News and Media
July 2010
Nets, mobility and universal coverage
Bill Brieger, malariafreefuture.org, July 31, 2010
Philippines: Bordering areas unite vs malaria
Sun.Star, July 29, 2010
The link between tax reform and malaria
Te-Ping Chen, Global Poverty, July 27, 2010
Two African countries on the road to eradicating malaria
Afrique en ligne, July 23, 2010
Malaria: The 500,000-year-old ‘fever’ that won’t die
wbur.org/npr, July 20, 2010
Proactive testing to prevent spread of malaria in Indonesia
Edward Carwardine, UNICEF, July 16, 2010
Scientists create a mosquito that’s ‘malaria proof’
Eric Bland, Science on MSNBC, July 15, 2010
The tenacious buzz of malaria
Sonia Shah, The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2010
Humans first acquired malaria parasites 2.5 million years ago
InfoZine, July 9, 2010
Why can’t we rid the world of malaria?
Mark Honigsbaum, Telegraph.co.uk, July 8, 2010
Who controls malaria control?
Awa-Marie Coll-Seck, Nature, July 7, 2010
Dengue, not malaria, is Sri Lanka’s most serious mosquito-borne disease
Paul Chinnock, TropIKA, July 6, 2010
Eradication campaigns – past and present
Malaria Matters, Global Post, July 5, 2010
June 2010
Disease elimination: when is it a realistic prospect?
Paul Chinnock, TropIKA.net, June 28, 2010
Efforts to contain drug-resistant malaria near Thai-Cambodian border appear to be working
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, June 28, 2010
Sri Lanka: complete malaria eradication by 2015
Daily News, June 28, 2010
Is demand for organic cotton contributing to malaria in Africa?
Courtni Vecchiarelli, Justmeans.com, June 27, 2010
Can Zanzibar eliminate malaria? Only the health ministry can decide
Paul Chinnock, TropIKA.net, June 25, 2010
Human migration maps reveal global flow of malaria
SciDev.net, June 25, 2010
Comprehensive, integrated and hopefully not neglected
Malaria Matters, Global Post, June 19, 2010
Malaria drug resistance widening
The Australian Associated Press, June 18, 2010
Morocco certified malaria free
Ted Purlain, Vaccine News Daily.com, June 16, 2010
United States increases to $32 million assistance to fight malaria
ANGOP, June 16, 2010
New infectious diseases a challenge to MDG success
Neena Bhandari, InterPress Service, June 11, 2010
Battling a scourge
Alex Perry, TIME, June 10, 2010
Some hopeful signs in the War on Malaria, but a long way to go
Joseph Treaster, The Huffington Post, June 9, 2010
Australian scientists find treatment to block malaria mosquito infection
Lin Li, English.news.cn, June 3, 2010
Drug resistance: malaria treatment methods to change
The Times of India, June 3, 2010
How I removed malaria from 12.6 km2 of Sudan
Bart Knols, Th!nkAboutIt, June 2, 2010
May 2010
Tools, tools, tools…but what about strategy?
Bart Knols, Malaria World, May 30, 2010
The man who saved Brazil
Bart Knols, Th!nkaboutit, May 27, 2010
Azerbaijani and Georgian doctors conduct actions against malaria in border regions
Trend, May 25, 2010
Strategy to eliminate malaria by 2019
Sadeq Al-Wesabi, Zawya, May 25, 2010
Malaria team reports success in Brisbane
Solomon Star, May 21, 2010
Chemical sweep yields hope in malaria battle
France 24, May 20, 2010
Climate change is ‘distraction’ on malaria spread
Richard Black, BBC News, May 20, 2010
Don’t sweat it
The Economist online, May 19, 2010
Scientists: malaria control to overcome disease’s spread as climate warms
Aaron Hoover, University of Florida News, May 19, 2010
Malaria cases said to be declining
Solomon Times Online, May 17, 2010
WHO: Strengthen surveillance at the regional level to eliminate malaria
Trixie Carter, Solomon Star, May 17, 2010
Science Special Issue reports on malaria
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, May 14, 2010
Targeting malaria hotspots
Emerging Health Threats Forum, May 14, 2010
In Africa, mosquito nets go unused
Sonia Shah, Winnipeg Free Press, May 13, 2010
Zim’s malaria time bomb
Claire Keeton, Times Live, May 9, 2010
Beating malaria without using DDT
Cesar Chelala, The WIP, May 4, 2010
Local malaria team to attend summit
Solomon Star, May 1, 2010
April 2010
Tulane researchers call for eliminating malaria in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Science Blog, April 28, 2010
News outlets continue malaria coverage
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, April 27, 2010
New malaria fellowship program launched
The University of Queensland News, April 27, 2010
Holding the line in battle against malaria
Richard Tren and Donald Roberts, Business Day, April 26, 2010
