Headlines AfricaNew malaria drug brings hope for infants in Uganda http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMb4CD #Malaria #InfantHealth #Uganda #CoartemBaby #RiametBaby
Kleiner Kalender20. Aug: Der Welt-Moskito-Tag gedenkt der Entdeckung von 1897, dass #Moskitos #Malaria übertragen können. https://www.kleiner-kalender.de/106249 #WeltMoskitoTag
joboDer #Tag der #Mücke findet jährlich am 20.August statt und erinnert an eine #Entdeckung des #britischen #Arztes Sir Ronald #Ross aus dem Jahr 1897. Er fand heraus, dass #weibliche Mücken #Malaria zwischen #Menschen übertragen können. 1902 bekam Ross den #Nobelpreis für #Medizin zuerkannt. Seit dem Anfang der #1930er Jahren wird der #internationale Tag der Mücke von der #Londoner #Hygiene- und #Tropenmedizinhochschule mit #Events wie #Ausstelllungen und #Partys gefeiert.
Johns Hopkins MalariaIn Kwale, in Kenya, where bed nets alone can’t stop #malaria, researchers are testing #ivermectin, a ‘wonder drug’ commonly used to treat parasitic infections that can also kill mosquitoes 🦟🎙️
Africa: How Africa's Ancient Enemy - Malaria - May Have Influenced COVID-19 Severity: [allAfrica] Cape Town -- When COVID-19 swept the globe in early 2020, health experts braced for devastation in Africa. The continent's healthcare systems, already stretched thin by endemic diseases like malaria, seemed ill-equipped to handle a new pandemic. Yet as the virus spread, a puzzling pattern emerged - many African countries… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMYmzC #Africa #COVID19 #Malaria #HealthCare #Pandemic
Gabriele PollaraI think someone accidentally copied and pasted "Manuscript title:" into the title field! 🤭
(also quite an interesting #malaria immunology study!)
#IDSky #ClinMicro #medsky #immunosky #AcademicSky
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🔴 Más de 600.000 #muertesanuales por #malaria recuerdan la urgencia de actuar.
🟠 Article a @FRANCE24:
https://www.france24.com/es/la-selecci%C3%B3n-de-arte-en-espa%C3%B1ol/20250804-kenia-la-guerra-contra-los-mosquitos
🟠 Copiat d'#ISGlobal
🦟 En algunas regiones de #Kenia, la #malaria está resurgiendo con fuerza. Los #mosquitos se han vuelto más resistentes y adaptables, y ahora pueden evadir las medidas clásicas de prevención.
💡 Este fenómeno representa un serio desafío para la #SaludPública y exige nuevas estrategias basadas en innovación, vigilancia y colaboración científica internacional.
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Jason Yip“The #UnitedStates helped beat back #malaria in #Guinea. Now, the disease is set to soar.” https://www.science.org/content/article/guinea-united-states-helped-beat-back-malaria-now-disease-set-soar
Auscandoc“The BOHEMIA trial, the largest study on ivermectin for malaria to date, showed a 26% reduction in new malaria infection on top of existing bed nets, providing strong evidence of ivermectin’s potential as a complementary tool in #malaria control.”