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Considerable increase in COVID-19 deaths in China; The latest health stories from around the world

December 28, 2022 By Lalita Panicker Leave a Comment

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More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the country’s current outbreak.www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986013?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=398271FG&impID=5026929&faf=1 The UK-based firm said it had used modelling based on regional Chinese data to produce figures that also put current daily infections in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, News, Newsletter Tagged With: BioNTech, COVID-19, Malaria

Invasive mosquito species linked to unusual malaria outbreak

November 10, 2022 By Lalita Panicker Leave a Comment

Scientists have linked an invasive mosquito to an unusual outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia. Anopheles stephensi, native to southern Asia, was first identified in Africa a decade ago in the Republic of Djibouti, which borders Ethiopia. It has since spread to at least four other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. www.science.org/content/article/unusual-malaria-outbreak-tied-invasive-mosquito? Now, amid lingering questions about whether […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infectious diseases, International, National, News, Newsletter Tagged With: Malaria

Vaccine trial against malaria shows promising results

November 9, 2022 By Lalita Panicker Leave a Comment

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A new vaccine against malaria has shown promising preliminary results in a large trial in four African countries, boosting hopes that an additional tool may soon be available to help control the deadly disease. www.science.org/content/article/new-data-buoys-hopes-promising-malaria-vaccine-questions-remain The vaccine, named R21/Matrix-M and developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, produced similarly impressive results in a small trial last […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter Tagged With: Malaria

Food supplies run low in Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown; the latest health stories from around the world

April 12, 2022 By Lalita Panicker Leave a Comment

A citywide COVID-19 lockdown in China’s financial capital of Shanghai has disrupted food supplies badly, causing a wave of anxiety as residents ration dwindling stores of vegetables and staples. COVID-test requirements for truckers entering Shanghai have caused delays in the delivery of foods and other commodities. Within the city, many food delivery workers have been […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, News Tagged With: COVID-19, Malaria

Malaria and the long road to a vaccine that’s a mixed blessing

October 14, 2021 By Lalita Panicker 1 Comment

With Covid-19 figures generally heading south (touchwood and all that!), the big news of the week focussed on older ailments with the bat virus being replaced by the unfriendly neighbourhood mosquito. More than 130 years after the naming of the Plasmodium parasites behind malaria, the world now has its first approved vaccine against them. Many malaria researchers […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Stories, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Science and Technology Tagged With: Malaria, malaria vaccine, vaccines

AMR: The silent, parallel pandemic

July 29, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a “silent pandemic”, commentators argue, as experts argue for a harmonised approach to mitigate the damage. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed substantially to the AMR crisis, with the prescription of antibiotics for the treatment of those affected by COVID-19 contributing to an increase in AMR cases. This is a […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, coronavirus, COVID-19, drug resistance, Malaria, Tuberculosis

mRNA vaccine in development for malaria – too soon for hype?

July 29, 2021 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

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BioNTech gained prominent public attention for its collaboration with Pfizer which produced a COVID-19 vaccine using mRNA technology. They have once again hit the headlines – this time setting their sights on malaria. BioNTech’s malaria project is part of the ‘eradicateMalaria’ initiative, led by the kENUP Foundation, to accelerate the eradication of the mosquito-borne disease. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, News, Opinion Tagged With: COVID-19, Malaria, mRNA, mRNA vaccines, vaccine

Malaria and COVID-19: The dual crisis continues

April 25, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

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Last year, we prefaced our coverage of World Malaria Day with the note that “the era of COVID-19 masks the manifold health issues the world – India included – is grappling with. Malaria is among those issues – and with March 25th marking World Malaria Day, it is important to pay attention to the disease […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Malaria, Mosquito, vector-borne disease, vector-borne diseases

Malaria management technology helps Mangaluru to continue decreasing case numbers

April 7, 2021 By Nick Witts Leave a Comment

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Malaria cases in Mangaluru have continued to decline thanks to malaria control system (MCS) technology that has helped to aid efforts, alongside active source reduction exercises taken in recent years against the spread of vector-borne disease.  Mangaluru, a coastal city known for having endemic malaria issues for three decades, has seen malaria incidence significantly reduced […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Infectious diseases Tagged With: infectious diseases, Malaria, Technology, vector-borne disease

Interview: Urban Weber of the Global Fund on COVID and the Big Three

July 29, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

works with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva, Switzerland since 2003. Since eight years, he heads the department "High Impact Asia", covering Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. His team manages grants for the prevention and treatment of the three diseases with an annual budget of some 800 million USD.

The response to the ‘Big Three’ – HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis – has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts have warned that a surge in deaths due to the ‘Big Three’ could ensue, as the pandemic hits access to vital medicines and other treatments and disrupts much-needed prevention campaigns. To discuss the effect of […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, Interviews Tagged With: Exclusive Interviews, HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis

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