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Controlling a disease as entrenched as malaria, which kills over one million people a year is an enormous challenge. New policies, strategies and solutions are urgently needed.
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Opinions and Analysis
Back to basics for malaria research
Funding agencies and donors hoping to tackle malaria must commit more to basic research, says Nature.
13 October 2008
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Source: Nature
Africa must prepare now for malaria vaccine
African countries must set money aside for malaria vaccines now, and hire business leaders to run control programmes, says Tom Egwang.
Malaria cannot be halted on its own
5 August 2008
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Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Policy Briefs
Malaria vaccines: research problems and priorities
Despite the urgent need for a malaria vaccine, progress in developing one has been slow and scientists do not always agree on the best way forward. This policy brief outlines the current status of malaria vaccine research.
4 November 2005
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Treating malaria with artemisinin combinations: challenges for policymakers
An outline of the opportunities and challenges in large-scale use of artemisinin combination therapies to treat malaria.
1 November 2005
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News and Features
Malaria spreading on Bolivian high plains
Scientists' predictions that malaria would worsen on Bolivia's altiplano may be coming true.
Obama 'should double global health spending'
The US Institute of Medicine says global health — and health research — should become central to US foreign policy.
