments in low- and middle-income countries and international civil society to fulfil the universal right to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=72 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:05:24 At this crucial time in the fight against malaria, the global health partners presented the President with a budget request for fiscal year... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=71 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:00 Has known itself as the world's greatest research and writing... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=122 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:11 La RDC considérée par les chercheurs comme le couloir noir en matière de paludisme, en marge de la conférence, la délégation congolaise, s’est réunie pour faire l’état des lieux de la recherche sur le paludisme au pays. Elle a constaté un manque de volonté politique et d’intérêt de la part des décideurs congolais pour soutenir la recherche en général. Elle a aussi noté la faible dissémination de la politique nationale de lutte contre le paludisme en RD Congo, Le manque de données fiables dans... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=121 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:48:38 The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Malaria Centre draws together the many diverse malaria activities carried out under the auspices of LSHTM. The Centre has around 150 scientists and postgraduate students working across a range of malaria research. This includes basic laboratory science including immunology, drug discovery, vector biology, genetic studies and work on insecticides; clinical and epidemiological studies including trials of insecticides, anti-malarial drugs and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=120 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:30:39 Jean Marie, INITIATIVE LOCALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRE has provided a second report on the MIM conference in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=70 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:13 Director Jean Marie of INITIATIVE LOCALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRE has provided an overview of the Nairobi MIM conference in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=69 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:32 Hundreds of Kenyans rallied at a major international malaria conference in Nairobi today to urge U.S. President Barack Obama to show leadership in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The demonstrators, thanked the United States for its previous support in helping scale-up of treatment for these diseases — to the point that nearly half of all Africans who require treatment now can receive it — and called on Obama to help Africa finish the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=68 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:53:10 1 November 2009 at 9.30-13.00 Hrs at KICC Impala Meeting... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=67 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:30 The world's largest meeting on malaria, the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Malaria Conference, convenes in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 1—6. 1 Since the last MIM meeting in 2005, the malaria landscape has transformed dramatically. Scientific progress and support from the highest levels of government galvanised the field, and the global community has begun to coalesce around the most ambitious goal... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=66 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:36:04 Find out more about the host of the MIM... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=119 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:25 MIMCom, a project of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria and the National Library of Medicine, was conceived by African malaria researchers in 1997 and designed and implemented by NLM in collaboration with partners in Africa, US, UK, and Europe. The mandate for Internet access to medical literature came from African... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=118 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:16:53 The 2009 MIM Pan-African Malaria Congress has invited the malaria community to submit abstracts of their most recent results in the following areas in malaria: * Parasite biology; * Vector biology and control; * Antimalarial drugs; * Malaria vaccines; * Immunology; * Malaria epidemiology; * Case management and control; * Research capacity strengthening; * Health research ethics; * Health systems research; * Socio-economic... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=65 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:15:31 MALARIA RESEARCH... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=64 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:06:27 Malaria is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease that is common in the world’s poorest countries. It is preventable and treatable, yet it still kills some 881,000 people every year, 90% of whom are in Africa and 85% of whom are children under... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=63 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:04:30 Please find the draft MIM programme... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=62 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:59:04 Buzz and Bite is an animated information and prevention campaign consisting of 30 spots, each 1 minute or 30 seconds long. Buzz and Bite uses comedic sketches featuring two talking, female anopheles mosquitoes providing viewers with a variety of information and messages about the transmission of malaria and about protection against malaria infection. 17 spots directly address the correct use of bednets. Subjects also dispel assumptions such as the belief that malaria is transmitted through... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=61 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:54:21 LIHEDE has been effortlessly advocating for malaria control and prevention in Liberia sinnce 2003. In 2006, LIHEDE held a National Health Conference at the University of Liberia on malaria treatment, control, and prevention in Liberia. The National Health Conference was the first major health conference to be held in the history of Liberia, and it was a follow-up of the 2005 malaria symposium and resulting resolution. The conference, which was held by LIHEDE in collaboration with the Ministry... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=60 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:26:57 Today Malaria Consortium is launching the 'African Coalitions Against Malaria' case study. The document describes a successful model of engaging African civil society through multi-stakeholder national alliances.It draws on three years of experience of its Mobilising for Malaria advocacy programme to ensure that in the future this work continues to be... