Malaria vaccine news
Stories and articles from the month of August
Will Smith visits Bagamoyo
Thursday, August 28, 2008 – Hollywood star Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett are on vacation in Tanzania and on Tuesday the pair visited the branch of Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) in Bagamoyo before heading to Zanzibar.
The Daily News
Country prepares for malaria vaccine trials
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 – Uganda is set to receive a grant of more than 300,000 Euros (about Shs690m) this year to prepare for a malaria vaccine trial by the faculty of medicine at Makerere University.
The Monitor
Africa must prepare now for malaria vaccine
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 – African countries must set money aside for malaria vaccines now, and hire business leaders to run control programmes, says Tom Egwang.
SciDev.net
University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million from Gates Foundation
Monday, August 18, 2008 – Vaccine Modeling Initiative will use computer models to determine most successful vaccine technologies to quickly control epidemics.
Eurekalert.org
Obama vs McCain on global health
August 2008 – In the run-up to the presidential election, US health care continues to dominate the debate. But where do the candidates stand on global-health issues? Nellie Bristol reviews Obama and McCain's pledges in this area, including their views on HIV/AIDS and international development.
The Lancet 2008; 372:521-522
ExxonMobil to support innovative new malaria elimination strategy in southern Africa
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 – ExxonMobil Corporation announced today a $3.5-million grant to the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to expand its core support for an unprecedented malaria elimination effort in southern Africa.
Africa Science News
2008 Medical science developments
Monday, August 11, 2008 – Even a single vaccine with moderate efficacy will add to the multifactorial prevention approach—one that includes the use of insecticides, bed netting and antimalarial drugs—and will ultimately save thousands of lives. Such is the hope for the 2008 medical science development of the RTS,S vaccine, which is a vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for most cases of malaria.
Askmen.com
New-style malaria vaccine could save millions
Sunday August 3, 2008 – Scientists have developed a revolutionary vaccine that could protect billions of people against the world's deadliest disease: malaria.
The Guardian
