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Controlling a disease as entrenched as malaria, which kills over one million people a year is an enormous challenge. New policies, strategies and solutions are urgently needed.
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Biomed Analysis: To control or eradicate malaria?
Some scientists worry that renewed enthusiasm for malaria eradication could distract from vital control efforts, says Priya Shetty.
Get the science straight on climate change and disease
Climate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.
Policies to reduce malaria regardless of climate change
Policies to combat malaria are needed regardless of climate change, which has a far smaller impact on the disease than human activity.
9 September 2009
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Source: Sustainable Development Network
Reducing the adverse health effects of climate change
Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental conditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.
9 September 2009
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Source: The Bulletin of the WHO
Kenya hopeful it can eliminate malaria
Kenya believes it can eliminate malaria by 2017 but admits that there is a long road of funding and capacity building ahead.
9 November 2009
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Malaria vaccine strategy aims for eradication
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.
6 November 2009
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Source: Nature
6 November 2009
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Source: IRIN