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       <title>Malaria - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-08-22 06:42:34</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Asian Nations Step Up To Fight Resurgent Malaria]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138032"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138032</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:27</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Promising to combat the resurging spread of  malaria  in the region, health ministers from 11 South and Southeast Asian nations met to approve increased spending for  malaria  disease prevention. One of the group's aims is to provide 80 percent of households with access to pesticide-treated mosquito...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Canada, most in G8 slammed over AIDS 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137161"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137161</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 17:40:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Canada and most other members of the G8 are failing to meet their fair share of the cost of financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and  Malaria , the Global AIDS Alliance said Thursday.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Gates Donates $500 Million To Global Fund To Fight AIDS]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136606"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136606</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 21:44:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announces a $500 million gift to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and  Malaria . The gift is the largest private donation to the fund, which was founded nearly five years ago. The money will be given over a five year period....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Gates charity gives &#36;500M for AIDS care 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136560"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136560</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 20:44:11</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation took its support of AIDS-related research and care to a new level Wednesday, announcing a $500 million grant to an international fund that provides AIDS assistance in poor countries.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study Says Male Circumcision Lowers HIV Infection By 60%]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136372"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136372</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 15:26:45</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and  Malaria , says research revealing the protective effect of circumcision against HIV is increasingly being seen as a lifesaving procedure which every parent would want for their sons. According to the report,...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study Aimed At Stopping The Spread Of Malaria Advances]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?126903"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?126903</id>
    <updated>2006-07-25 21:15:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A team of researchers have made a major breakthrough in the understanding of the genetic composition of a parasite they believe might be used to stop the spread of disease. Dubbed Wolbachia bacterium, the parasite can influence the reproductive trend among insects and even go on to influence...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[AIDS, malaria offset health gains in Africa: report 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?95637"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?95637</id>
    <updated>2006-05-26 10:09:27</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Fewer children in sub-Saharan Africa are 
dying from measles,  diarrhea  and respiratory infections but 
improvements have been offset by HIV/AIDS and  malaria , 
researchers said on Friday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Glucose Fights Malaria, Speeds Up Recovery]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?89436"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?89436</id>
    <updated>2006-05-17 14:13:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[- Scientists of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have new evidence that indicates frequent doses of glucose-along with anti-malarial drugs-can help patients recover better and faster.
 After a four-year study looking into the...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Malaria Treatment Changes]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?86085"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?86085</id>
    <updated>2006-05-12 10:37:36</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Thirteen pharmaceutical companies have agreed to phase out a single-drug treatment for  malaria  in a bid to control rates of drug-resistance in the disease. 
 The companies are among the main producers of the drug artemisinin and bowed to pressure from...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Treatment For Deadly Diseases Found In Threatened Rainforest]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?77404"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?77404</id>
    <updated>2006-04-27 19:59:31</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Plants thought to help treat or cure  cancer , AIDS and  malaria  have been found in the endangered rainforests of Borneo, according to a report from the Swiss-based global conservation group WWF. 
 According to a report, researchers at...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Experts Rip World Bank on Malaria Work 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?75435"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?75435</id>
    <updated>2006-04-25 12:40:28</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - A group of public health experts accused the World Bank on Tuesday of faking medical data, approving useless treatments and reneging on promises to help fund the fight against  malaria .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[World Bank Criticized Over Anti-Malaria Efforts]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?75113"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?75113</id>
    <updated>2006-04-25 03:04:16</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Public health experts criticized the World Bank on Tuesday for failing to tackle  malaria  in hard-hit countries while millions of children have died.
 
 They said the bank, which has an annual budget of $20 billion, has concealed the amount of...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[World Bank criticized over anti-malaria efforts 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?75101"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?75101</id>
    <updated>2006-04-25 03:04:12</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Public health experts criticized the 
World Bank on Tuesday for failing to tackle  malaria  in hard-hit 
countries while millions of children have died.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Triple Treatment May Cut Rate Of Malaria Infections]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?68823"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?68823</id>
    <updated>2006-04-14 16:44:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[&nbsp;Combining&nbsp;anti-AIDS drugs, an antibiotic, and bed nets treated with insecticide could cut the rate of  malaria  infections in&nbsp;HIV patients&nbsp;by up to 95 percent, researchers said on Friday. 
 Treatment may prove itself in...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[India In The Grips Of A Malaria Outbreak]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?68647"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?68647</id>
    <updated>2006-04-14 11:10:33</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ A  malaria  outbreak in India has claimed the lives of at least 35 people with another 20,000 affected.
 Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman says, &#147;A maximum alert has been sounded across Assam and medical teams are working on a war...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Indian Malaria Outbreak Kills at Least 35 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?68084"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?68084</id>
    <updated>2006-04-13 10:59:32</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Medical teams have been sent to northeast India after an outbreak of  malaria  killed at least 35 people, officials said Thursday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Heart Disease, Stroke Plague Third World 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?63007"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?63007</id>
    <updated>2006-04-05 20:39:41</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Each year cardiovascular disease kills 13 million people in developing countries, almost triple the number who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and  malaria  combined, researchers said Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cardiovascular Diseases-World's Biggest Killer]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?62858"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?62858</id>
    <updated>2006-04-05 17:22:24</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Researchers say 13 million people in developing countries die from cardiovascular disease. 
 The staggering figure is almost triple the number of people who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and  malaria  combined. 
 Dr. Runlin Gao, a cardiologist...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Heart Disease, Stroke Plague Third World 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?62730"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?62730</id>
    <updated>2006-04-05 14:35:22</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Each year cardiovascular disease kills 13 million people in developing countries, almost triple the number who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and  malaria  combined, researchers said Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Burma's Goverment Allowing Deadly Diseases To Go Unchecked]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?57123"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?57123</id>
    <updated>2006-03-28 12:45:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer
 Baltimore, MD (AHN) - Government policies in Burma that restrict public health and humanitarian aid have enabled some of the world&#146;s deadly diseases to spread unchecked. According to a report by Johns Hopkins, AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis,  malaria ...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[WHO Calls for Halt on Malaria Treatment (AP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?23555"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?23555</id>
    <updated>2006-01-21 19:36:12</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - The best treatment for  malaria  may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[WHO Calls for Halt on Malaria Treatment (AP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?22867"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?22867</id>
    <updated>2006-01-19 19:27:13</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - The best treatment for  malaria  may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[WHO Calls for Halt on Malaria Treatment (AP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?22601"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?22601</id>
    <updated>2006-01-19 10:21:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - The best treatment for  malaria  may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Iron, Folate Supplements May Harm Kids in Regions Rife With Malaria (HealthDay)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?19450"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?19450</id>
    <updated>2006-01-13 12:36:47</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- For years, health workers have distributed iron and folic acid supplements to malnourished children throughout the developing world, to help fight pediatric  anemia .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Malaria: Doctors worried over iron guidelines for children (AFP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?19005"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?19005</id>
    <updated>2006-01-12 19:28:40</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - UN recommendations that infants be systematically given iron and folic acid supplements in populations where there is high incidence of anaemia could be dangerous in zones where  malaria  is widespread, a study says.  ]]></summary>
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