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7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference - Dakar, April 15-20, 2018

Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspectives in Ending Malaria

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Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspectives in Ending Malaria ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance

MESA (the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance) follows-up on the malERA agenda and provides a dedicated platform for the community in order to accelerate the translation of the science of malaria eradication for impact. With the community, MESA...

MESA (the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance) follows-up on the malERA agenda and provides a dedicated platform for the community in order to accelerate the translation of the science of...

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Last week at MalariaWorld: Monkey malaria in humans & a course on vector-borne diseases

Monky malaria spreading to humansA study in Brazil, published in the Lancet Global Health, indicated that Plasmodium simium, a parasite that causes malaria in monkeys, infected 50 people between 2015 and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, in the Mata...

Monky malaria spreading to humansA study in Brazil, published in the Lancet Global Health, indicated that Plasmodium simium, a parasite that causes malaria in monkeys, infected 50 people between...

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Drones against malaria – Crowdfunding campaign

Efficient in use and costs

Drones against malaria seeks your support for the crowdfunding campaign ‘Anti Malaria Drones’ to generate € 18.000 for a malaria control pilot project using a drone that sprays an environmentally sound biological control...

Efficient in use and costs Drones against malaria seeks your support for the crowdfunding campaign ‘Anti Malaria Drones’ to generate € 18.000 for a malaria control pilot project using a drone that...

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Don't let the US PMI fall into the Immunity Trap

A decade ago, I helped the US Presidential Malaria Initiative get its start in Angola. Since then the Malaria Initiative (the US PMI) has expanded under Tim Ziemer to 19 African countries, protecting 30 million people.

A decade ago, I helped the US Presidential Malaria Initiative get its start in Angola.

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1950s strategy to control malaria on Zanzibar fails once more

Four years ago, in 2009, I wrote an article for a Dutch newspaper (Bionieuws) with the title 'It is not yet time for a party on Zanzibar'. My article was a response to Tachi Yamada's blog on CNN 'Where have all the malaria patients gone?'. Yamada at...

Four years ago, in 2009, I wrote an article for a Dutch newspaper (Bionieuws) with the title 'It is not yet time for a party on Zanzibar'. My article was a response to Tachi Yamada's blog on CNN '...

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Artemisia, CYP3A4 and scopoletin.

In a pionneering study in 2010, the University of Louvain had studied the anti-inflammatory effect and modulation of cytochrome P450 activities by Artemisia annua tea infusions in human intestinal Caco-2 cells (Melillo de Magalhães P1, et al.,.

In a pionneering study in 2010, the University of Louvain had studied the anti-inflammatory effect and modulation of cytochrome P450 activities by Artemisia annua tea infusions in human intestinal

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Cinderella science

The guest blog below was contributed by Prof. Matt Thomas, of Penn State University. Read more about Professor Thomas here.
Everybody would like to see the burden of malaria reduced and while there might be some disciplinary biases, most would agree...

The guest blog below was contributed by Prof. Matt Thomas, of Penn State University. Read more about Professor Thomas here. Everybody would like to see the burden of malaria reduced and while there...

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