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After Successful Bed Net Campaigns in Ghana, Creating A Thriving, Sustainable Commercial Market
he number of malaria cases on the continent has dropped, with 6.8 million lives saved since 2000. Sixty percent of that can be attributed to insecticide-treated bed nets. It’s the single most-effective tool against malaria.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BASF unveils new mosquito net in battle against malaria
A new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF has been given an interim recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO), containing a new class of insecticide that the company hopes will aid the fight against malaria.
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Large market share for non-quality-assured malaria medicines in Africa
A new study of malaria medicine quality in 8 sub-Saharan African countries has found a large and potentially growing market for non-quality-assured (QA) malaria treatments—medicines not pre-approved by global health organizations - as much as 20% of the private-sector market in Kenya, and 42% in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Africa, drugs, health care, malaria, medicines, pharmaceutical industry, WHO
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Ted 2017: Frugal scientist offers malaria tools
Manu Prakash, a bio-engineer at Stanford University, designs cheap tools that can make a big difference in the poorest parts of the world.
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Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine
The world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in 2018. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Harvard doctor has a plan to save 30 million lives by 2030
A 2-year-old child in rural Liberia has a fever. It could be malaria, and the only way to get treatment is for her mother to carry her on her back, cross a riverbed by canoe and walk through a forest for at least two days to get to the nearest health care clinic.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How to Improve Access to Malaria Treatment in the Private Sector
PSI recently hosted a webinar on how to transform the market for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) in the private sector.
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New Malaria Vaccine 100% Effective, But May Be Difficult to Scale
Today, a human trial for a malaria vaccine reported up to 100% protection for ten weeks following the last dose, a potential breakthrough for a vexing disease.
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