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/ 28 September 2010
Scientists and doctors from around the world on Tuesday kick off a meeting to discuss progress made in developing a vaccine against malaria.
South Africa leads effort to raise cash for campaign to fight the disease.
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/ 4 December 2009
Former Cameroon goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell said on Friday that eradicating malaria should be one of the legacies of the first World Cup in Africa.
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/ 20 November 2009
DDT is believed to be responsible for birth defects, but its effectiveness in curbing malaria remains unmatched. Yolandi Groenwald reports.
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/ 3 November 2009
There is new hope for Africa’s battle against malaria, which claims the lives of more than one million children on the continent every year.
The Global Fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria on Friday granted Zimbabwe ,9-million.
Parasites which cause malaria appear to be using a handful of proteins to steal into the red blood cells of their hosts, scientists have found.
A malaria epidemic in SA 10 years ago inspired research leading to the discovery of two genes that make a mosquito resistant to some insecticides.
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/ 21 January 2009
East African farmers have become key suppliers of the active ingredient in the most effective malaria drug available.
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/ 28 November 2008
Bill Gates and thousands of babies are helping Africa prepare its largest medical experiment ever in the search for a new vaccine against malaria.
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/ 18 September 2008
Malaria killed nearly one million people in 2006, with children under five and African countries bearing the brunt, the WHO said on Thursday.
‘The death of a child has a devastating impact on a woman," says Grace Chitima Mugumbate, a PhD researcher at the University of Cape Town.
Scientists have developed a revolutionary vaccine that could protect billions of people against the world’s deadliest disease: malaria.
Physicist explores the relationship between the parasite, magnetism and light.
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/ 22 November 2007
”If the United States wants to win a war, it ought to be the war on malaria,” says one of Africa’s best-known singing stars, Youssou N’Dour. The Senegalese superstar, who played at the Kennedy Centre in Washington on Monday, takes time to throw the spotlight over to malaria, which in Africa kills almost a million children a year.
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/ 13 December 2006
Research in Kenya indicates that the rapid spread of HIV/Aids across Africa is linked to malaria.
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/ 30 November 2005
Treating bilharzia can benefit people with HIV/Aids, according to researchers.
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/ 23 November 2005
Malaria could encourage mother-to-child transmission of HIV, according to research on the Science and Development Network website.
Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer The beautiful game has become a multimillion-rand business with many clubs in search of sponsorship and partnerships. Yet just two Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs seem to get the backers. Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates a season ago got a sponsorship of R60-million each from cellular network Vodacom. This week Pirates signed […]