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Magic Glasses Cartoon Halved Worm Infections In Chinese Schoolchildren

Magic Glasses Cartoon Halved Worm Infections In Chinese Schoolchildren

Researchers in China and Australia have reported huge success with a cartoon DVD promoting hygiene across rural China.

April 29, 2013
Ocean Temperatures Give Early Warning Of Indian Malaria

Ocean Temperatures Give Early Warning Of Indian Malaria

Researchers have developed a model that allows malaria epidemics in arid northwest India to be predicted four months in advance.

March 4, 2013
WHO Prequalifies Indian Malaria Drug

WHO Prequalifies Indian Malaria Drug

A new artemisinin-based malaria drug produced by Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has been prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO).

October 15, 2012
Rare Amoebic Infection Causes Eight Deaths In Pakistan

Rare Amoebic Infection Causes Eight Deaths In Pakistan

Naegleria fowleri, a rare water borne amoebic parasite, has killed eight people in Karachi, Pakistan.

July 23, 2012
Artemisinin-Resistant Malarial Strains Emerge On Thai-Myanmar border

Artemisinin-Resistant Malarial Strains Emerge On Thai-Myanmar border

Two studies published in The Lancet and Science last week show a worrying increase in resistance of the malaria parasite at the Thai-Myanmar border.

April 9, 2012