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The Many Faces of Malaria – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

Posted in International Medical Foundation, tagged , , on August 19, 2010 | Comments Off

The New York Times has re-posted an interesting set of award winning pictures by Adam Nadel which capture the stories, science, and sprawl of Malaria. (image 2 shows the magnified head of a mosquito, stunning) The Many Faces of Malaria – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com.

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Could selling cheap malaria drugs in private stores harm children’s health?

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, tagged , , on August 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »

There’s growing debate about the provision of ACTs, the artemisinin combination therapies, that are so effective in the treatment of Malaria. Some, most notably The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm), are keen that such treatments become more readily available and accessible to the poor. One would think that such an aim is a good one, a [...]

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WHO: 10 facts about Malaria

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Foundation, tagged on August 2, 2010 | Comments Off

Those of you who have followed Dr. Richard’s posts from his time in Lira will know that malaria is a huge problem in that part of Uganda. The WHO has published the following 10 facts about Malaria on its website here… Fact 1 Malaria is a disease which can be transmitted to people of all [...]

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Richard Feinmann on malaria in Lira, Uganda

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, International Medical Group, Volunteers, tagged , on June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I am re-posting a recent update from Dr. Richard about Malaria, from the BMJ Blog here http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2010/05/25/richard-feinmann-on-malaria-in-lira-uganda/ >>> Working as a doctor in Northern Uganda I wonder where to start with healthcare. Since 75% of diseases in Uganda are preventable and since there are very few health workers and little money, especially in a country [...]

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Fighting Malaria in Lira: Gloria Mercy

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Patients, Volunteers, tagged , on May 24, 2010 | Comments Off

Assimwe Gloria Mercy was admitted onto our in-patient ward at Charis-IMC. She is two and really sick with a temperature of 39.5 degrees and very unhappy. She has 4+ malaria and will be treated with i/v quinine. She will get better but we need to develop a programme to try and prevent these admissions. Malaria [...]

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Fighting Malaria in Lira: Ronald

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Patients, Volunteers, tagged , on May 24, 2010 | Comments Off

Dr. Richard sends this report from Charis-IMC, our Health Centre in Lira, north Uganda. >>> Kisembo Ronald age 10, was admitted with bad malaria (we grade it +, ++, +++ and ++++ according to the number of Plasmodium Falciparum parasites in the blood film) Ronald was a 4+ with over 100 parasites per high power [...]

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Bill Gates Speaks (on TED) About Fighting Malaria

Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged , , on April 27, 2010 | Comments Off

I recommend that you watch at least the first 8 minutes of this video in which Bill Gates speaks about how his foundation is helping to fight malaria and why that is so important. He manages to get across a very serious message in a fun way. He says: As recently as 1960, 110 million [...]

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World Malaria Day

Posted in International Medical Foundation, Suubi Trust, tagged on April 25, 2010 | Comments Off

Today, April 25th, is World Malaria Day 2010. About 3.3 billion people – half of the world’s population – are at risk of malaria. Every year, this leads to about 250 million malaria cases and nearly one million deaths. People living in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable. One in five (20%) of all [...]

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Uganda in double blow against malaria with local drugs

Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged , on April 5, 2010 | Comments Off

By MICHAEL WAKABI The EastAfrican There are 3 interesting articles in today’s “The EastAfrican” The World Health Organisation says half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria and an estimated 243 million cases led to an estimated 863,000 deaths in 2008. A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds while the disease shaves [...]

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180 Treated at Lira Clinic in September

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, tagged , , on November 3, 2008 | Comments Off

In September 180 people were able to get care at the Lira Clinic due to financial support from Suubi Trust. 86 of these patients were aged 18 and under. 38 were referred to the clinic by the staff at the Lira Primary School. Most of the patients seen had malaria. It is becoming evident that [...]

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