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=59 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:13:41 Malaria, a parasitic disease that causes more than 1 million global deaths yearly, is crippling Africa's economic growth and perpetuating vicious cycles of poverty. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria affects mostly young children, with almost 3,000 dying every day - some 20% of all child deaths. This publication, which includes case studies and a graphic representation of endemic malaria, outlines the key actions UNICEF, along with its partners, must take to control the malaria burden in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=58 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:02:35 Malaria Consortium Mozambique will be producing on a quarterly basis a newsletter to share with partners. Please find attached the 1st edition which is in Portuguese.... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=57 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:44:35 In April 2009, a diverse group of global health leaders came together to attend the “Malaria: Getting to Zero” conference at Wilton Park, U.K., sponsored by the Exxon Mobil Corporation and the UCSF Global Health Group. Country leaders, private sector partners, funders, implementers, researchers and journalists convened to discuss two ambitious global goals: achieving zero deaths from malaria in high-burden countries, and achieving zero transmission of malaria (elimination) in low-burden... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=56 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:43:34 Cool... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=117 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:56:03 The Malaria Philatelists International (MPI) is an organization of philatelists devoted topical collectors of stamps, essays, proofs, errors, slogans, first day covers (FDCs), commercial covers, and other special memorabilia relating to malaria -- its treatment, history, control and eradication... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=116 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:48:09 The handbook offers practical guidance on adopting a child rights-based approach in order to bring about lasting change for children, their families and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=55 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:03:10 On the eve of the G8 Summit, and ten years after the Group of Eight made concrete commitments to tackle malaria, the European Alliance Against Malaria (EAAM) launches a report that investigates whether their promises have been kept. The new report looks at the decade since the 1998 G8 Summit held in Birmingham, when leaders agreed to increase efforts to tackle malaria and endorsed the Roll Back Malaria Partnership with the goal of halving the malaria burden by 2010. The report reveals... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=54 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:12:06 On June 11, 2008, CCAM awarded winners for the Zonal Malaria Sketch Contest, most of who were school children. The event was jointly organised with the Cameroon Association of School Administrators (CASA) and the “Festival des Arts et du Theatre pour l’Enfant Africain” (FATEA). And the occasion coincided with the 10th edition of FATEA that took place at the cinema-theatre hall of the Centre Culturel Français (CCF). The winners included schools with the best sketch on malaria. Al Haramain of... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=53 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:41 Prior to the 2009 WMD, the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria oriented some malaria sensitisers on 16 April 2009. The sensitizers were drawn from a group of young enterprising Cameroonians known as KamerSansPalu, a partner organisation of CCAM. They were drilled on key elements of the GMAP strategy which include LLINs, IRSs, IPTp, other vector (mosquito) controls, prompt diagnosis and effective treatment. This was intended for a massive sensitisation campaign based on improved hygiene and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=52 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:24:04 End the '5 By 5 Tragedy' of an Estimated 5 Million African Children Under the Age of 5 Dying Annually of Preventable, Manageable or Treatable Health Causes On the occasion of Day of the African Child, the Africa Public Health Alliance & 15%+ Campaign is calling on African governments to end the '5 by 5 Tragedy' of an estimated 5 million African infants and children under the Age of 5 dying annually of preventable, manageable or treatable health causes.... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=51 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:15:31 Les enfants interpellent le Gouvernement congolais sur la lutte contre le Paludisme. Les enfants congolais ont profité de la journée de l’enfant africain célébrée le 16 juin de chaque année pour rappeler aux dirigeants leurs engagements sur la lutte contre le Paludisme. Le gouvernement congolais doit mobiliser plus de ressources internes pour endiguer cette maladie endémique. Approvisionner en médicaments antipaludéens dans tous les Zones de santé du pays, renforcer les... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=50 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:25:17 Malaria is a serious illness transmitted by the bite of an infective mosquito. Travelers to Africa, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia (including South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East), Eastern Europe, and the South Pacific may be at risk for this potentially deadly... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=49 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:08:56 Website - http://www.malariasite.com Most of the 1-3 million who die each year from malaria are children, mainly in Africa, which is hyperendemic for malaria. In older children, malaria has a similar course as in adults. However, in children below the age of 5 years, particularly infants, the disease tends to be atypical and more... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=48 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:05:19 The understanding of the epidemiology of severe malaria in African children remains incomplete across the spectrum of Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensities through which communities might expect to transition, as intervention coverage... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=47 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:26 Home management of malaria—the presumptive treatment of febrile children with antimalarial drugs—is advocated to ensure prompt effective treatment of the disease. We assessed the effect of home delivery of artemether-lumefantrine on the incidence of antimalarial treatment and on clinical outcomes in children from an urban setting with fairly low malaria... