Archive for April, 2009
Today is World Malaria Day.
Many more people are aware of this fact in 2009 with the increase in advocacy, particularly in the Western world. Some would say malaria is now “hip”. For others, that’s as much a cause for concern as it is for celebration. In any case I’ll certainly take a minute today to [...]
Launch of the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria
2 Comments Published by naman April 18th, 2009 in Delivery, TreatmentToday, the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria was unveiled in Norway (great NY Times piece) with an initial $225 million. The subsidy program aims to increase the availability of affordable artemisinin combination therapies (ACT) – the recommended first line treatments for malaria – through private drug shops. Many people in some countries self-treat with antimalarials [...]
Student innovation in low cost diagnostics
2 Comments Published by naman April 6th, 2009 in DiagnosisMy brother is amazing. For his senior design project as a biomedical engineer, he is developing an inexpensive platform for the diagnosis of infectious diseases (covered by the News & Observer). Pavak sought out technical and business development experts, put together a great team of students, and spent countless hours building an imaging cytometer – [...]
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- Advocacy (8)
- Blogroll (4)
- Book review (1)
- Climate (2)
- Communication (11)
- Delivery (4)
- Diagnosis (5)
- Drug resistance (8)
- Heroes (2)
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