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Funding cuts put 3.4 million TB patients at risk: NGOs

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 09:12

A $1.7 billion funding shortfall to fight tuberculosis (TB) over the next five years means 3.4 million patients will go untreated and gains made against the disease will be reversed, three non-governmental (NGO) agencies said on Friday.

China reports 900,000 TB cases in 2011

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 10:57

Around 900,000 cases of tuberculosis were discovered and treated in China in 2011, the health ministry said.

Mobile phone SMS could be used for malaria control in Africa

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 11:16

Dejan Zurovac and colleagues from the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya described six areas where text messaging could improve the delivery of health services and health outcomes in malaria in Africa.

Coal, wood burning kills more people than malaria

Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 15:32

Burning coal, wood or charcoal for cooking kills two million people worldwide, each year - more than malaria - thanks to severe respiratory diseases this causes through indoor pollution, warns an expert.

Malaria kills 45 times more in India than current estimates

Last Updated: Friday, February 3, 2012, 17:30

Deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in India could be more than 45 times higher than what is currently estimated.

Fake anti-malaria drugs put millions at risk

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 15:17

Fake and substandard anti-malarial drugs are being circulated in worst-hit areas of Africa, putting millions of lives at risks.

Anti-malaria drug produced from tobacco plants

Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2012, 11:34

Researchers have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce the anti-malaria drug, Artemisinin.

Malaria battle opened Cheryl Cole’s eyes to healthy living

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 08:25

Cheryl Cole insists that malaria did benefit her as it made her focus more on the important things in life.

Cheryl Cole told to put on weight by docs after malaria scare

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 20:58

Cheryl Cole has revealed that she was told to put on weight by her doctors after she was struck with malaria last year.

Kids under 2 most vulnerable to malaria

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 14:02

Young children under the age of two are the most vulnerable.

Malaria: The mosquito-borne killer

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 09:56

Almost half the world`s population -- or 3.3 billion people -- are at risk of malaria.

Soon, genetically modified mosquitoes to curb malaria

Last Updated: Monday, May 2, 2011, 13:13

Genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria developed.