2009 malaria vaccine news
WHO: Increased funds show results in malaria battle
December 15, 2009 –
Increased funding is starting to pay off in the battle against malaria but prevention and treatment must be increased to try to halt the killer disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
Reuters
Africa not ready for malaria vaccine, says researcher
November 3, 2009 –
Dr Wlifred Mbachama from the Laboratory for Public Health Biotechnology in Cameroon called upon governments in the continent to set up structures that would facilitate the vaccine to reach the grassroots.
Daily Nation
Malaria: a research agenda for the eradication era
October 31, 2009 –
The world's largest meeting on malaria, the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Malaria Conference, convenes in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 1–6. Since the last MIM meeting in 2005, the malaria landscape has transformed dramatically.
The Lancet
Kenya to host malaria conference
October 29, 2009 – Grim statistics show every year 30,000 people die in Kenya as a result of Malaria. It is against this backdrop that medics in Africa are once again gearing up for the 5th MIM Conference to assess the setback and gains in the areas of research, treatment and prevention in responding to the disease that continues to wipe out humanity.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Navy researchers work on malaria vaccine
August 31, 2009 –
Researchers at the Naval Medical Research Center are testing a malaria vaccine officials hope will protect both troops and civilians in tropical and subtropical regions afflicted by the disease.
DefenseLINK
UN’s anti-malaria envoy confident of reaching protection milestone in Africa
August 27, 2009 – The official tasked with spearheading United Nations efforts to tackle malaria says he is confident that the world can achieve Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s goal of providing all sub-Saharan African countries where the disease is endemic with universal access to insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying and treatment by the end of next year.
UN News Centre
Human trials of malaria vaccine 'to start early next year'
August 24, 2009 – Scientists have claimed that the human trials for the first genetically engineered malaria vaccine will start early next year.
Press Trust of India
Results published online on Monday, December 8, 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that RTS,S, the world’s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, provides both infants and young children with significant protection against malaria. Read media coverage of the results.
Bill Gates's next big thing
January 25, 2009– SEATTLE - Here’s a paradox: In these brutal economic times, one of the leading advocates for the world’s poorest people is one of the richest. Bill Gates will publish his first “annual letter” on Monday outlining his work on his twin passions — health and development in the poorest nations and education in America — and calling for the United States to do more even during this economic crisis. I came here to Seattle for an advance peek at the letter and to ask how he is adjusting to his transition from tycoon to philanthropist.
The New York Times
