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Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease?
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Malaria-infected Red Blood Cell NIAID (CC BY 2.0) Having stamped out a number of tropical diseases – including malaria – decades ago, is America today complacent about a rising wave of infectious disease? One rainy Friday morning in March 2015, Dr...
WASHplus Weekly: Focus on WASH-related disesases
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Issue 135 February 21, 2014 | Focus on WASH-Related Diseases This issue contains recent studies and reports on several WASH-related diseases: neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), malnutrition, cholera, diarrhea, fluorosis, and malaria...
2015 Nobel Prize: Physiology or Medicine
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It is once again the time of year when the Nobel Prizes are awarded, and so each day this week we will be hearing about an award for one specific category. The roadmap is as follows: Mon 5 Oct – Physiology or Medicine Tues 6 Oct – Physics Wed 7 Oct...
Beware, no malaria case is ‘ordinary’
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Solaade Ayo-Aderele Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. According to the Director, Centre for Malaria Care, University of Ilorin Teaching...
When Good Is Not Good Enough
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By Bill Shore, Darell Hammond, & Amy Celep Many of the fastest-growing nonprofit organizations begin with well-intentioned interventions and relatively naive ideas about the magnitude and complexity of the problems they aim to solve. Share Our Strength...