Ministers and delegates at the Malaria2012: Saving Lives in the Pacific conference held in Sydney Australia have set the ambitious but realistic goal of reducing malaria deaths in the Asia-Pacific region by 75 per cent within three years. The communique commits to the following actions: To strengthen political and technical leadership in the region and establish the…
Prevalence and intensity of Onchocerca volvulus infection and efficacy of ivermectin in endemic communities in Ghana: a two-phase epidemiological study Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana, Jeffrey KL Eng, Daniel A Boakye,John O Gyapong and Roger K Prichard. Interpretation Ivermectin remains a potent microfilaricide. However our results suggest that resistant adult parasite populations, which are not responding as expected to…
Partners commit to global action against forgotten diseases 19 APRIL 2007 | GENEVA – WHO and key partners are meeting on Thursday and Friday to demonstrate an unprecedented commitment to combat the so-called neglected tropical diseases. This commitment comes from political leaders and ministries of health in affected countries, from development agencies and banks, foundations, scientists,…
The release of mosquitoes that are resistant to infection with malaria is an interesting idea as a potential control strategy. Research workers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland provide interesting results suggesting that genetic resistance to the malaria parasite gives mosquitoes feeding on infected blood a fitness advantage. They put 250 transgenic and…