Australia Malaria Articles

Australia Malaria News : Malaria and dengue: The sting in climate change
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:40:25 GMT
SYDNEY — Southeast Asia and South Pacific island nations face a growing threat from malaria and dengue fever as climate change spreads mosquitoes that carry the diseases and climate-change refugees start to migrate.

Australia Malaria News : Dengue: A battle almost lost
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:00 GMT
Delhi stalls and stammers as world demands to know what is being done to fight the dengue crisis ahead of Games.

Australia Malaria News : Pakistan update
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:31:40 GMT
Aid agencies in Pakistan are being frustrated in their efforts to help 20 million people affected by floods. Agencies estimate only about 20% have been reached and given food, water and medical help. They say there are also now fears of an outbreak of serious diseases like cholera and malaria -- adding to the millions of cases of skin infections and diarhoea. Adding to the tragedy, agencies say ...

Methylphenidate facilitates recovery from drug addiction
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:22 GMT
A brain-scanning study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducted with collaborators from Stony Brook University, reveals that an oral dose of methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, improves impaired brain function and enhances cognitive performance in people who are addicted to cocaine.

The Daily Dose: Superbug Hits Japan, Magic Mushrooms and Fancy Sneaker Smackdown
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:31:57 GMT
Custom Running Shoes Don't Lower Injury Risk: Sporting goods stores that evaluate foot shape to help customers buy running shoes may have it wrong. A study of Marine recruits who had running shoes customized to their arch heights showed that nice shoes didn't lower the instance of injury during basic training. End-of-Life Anxiety Eased by [...]

Disaster workers caught in publicity paradox
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:53:40 GMT
Aid agencies and media help each other tell stories in emergencies. We share information – it's a symbiotic relationship. But the way we tell stories is different.

Dengue’s human cost
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:52:54 GMT
What is the State’s responsibility?: Around 192 people had died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months of this year, it was reported. The total number of infected people is over 26,824 and there can be no doubt that the entire population of Sri Lanka is in danger.

Cheryl Cole wants Derek Hough as X Factor mentor
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:32:44 GMT
CHERYL Cole wants new man Derek Hough by her side... as a fellow mentor on The X Factor.

Delivering them from poverty
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:20:04 GMT
About 1700 teachers, healers and advocates for the poor, the victims of inequity and discrimination, assembled for the biggest UN event ever held in Australia.

Media Release: Highcroft News - September 3
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:14:44 GMT
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Canadian officials aware of dengue threat
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:04:00 GMT
The pesky mosquito could be Canada's biggest adversary at next month's Commonwealth Games.

Commitments To Global HIV/AIDS Programs Falter For 'First Time In 15 Years,' UNAIDS Chief Says
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:14:32 GMT
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "said Thursday that global contributions to fighting [HIV/AIDS] are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times," Agence France-Presse reports. "The world economic recession is pushing countries ... to enforce austerity," Sidibe said during a press conference in Tokyo during which he called upon Japan to maintain its support for ...

Canadian medical officials for New Delhi aware of dengue fever threat
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:13:32 GMT
The pesky mosquito could be Canada's biggest adversary at next month's Commonwealth Games. A month from the opening of India's largest multi-sports event, Games organizers are dealing with one of the worst outbreaks of the dengue fever in New Delhi in years.

Highcroft Racing newsletter 2010-09-03
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:28:59 GMT
You would think after four race meetings in four weeks, Patr?n Highcroft Racing boss Duncan Dayton would be looking for a weekend off.

Commitments to global HIV/AIDS programs falter for 'first time in 15 years,' UNAIDS chief says
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:57:52 GMT
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "said Thursday that global contributions to fighting [HIV/AIDS] are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times," Agence France-Presse reports.

Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global Warming
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:02 GMT
Tropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second.

UN urges nations to increase HIV/AIDS funding
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:33:11 GMT
New York, Sep 2 : The head of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has reiterated the need for the international community to provide an additional $10 billion to help countries achieve their targets for making AIDS prevention, treatment and care programmes universally available.

Call To Increase Funding To Combat HIV/AIDS
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:14:15 GMT
The head of the UN Programme on HIV/AIDS has reiterated the need for the international community to provide an extra $10 billion to help countries achieve their targets for making AIDS prevention, treatment and care programmes universally available.

Millennium Development Goals Largely Off-Track
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:44:05 GMT
Millennium Development Goals moral imperative, but largely off-track for poorest, least politically powerful people. Achieving Millennium Development Goals would cost less than one-tenth of annual global military spending, roundtable told

Abbott RealTime HBV assay receives marketing approval from FDA
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:57:54 GMT
Abbott announced today it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the Abbott RealTime HBV assay for measuring viral load or the amount of hepatitis B virus in a patient's blood. It is the first and only approved test capable of automating HBV viral load testing from sample extraction to final results.

Politics is killing the world's children
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:53:55 GMT
The tragic, preventable deaths of 9 million children every year is one of the world's largest problems, and this week it has landed on Melbourne's doorstep, where a UN health conference is under way at the Melbourne Conference Centre.

EXCLUSIVE: U.N. to Dish $290M for N. Korea Aid
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:15:17 GMT
As the xenophobic North Korean regime of Kim Jong Il appears to be inching toward a murky transition of power, the United Nations is laying plans to spend more than $290 million on a welter of programs in the communist state—including a scheme to produce an algae sold in the U.S. as tropical fish food--provided someone else comes up with much of the money.

Freeze Pakistan's debt: UN summit
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:19:13 GMT
Charities from around the world have used a Melbourne conference to call for a freeze on Pakistan's national debt, to help millions of flood victims.

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