Cambodia is moving towards eliminating malaria. According to the WHO World Malaria Report, less than 100 deaths were attributable to malaria in 2012 (World Malaria Report 2013).
The opening ceremony for the 20th International AIDS Conference took place in Melbourne on Sunday, but rather than it be a celebration, the program served as a memorial to the colleagues missing from the week-long event.
GhentUniversity and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, both in Belgium, have a long standing collaboration with Vietnamese partners of different research institutes in various fields of parasitology and zoonosis research. They are also involved in regional and international collaborations and meetings on these issues, such as ongoing anthelmintic efficacy studies in Vietnam
MAE SOT, Thailand -- MALARIA is a seasonal disease; with tropical rains come the fevers. In the news media, malaria is also seasonal. Every spring around World Malaria Day we hear about its devastating effects, including deaths in the hundreds of thousands. This year the reports were encouraging: Infections have been reduced and many lives saved. In May, researchers reported in Science that yet another potential malaria vaccine may be around the corner. Malaria seems to be on the retreat.
About 3.4 billion people - half of the world's population - are at risk of malaria. In 2012, there were about 207 million malaria cases (with an uncertainty range of 135 million to 287 million) and an estimated 627 000 malaria deaths (with an uncertainty range of 473 000 to 789 000). Increased prevention and control measures have led to a reduction in malaria mortality rates by 42% globally since 2000 and by 49% in the WHO African Region.
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