Malaria Parasitic Infectious Diseases

Malaria Parasitic Infectious Diseases

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- Facilitates the development, education and implementation of solutions to the health, economic and social problems caused by malaria.

- This website is intended to help better inform travellers about malaria, the relative risks of infection, and the methods used to guard against it.
- Nature review of current status and strategies for development of a malaria vaccine (February 2002).
- Provides a central source of quality controlled malaria-related reagents and information to the international malaria research community.
- Established in 1998 by the European Commission and interested European Union Member States, in order to address identified structural deficiencies in public funded malaria vaccine development. News, calls, meetings, organization, and links.
- Malaria, its symptoms, treatment and prevention.
- Launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank, with the aim of halving the burden of malaria by 2010. Includes fact sheets and details of current programs.
- An international non-profit organization with the aim of improving disease control at global, regional and local levels. Includes details of activities in Uganda and Ghana. Head office in London, UK.
- This site provides information on history, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, complications and control of malaria.
- Presents an in-depth look at malaria.
- This is the website of the Public Health Laboratories, Malaria Reference Laboratory, UK. It contains guidelines for travellers from UK for protection against malaria .
- The U.S. Navy guide to preventing and controlling malaria.
- Information about malaria and the Rotary Club's anti-malaria project.
- It is possible to develop a relapsing type of malaria months to even years after traveling to a malaria infected country, even if you were taking the appropriate malaria medications to prevent the illness.
- On the 25th of April, Africa celebrates Africa Malaria Day. The theme for the 2003 event is 'Insecticide Treated Nets and Effective Malaria Treatment for Pregnant Women and Young Children by 2005'. This WHO site provides event info and resources, and supp
- MMV is a nonprofit foundation created to discover, develop and deliver new, affordable antimalarial drugs through effective public-private partnerships.
- An information database specially dedicated to healthcare professionals and the general public. Find scientific news and events, informations in real time about the fight against this disorder, and training tools for healthcare professionals.
- An article pertaining to Ronald Ross, who in 1897 discovered malarial parasites in mosquitoes.
- Outlines current research into a vaccine, with background details of the disease, FAQ, and details of other research projects.
- Latest news stories from around the world.
- An article concerning Malarone, a new malaria medication with fewer side-effects.
- Since 1977, when the disease was first documented, 75 cases of airport malaria have been observed in western Europe. People may be infected by the bite of an anopheles mosquito during a flight or stopover, or while opening containers or luggage all over t
- Policy analysis by the Cato Institute describes malaria control techniques, and recommends indoor residual spraying of DDT to reduce the overall disease burden, so that countries can afford to purchase expensive, but effective, new drugs to treat the rema
- EUROMALVAC Consortium is a European Union-funded cluster of research groups working on developing a vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
- NIAID began investigating malaria over 50 years ago, and today the Institute is the world's leading supporter of malaria research. NIAID-supported scientists conduct laboratory and clinical research, including field-based studies of malaria in endemic are
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this infection of the blood.
- Online information on Malaria, presented by the Haematology department of Royal Perth Hospital.
- A website dedicated to drug resistance in malaria and to drug sensitivity assays. Its aim is to provide researchers with all information and software required for drug sensitivity testing.
- Malaria research in the Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands). Detailed description of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei, one of the four rodent parasites that infect African murine rodents.
- Global Partnership hosted by the World Health Organization enabling countries to take effective, sustainable action against malaria, focusing on prompt access to effective treatment, prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy, promotion of insecti
- A resource for travel medicine health professionals and the public. Provides an overview of the disease, endemic areas, prevention measures including drug prophylaxis as well as links to other malaria and tropical medicine sites.
- An alliance of organizations and individuals concerned with malaria. MIM aims to maximize the impact of scientific research against malaria in Africa, through promoting capacity building and facilitating global collaboration and coordination. MIM will hol
- A reference page containing links on information and advice regarding protection of international travellers against malaria .
- Factsheet with causes, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
- Resources for scientists doing malaria research.
- Database containing genomic/biological information on anopheline mosquitoes, with an emphasis on Anopheles gambiae, the world's most important malaria vector. AnoBase is the continuation of AnoDB, a database established and maintained since 1996 at the In
- Contains a Malaria database for scientists working in research.
- Communications working group of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, from the National Library of Medicine.
- The LSHTM Malaria Centre facilitates malaria research both in the School and in malaria endemic areas, offers training in various aspects of malaria research and control and contributes to global efforts to control malaria infection.
- This page discusses EPA's actions concerning DEET, considered by many to be the most effective mosquito repellent currently available. Page also includes tips on how to use DEET products safely.
- Malaria research along the Thai-Burmese border. Includes location, publications, malaria task force, and photograph album.
- ACTMalaria is an intercountry initiative between Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. ACTMalaria develops training materials and courses to meet the needs of malaria control programs in southea
- Information about the Colombian researcher and developer of the malaria vaccine.
- Numerous studies in tropical countries have demonstrated the potential of artemisia-based medicines. The Anamed coordination in Germany has committed itself to making hybrid seeds available, providing information about cultivation in the tropics, recordin
- MVI's mission is to accelerate the development of promising malaria vaccine candidates and ensure their availability and accessibility for the developing world.
- The Stockholm Convention, signed by 91 countries and the European Community in 2001, will enter into force and become legally binding when it is ratified by 50 countries, raising the possibility of the 'loss' of DDT as a tool for malaria control. This IPE
- A reference page containing links on malaria: diagnosis, treatment and control as well as links for advice regarding protection of travellers
- Managed by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization. Goal is to make affordable, lifesaving insecticide-treated nets commercially available on a national scale in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia.
- PATH Canada (Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health) promotes insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria and decrease childhood mortality and morbidity from the disease.
- Mapping malaria risk in Africa.
- Sponsored by USAID's Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition. Resources available include regular bulletins and reports outlining anti-malaria strategies and policy recommendations, assessments of past programs, studies and conference proceedi
- US National Institutes of Health directory of their extensive collection of malaria-related documents

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