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=46 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:54:24 A study of children with malaria in the Gambia, West Africa, has provided new insights into how to conduct genetic studies of common diseases in African populations, which are far more genetically-diverse than European or Asian... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=45 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:42:27 A new child-friendly malaria drug which will be distributed in Africa, where a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria, is was launched in the UK on Monday 23 March... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=44 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:36:07 Malaria continues to claim one to two million lives a year, mainly those of children in sub-Saharan Africa. Reduction in mortality depends, in part, on improving the quality of hospital care, the training of healthcare workers and improvements in public health. This study examined the prognostic indicators of severe falciparum malaria in Gabonese... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=43 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:33:29 P63 - see section on 'HIV/malaria co-infection in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=42 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:29:52 The Theme proposed by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and endorsed under the Decision No. EX. CL/Dec. 441 (XIII) of the Executive Council at its 13th Ordinary Session held on 24 to 28 June 2008 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt is entitled: 'Africa Fit for Children: Call for Accelerated Action towards their survival'. In choosing that theme, the African Committee wanted to emphasize the need for Member States and Stakeholders to accelerate the implementation... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=41 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:27:00 Join Mercy Corps as we celebrate the Day of the African Child with the World Forestry Center and Harambee Centre in Portland, Oregon. Day of the African Child is a day recognized throughout the world as an opportunity to reflect on progress toward health, education, equality and protection for all the continent’s children. This celebration focuses on both the cultural variety and overall spirit of Africa. The event will educate people through the celebration of music, dance, storytelling,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=40 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:25:18 Every year malaria, a parasitic disease spread by the bite of a mosquito, results in 300 million to 500 million clinical cases and causes more than 1 million deaths. Mostly it is young children under the age of five in sub- Saharan Africa who are affected, dying at the rate of nearly 3,000 every day. In Africa, malaria causes approximately 20 per cent of all child deaths. Some children suffer an acute attack of cerebral malaria that quickly leads to coma and death; others succumb to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=39 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:23:35 “Reversing the spread of malaria is crucial for the survival, health and development of children, especially in Africa. Reducing the incidence of malaria will help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.” Ann Veneman at White House Summit on Malaria, December... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=38 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:21:03 Malaria accounts for one in five of all childhood deaths in Africa. Anaemia, low birth-weight, epilepsy, and neurological problems, all frequent consequences of malaria, compromise the health and development of millions of children throughout the tropical world. Yet much of the impact of malaria on the world’s children could be prevented with currently available... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=37 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:09:04 On WMD 2008 RBM launched a WHO publication on fighting malaria in schools. It is a tool, rather than a fact sheet and addresses the question of how to use the education system in an endemic country to raise awareness among children and communities and increase access to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=36 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:06:05 'G8 in Italy: what priorities for accelerating progress in saving 9.2million children's lives?' organised by Save the Children on the 16 June for the Day of the African Child. The first part of the event will take place on 16 June, 4pm-5pm at Victoria Gardens, where you are invited to enjoy African cuisine and join our global campaign by ‘Making your Mark’. The briefing will follow on from the event at 5pm-7pm in committee room 11 in association with ODI and a number of APPGs... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=35 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:02:13 Child-sensitive social protection is an issue of critical importance in West and 16 June 2009 12:30 - 14:30 Venue: Overseas Development Institute Central Africa for a number of reasons: it is the world’s poorest region with the lowest average child development indicators and faces daunting governance challenges. At this event, ODI and UNICEF will present findings and discuss the policy implications of a major research project on child-sensitive social protection in West and Central... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=34 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:59:58 La deuxième édition du Magazine « ABOUT MALARIA » (N° 002, janvier 2009 de la Coalition Camerounaise Contre du Paludisme, CCAM) se focalise sur le lourd tribut économique et social payé au paludisme au Cameroun. L e défunt Pr. Félix TIETCHE qui est mort regrettablement le 16 mai 2009, avait rédigé un article portant sur la différence qui existe entre le paludisme de l’enfant et celui de l’adulte. Dans sa passion d’écrire sur les maladies liées aux enfants, il évoque certains aspects qui... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=33 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:29:44 Julio (8 months old) looks spotless after having a bucket bath with the other children in the peaceful gardens of a church mission in Mpilixini, idyllically set amidst streams and pastures, at the foot of a huge rock visible from the northern city of Nampula, about 12 kilometres away. “He was just skin and bone when he arrived. He was at the door of death,” says Sister Arlette Mendes, who is cuddling Julio as he sits on her lap. She looks down adoringly at him. “He is such a happy boy... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/share_detail.cfm?id=32 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:06:10