Kaiser-Malaria
News summaries on malaria from the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report.
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WHO's Updated Malaria Guidelines Include Rapid Diagnosis, New ACT
The WHO on Tuesday released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, which recommend "parasitological testing before treatment begins" and add "a new artemisinin based combination treatment [ACT] to the list of prescribed drugs," BMJ News reports. According to BMJ News, WHO's guidelines are "expected to enhance earlier and accurate diagnosis, halt the emergence of drug resistance, and reduce the use of unnecessary treatment" (Zarocostas, 3/9).
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UNAIDS Director Cautions Against Funding Cuts To Global Fund
During an appeal to government and private donors to pledge money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe warned of the repercussions tightening budgets could play in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the Associated Press reports. "An estimated 94 percent of patients on anti-retroviral treatment in Africa count on external donor funds to provide their medications, Sidibe said,' according to the news service. "If we stop now, if we reduce the financing, the people who are on treatment today ... we will transform their hope for universal access into a universal nightmare, because they will start dying," Sidibe told the AP.
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Opinions: Don't Slow Fight Against HIV, TB, Malaria; U.S. Focus On Women, Girls
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CDC Confirms 11 Malaria Cases In People Who Traveled To Haiti
The CDC on Thursday said it confirmed that 11 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria "among emergency personnel and Haitian residents who traveled to the U.S.," the Miami Herald reports. "The cases include: seven emergency responders, including six military personnel; three Haitian residents who traveled to the U.S., including one Haitian adoptee; and one U.S. traveler," the newspaper writes (Tasker, 3/5).
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Joint Chiefs Chair Visits Haiti To Examine Aid Response
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mike Mullen, who is President Barack Obama's top military adviser, visited Haiti over the weekend to examine relief and rebuilding efforts and meet with local leaders, Agence France-Presse reports. It was his first visit to the country after the earthquake.
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News Outlets Examine Electricity, Customs Hurdles For Foreign Aid, Potential Malaria Increase In Haiti
Since a major earthquake hit Haiti last month, "power has returned to nearly half" of the neighborhoods around Port-au-Prince, but the rebuilding of the country's power system "is starting almost from scratch," the Associated Press/New York Times write in an article examining the prospects for Haiti's electric utility.
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