Vanuatu and Solomon Islands reduces malaria by half
Radio Australia, April 26, 2010
Winning the war against malaria
Alex Ellgee, The Irrawaddy, April 24, 2010
President’s Malaria Initiative releases 6-year malaria strategy
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, April 23, 2010
WHO: More funds needed to tackle malaria
Sifynews, April 23, 2010
WHO reaffirms support to Gambia’s anti-malaria fight
Modou Baldeh, Today, April 23, 2010
Optimism grows as target is in sight
Andrew Jack, Financial Times, April 22, 2010
Ghana said to be at control stage of malaria program
Ghana Business News, April 21, 2010
Eritrea: Strenuous endeavors underway to put malaria under total control
AllAfrica.com, April 20, 2010
Report details progress in fighting malaria in Africa
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, April 20, 2010
Nations work toward aim of zero malaria deaths by 2015
VOA News.com, April 19, 2010
Angola: Malaria cases dropped considerably
ANGOP, April 18, 2010
Short-circuiting malaria
Daniel Lyons, Newsweek, April 9, 2010
Nigeria: We’re recording gains against malaria
Charles Kumolu, AllAfrica.com, April 7, 2010
March 2010
Stopping malaria with a chastity belt
Judith Reitman, Miller-McCune, March 30, 2010
‘Super mosquitoes’ could fight malaria with a bite
Thair Shaikh, CNN, March 20, 2010
Report highlights gains in malaria fight, documents need for more funding
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, March 19, 2010
Health officials using World Cup to fight malaria
Scott Stearns, VOA News.com, March 17, 2010
Workshop on upgrading of national strategy for malaria control launched – Yemen
Yemen News Agency (Saba Net), March 14, 2010
Ghana Malaria Control Program Manager calls on private sector to help bridge the ITN gap
Business Ghana, March 12, 2010
WHO’s updated malaria guidelines include rapid diagnosis, New ACT
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, March 10, 2010
Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund
Jonathan Lynn, Reuters, March 8, 2010
Why are experts worried about a possible new strain of drug-resistant malaria?
Thin Lei Win, AlertNet, March 8, 2010
Climate change one factor in malaria spread
Science Blog, March 2, 2010
February 2010
Final battle to eradicate remaining sting of malaria
The Sunday Times, February 28, 2010
Minister of Health: Malaria remains top public health challenge in Gambia
Afrique en ligne, February 25, 2010
Can we really eradicate malaria?
Sarah Boseley’s Global Health Blog, February 22, 2010
Malaria Eliminators of the Asia Pacific Meet in Sri Lanka
Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network, February 19, 2010
Malaria: a scourge as old as King Tut
John Noble Wilford, The New York Times, February 19, 2010
Where malaria still kills
Photos by Adam Nadel/Malaria Consortium, The New York Times
Tanzania: We can kick out malaria
Paul Owere, The Citizen, February 15, 2010
Pharmaceutical expert hails country’s malaria fight
Irene V. Nambi, AllAfrica.com, February 11, 2010
Abu Dhabi donates $25 million to fighting malaria
AFP, February 10, 2010
Big drop in malaria cases for Temotu
Solomon Times Online, February 10, 2010
Findings of poor quality malaria drugs in Africa add to artemisinin-resistance worries
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, February 9, 2010
Myanmar: WHO warns of tolerance to anti-malaria drug
IRIN News, February 4, 2010
Swaziland malaria control unit more than ready
Faith Vilakati, Swazi Observer, February 1, 2010
White House proposes 9% increase in global health funding
Betsy McKay, The Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2010
January 2010
United Arab Emirates keeps up guard against malaria
Matt Kwong, The National, January 31, 2010
Tanzania intensifies fight against malaria
Alvar Mwakyusa, ThisDay, January 25, 2010
New malaria vaccine described as “complementary”
Patrick Adams, TropIKA.net, January 20, 2010
Pharmaceutical company GSK increases its efforts to fight malaria
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, January 20, 2010
Media outlets examine efforts to develop malaria vaccines
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, January 19, 2010
Hopes for a new kind of malaria vaccine
Maia Szalavitz, TIME, January 15, 2010
Genetic mapping completed of plant that is the source of key antimalarial drug
Paul Chinnock, TropIKA.net, January 14, 2010
Malaria is still a big threat
Cosmas Butunyi, Daily Nation, January 3, 2010
