News and Media - 2009 Archive
December 2009
Zambia: 2009 in review: Anti-malaria drive pays off
Doreen Nawa Gethsemane Mwizabi, Times of Zambia, December 21, 2009
Scientists use cell phone records to predict spread of malaria
Aaron Hoover, University of Florida News, December 16, 2009
Malaria progress shows development aid for health works
World Health Organization, Press Release, December 15, 2009
Congress passes malaria funding
Ben Brophy, Malaria Policy Center, December 14, 2009
Saving lives with SMS for Life
PR Newswire, December 14, 2009
Carter Center works to eradicate malaria in Haiti, Dominican Republic
Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America, December 9, 2009
Botswana and Namibia seal health deal
Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), December 7, 2009
November 2009
Advances in tropical medicine and global health highlighted at ASTMH event
Paul Chinnock, TropIKA.net, November 25, 2009
Working together to combat malaria
Solomon Star, November 23, 2009
Malaria experts call on U.S. Government to increase support for research and development
Marin2008, PR-CANADA.NET, November 20, 2009
Botswana government reintroduces DDT to eradicate malaria
Maranyane Gwanaamotho, The Zimbabwean, November 19, 2009
Winning the fight against malaria one nation at a time [audio available]
Jim Middleton interviewing Sir Richard Feachem, Radio Australia, November 19, 2009
Biomed Analysis: To control or eradicate malaria?
Priya Shetty, Science and Development Network blog, November 18, 2009
Seven million dollars to fight malaria
The Honorable Stephen Smith MP with Nicola Roxon MP, Joint Press Release, November 16, 2009
In a malaria hot spot, resistance to a key drug
Christopher Shay, TIME, November 14, 2009
SADC seeks malaria elimination
Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), November 10, 2009
Kenya government hopeful it can eliminate malaria by 2017
David Njagi, AllAfrica.com, November 9, 2009
China adopts “malaria diplomacy” as part of Africa push
Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters, November 5, 2009
Need for biomedical research in malaria eradication
Newspost Online, November 5, 2009
Transmission-blocking vaccines push towards eradication
Priya Shetty, TropIKA, November 5, 2009
Malaria conference begins in Nairobi, will highlight outlook for experimental malaria vaccine
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, November 2, 2009
October 2009
Malaria Elimination and Eradication: Starting as We Mean to Continue
Richard Feachem, Expert Blog, Malaria World, October 30, 2009
Global Fund grant helps put bednets in every home in Nigeria
The Global Fund, Press Release, October 23, 2009
Malaria parasite’s resistance to top drug grows
Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters, Hong Kong, October 23, 2009
Africa gets $110 million to fight malaria
Shuaib Shuaib, Leadership Nigeria, October 21, 2009
Imagine something more, to end malaria
Linda Bloom, Relief Web, October 17, 2009
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter seeks to eliminate malaria in Hispaniola
Greg Bluestein, Associated Press, October 7, 2009
September 2009
Africa launches ambitious initiative against malaria
Scott Stearns, Voice of America News, September 24, 2009
Malaria under control in Botswana
Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), September 17, 2009
Mixed news on malaria
Paul Chinnok, TropIKA.net, September 10, 2009
Malaria in Sao Tome and Principe: Challenges in the final push to eradicate malaria
Mercedes Sayagues, Reuters and AlertNet, September 1, 2009
August 2009
U.S. Government to supply 80% of Angola’s malaria medicines to assist in malaria elimination efforts
ANGOP (Agencia AngolaPress), August 25, 2009
U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Roger Wicker launch Senate working group on malaria
Senator Russ Feingold, August 6, 2009
June 2009
WHO announces Dr. Robert D. Newman as the new director of the Global Malaria Program
Ben Brophy, Malaria Policy Center, June 17, 2009
Charting malaria’s demise
Eliza Barclay, Global Health Magazine, Summer Issue
May 2009
Seize the opportunity to shrink the malaria map
Express 2/09 Newsletter, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, May 2009
April 2009
Can malaria deaths be eradicated by 2015?
Anouk Lorie, CNNhealth.com, Friday, April 24, 2009
Combating Malaria - Financial Times (London) special report
Friday, April 24, 2009
Goal of eliminating malaria in sights – experts
Jonathan Lynn, Reuters, April 24, 2009
Target: Malaria
Op-ed by Peter Chernin, Wall Street Journal Online, Friday, April 24, 2009
Subsidy plan seeks to cut malaria drug cost
Donald G. McNeil, Jr., The New York Times, April 17, 2009
