topnaman | Malaria blog

We’ve talked about the looming threat of artemisinin-resistant malaria and its spread before (here and here). Well the Gates Foundation funded containment project for the P. falciparum strains along the Thai-Cambodia border has a blog. And it looks terrific – from vivid photos, an interview with Dr Wichai Satimai (director of the Thai Bureau of [...]

19, and counting, excellent malaria posts (one previously discussed here). Dr Knols asks tough questions and we’ve both touched on hot topics from King Tut, military antimalarials, Fred Soper, DDT, counterfeit medicines, Chinese efforts in the Comoros, to science press releases.

Malaria articles on Karen Grepin’s blog – while only a few malaria dedicated blogs exist, some development and health blogs have a nice collection of posts including this one. Assessment of malaria elimination in Zanzibar (old news) – even with a balanced outlook will it guide future actions – or are those predetermined by who’s [...]

Sonia Shah (no relation, check out her blog though) does not mince words. The author of a malaria history book, The Fever, wrote a scathing critique on the ridiculous anti-mosquito laser system and those who promote it  (thanks Russell/Sanjay). I did see the ‘mosquito death ray’ invention a few months ago when it hit the [...]

Need to stay up to date on malaria research? MalariaWorld is a site which consolidates and summarizes recent papers. They also have a blog and a useful list of malaria related job openings and graduate research positions.

I really have to hand it to Paul Chinnock and his team at Tropika. Paul has turned the site into what I think is the best source of groundbreaking and offbeat  malaria news on the web (the site covers tropical diseases in general). I like his editorial input as well – he’s not afraid delve [...]