Former president wants to wipe out Guinea worm or dracunculiasis, a crippling and painful parasitic disease that now exists only in four African countries.unculiasis is a crippling and painful parasitic disease that now exists only in four African countries.
african countriesJimmy Carter pleads for help against guinea wormNYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News Wed, 10/05/2011 - 10:27
The malaria mosquito is disappearing -- but it is not just good ...EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases Wed, 08/24/2011 - 22:00
(University of Copenhagen) The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly, shows new research from a Danish-Tanzanian research group. Child mortality rates up in Africa despite UN pushHeadlines from the Associated Press Tue, 06/22/2010 - 07:06
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A new report on the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals says 10 African countries have halved their poverty rates but that child mortality has increased in six sub-Saharan nations.... Tags:
Study: Health aid made some countries cut budgetsHeadlines from the Associated Press Fri, 04/09/2010 - 05:30
LONDON (AP) -- After getting millions of dollars to fight AIDS, some African countries responded by slashing their health budgets, new research says.... Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fearsHeadlines from the Associated Press Mon, 02/08/2010 - 08:01
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.... |
