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MVI's mission is to accelerate the development of promising malaria vaccine candidates and ensure their availability and accessibility for the developing world.
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Malaria and Health : A resource for travel medicine health professionals and the public. Provides an overview of the disease, endemic areas, prevention measures including drug prophylaxis as well as links to other malaria and tropical medicine sites.
Leiden Malaria Research Group : Malaria research in the Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands). Detailed description of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei, one of the four rodent parasites that infect African murine rodents.
Malaria Consortium : An international non-profit organization with the aim of improving disease control at global, regional and local levels. Includes details of activities in Uganda and Ghana. Head office in London, UK.
Health Link MCW : An article concerning Malarone, a new malaria medication with fewer side-effects.
Impact Malaria : An information database specially dedicated to healthcare professionals and the general public. Find scientific news and events, informations in real time about the fight against this disorder, and training tools for healthcare professionals.
Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4) : Provides a central source of quality controlled malaria-related reagents and information to the international malaria research community
Manuel Patarroyo - Third World Traveler : Information about the Colombian researcher and developer of the malaria vaccine.
The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute : Outlines current research into a vaccine, with background details of the disease, FAQ, and details of other research projects.
The European Malaria Vaccine Initiative : Established in 1998 by the European Commission and interested European Union Member States, in order to address identified structural deficiencies in public funded malaria vaccine development. News, calls, meetings, organization, and links.
Roll Back Malaria : Global Partnership hosted by the World Health Organization enabling countries to take effective, sustainable action against malaria, focusing on prompt access to effective treatment, prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy, promotion of insecticide-treated mosquito nets as a means of prevention, and anti-malaria strategies for emergency and epidemic situations.
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Approval Expanded for Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has expanded approval for Tykerb (lapatinib) to include
postmenopausal women with hormone- and HER2-positive advanced breast
cancer who require hormone therapy. |
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New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and
all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu,
according to updated guidelines on childhood and teen vaccines. |
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Nearly 5 Million Doses of Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 5 million doses of
a nasal spray version of swine flu vaccine have been recalled because the
vaccine loses some potency over time, but not enough to diminish its
protective effect, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday. |
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