http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on malaria and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/news/ The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/malaria-vaccine-strategy-aims-for-eradication.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:56:12 GMTScientists should investigate herbal malaria remedies as they are more affordable for the very poor, the MIM meeting was told.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/herbs-have-a-role-in-fighting-malaria-conference-hears.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaFri, 06 Nov 2009 03:47:07 GMTMRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchershttp://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/malaria-impasse-could-be-overcome-with-brain-scans--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:45 GMTUsing sheeting impregnated with insecticide may be easier, and less toxic, than wall-spraying.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/insecticide-wallpaper-lethal-to-malaria-mosquitoes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaFri, 30 Oct 2009 02:15:59 GMTSouth-East Asia's mosquitoes bite at dusk so bednets are of limited use — but treated hammocks could be a useful addition.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/hammocks-could-be-added-to-malaria-control-arsenal.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 19 Oct 2009 03:41:52 GMTBednets and biopesticides show promise as a winning combination against malaria, according to a new research model.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/model-points-to-promise-of-combined-malaria-control-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaThu, 15 Oct 2009 03:18:00 GMTBangladeshi researchers say that the antibiotic tigecycline has potential use in combination with antimalarials such as artemisinin.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/new-antibiotic-shows-promise-in-combating-malaria-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 12 Oct 2009 03:00:00 GMTIn Suriname and Guyana malaria transmission persists in dry environmental conditions less favourable for the mosquito, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/malaria-transmission-persists-in-dry-seasons-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 12 Oct 2009 09:42:52 GMTScientists have found that infecting mosquitoes with fungi can reverse insecticide resistance, but large-scale testing is some way off.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/fungi-beat-insecticide-resistance-in-mosquitoes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 28 Sep 2009 03:44:15 GMTA study of rural Haiti has revealed that children in households classed as severely food insecure are at risk of perceived clinical malaria.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/severe-food-insecurity-risk-factor-for-clinical-malaria-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 28 Sep 2009 11:11:30 GMTClimate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/get-the-science-straight-on-climate-change-and-dis.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMTPriya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/climate-change-and-insect-borne-disease-facts-and--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMTContrary to oft-repeated claims, climate change is unlikely to cause a major rise in malaria, says medical entomologist Paul Reiter.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/the-malaria-myths-of-climate-change-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:25:00 GMTQuickly detecting, not predicting, malaria epidemics is the key to disease control, says tropical medicine expert, Jonathan Cox.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/better-surveillance-key-to-malaria-early-warning-s.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:24:00 GMTWe must prepare for climate change bringing more natural disasters that favour mosquito-borne disease, says Jai P. Narain from the WHO.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/climate-change-brings-natural-disasters-and-diseas.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:23:00 GMTWe must reduce the poor's vulnerability to insect-borne disease regardless of climate change, says public health expert Ulisses Confalonieri.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/tackling-insect-borne-disease-whatever-the-weather.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:22:00 GMTReporting on how climate change affects health is a real challenge — screen your sources and find reliable experts, says Asefaw Getachew.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/the-challenge-of-reporting-on-climate-change-and-h.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMTModelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely complex — and increasingly controversial, explains Justine Davies.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/climate-complexities-stoke-disease-controversies-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMTBrazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline have signed an agreement to develop and manufacture vaccines for malaria and dengue fever.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/brazil-and-glaxo-team-up-for-vaccine-development.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaMon, 07 Sep 2009 02:54:19 GMTResearchers have long been baffled by the troubling side effects of the antimalarial quinine but now a study may have found the answer.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/malaria/scientists-close-in-on-key-to-quinine-s-side-effec.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_malariaWed, 19 Aug 2009 12:15:42 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/