Malaria is still a major health threat in many African countries and business travellers should take the necessary precautions when travelling to these countries. This is according to Dr Charl van Loggerenberg, medical director, Medical Services of International SOS Southern Africa.
17 Jan 2011 09:20
Research carried out in Mali, West Africa, has demonstrated that a new, safe and uncomplicated insect control method, developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, can bring about a serious decline in malaria-bearing mosquitoes in afflicted regions in the world.
15 Nov 2010 07:52
Study finds that resveratrol in grapes may help fight severe malaria.
8 Nov 2010 15:08
At a global scale, the sickle cell gene is most commonly found in areas with historically high levels of malaria, adding geographical support to the hypothesis that the gene, whilst potentially deadly, avoids disappearing through natural selection by providing protection against malaria.
3 Nov 2010 13:51
The Holgate family has taken their malaria fighting campaign to all 54 African countries.
13 Oct 2010 14:15
Standard Bank's HIV/Aids programmes have touched the lives of an estimated 160 000 Standard Bank employees and their families, says Sim Tshabalala, the bank's chief executive.
12 Oct 2010 13:57The frontline malaria treatment artemisinin could soon be treating more people for less cost, thanks to research collaboration between Bradford and Shanghai.
6 Oct 2010 13:54
Development of an effective vaccine for malaria is a step closer following identification of a key pathway used by the malaria parasite to infect human cells. The discovery, by researchers at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, provides a new vaccine target through which infection with the deadly disease could be prevented.
27 Sep 2010 08:46
Researchers have found that a combination of fungi, insecticides can combat malaria mosquitoes.
16 Aug 2010 08:11Life-saving interventions can save 11 million African women, children over next five years:
Countdown report
30 Jul 2010 06:58
Researchers at the University of Sydney have found the combined intake of iron-folic acid supplements with World Health Organisation (WHO)-endorsed anti-malarial drugs during pregnancy could reduce early infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa by a quarter.
23 Jul 2010 08:07
A study published in the latest issue of the journal
Science Translation Medicine proposes that preventive treatment with affordable and safe antibiotics in people living in areas with intense malaria transmission has the potential to act as a "needle-free" natural vaccine against malaria and may likely provide an additional valuable tool for controlling and/or eliminating malaria in resource-poor settings.
20 Jul 2010 08:13More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the "continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa."
12 Jul 2010 08:19A World Cup bracelet campaign launched to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup has created employment in the South African township of Khayelitsha and helped raise funds to combat malaria across Africa.
8 Jul 2010 07:25
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