Malaria
- Monash University Department of Microbiology (Site) - Includes a Malaria database for scientists working in research.
- Malaria Database (Site) - Resources for scientists doing malaria research.
- DEET - Information from US Environmental Protection Agency (Site) - This page discusses EPA's actions concerning DEET, considered by many to be the most effective mosquito repellent currently available. Page also includes tips on how to use DEET products safely.
- Malaria Web Site (Site) - This site provides information on history, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, complications and control of malaria.
- Africa Malaria Day (Site) - Commemorated on 25th April every year. Presents details of planned events and co-ordination efforts, with campaign materials and reviews of previous years.
- MARA/AMRA Project Home Page (Site) - Mapping malaria risk in Africa.
- eMedicine Health - Malaria (Site) - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this infection of the blood.
- Health Care Information: Relapsing Malaria (Site) - It is possible to develop a relapsing type of malaria months to even years after traveling to a malaria infected country, even if you were taking the appropriate malaria medications to prevent the illness.
- Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership (Site) - Information on the global fight against malaria and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative. Includes fact sheets and details of current programs.
- Rotary Against Malaria (Site) - Information about malaria and the Rotary Club's anti-malaria project.
- Malaria Foundation International (Site) - Facilitates the development, education and implementation of solutions to the health, economic and social problems caused by malaria.
- HPA - Malaria Reference Laboratory (Site) - Guidelines for travellers for protection against malaria. From the UK Health Protection Agency, a non-departmental public body.
- South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing World (Site) - Policy analysis by the Cato Institute describes malaria control techniques, and recommends indoor residual spraying of DDT to reduce the overall disease burden, so that countries can afford to purchase expensive, but effective, new drugs to treat the remaining cases.
- Malaria Travel Information (Site) - A reference page containing links on information and advice regarding protection of international travellers against malaria .
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Site) - Presents an in-depth look at malaria.
- Malaria Links (Site) - A reference page containing links on malaria: diagnosis, treatment and control as well as links for advice regarding protection of travellers
- The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (Site) - Outlines current research into a vaccine, with background details of the disease, FAQ, and details of other research projects.
- Malaria and Health (Site) - 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.
- Wikipedia - Malaria (Site) - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the disease and its impacts, treatment, prevention and control.
- Health Link MCW (Site) - An article concerning Malarone, a new malaria medication with fewer side-effects.
- Ronald Ross and the Transmission of Malaria (Site) - An article pertaining to Ronald Ross, who in 1897 discovered malarial parasites in mosquitoes.
- NetMark: A Regional Partnership for Sustainable Malaria Prevention (Site) - Managed by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization. Goal is to make affordable, lifesaving insecticide-treated nets commercially available on a national scale in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia.
- Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4) (Site) - Provides a central source of quality controlled malaria-related reagents and information to the international malaria research community.
- Leiden Malaria Research Group (Site) - 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.
- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) (Site) - MMV is a nonprofit foundation created to discover, develop and deliver new, affordable antimalarial drugs through effective public-private partnerships.
- Antimalarial Drug Resistance and its Assessment (Site) - A website dedicated to drug resistance in malaria and to drug sensitivity assays. Its aim is to provide researchers with all information and software required for drug sensitivity testing.
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Malaria Centre (Site) - The LSHTM Malaria Centre facilitates malaria research both in the School and in malaria endemic areas, offers training in various aspects of malaria research and control and contributes to global efforts to control malaria infection.
- Preventing Malaria: Risk zones, Prevention and Treatment (Site) - This website is intended to help better inform travellers about malaria, the relative risks of infection, and the methods used to guard against it.
- Impact Malaria (Site) - An information database specially dedicated to healthcare professionals and the general public. Find scientific news and events, information about the fight against this disorder, and training tools for healthcare professionals.
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (Site) - Malaria research along the Thai-Burmese border. Includes location, publications, malaria task force, and photograph album.
- The European Malaria Vaccine Initiative (Site) - 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.
- MIMCom Malaria Research Resources (Site) - Communications working group of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, from the National Library of Medicine.
- Manuel Patarroyo - Third World Traveler (Site) - Information about the Colombian researcher and developer of the malaria vaccine.
- Anamed Malaria Programme (Site) - Numerous studies in tropical countries have demonstrated the potential of artemisia-based medicines. The Anamed coordination in Germany has committed itself to making hybrid seeds available, providing information about cultivation in the tropics, recording the effectiveness and side-effects, and publishing the results in the national languages of southern countries, as an aid to decision-making.
- Malaria Consortium (Site) - 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.
- MedlinePlus: Malaria (Site) - US National Institutes of Health directory of their collection of malaria-related documents
- WHO: Global Malaria Programme (Site) - Responsible for policy and strategy formulation, operations support and capacity development, and coordination of WHO's global efforts against the disease
- Airport Malaria : Jet-Setting Mosquitos Spread Disease (Site) - Since 1977, when the disease was first documented, 75 cases of airport malaria have been observed in western Europe. People may be infected by the bite of an anopheles mosquito during a flight or stopover, or while opening containers or luggage all over the airport area. People who live near an airport or whose road transport brings them into the vicinity may also be affected.
- Malaria News - Topix (Site) - Latest news stories from around the world.
- Malaria Vaccine Initiative (Site) - MVI's mission is to accelerate the development of promising malaria vaccine candidates and ensure their availability and accessibility for the developing world.
- Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (Site) - An alliance of organizations and individuals concerned with malaria. MIM aims to maximize the impact of scientific research against malaria in Africa, through promoting capacity building and facilitating global collaboration and coordination. MIM will hold the 3rd Pan-African Conference on Malaria in Arusha, Tanzania in November 2002.
- AnoBase: The Anopheles Database (Site) - Database containing genomic/biological information on anopheline mosquitoes, with an emphasis on Anopheles gambiae, the world's most important malaria vector. AnoBase is the continuation of AnoDB, a database established and maintained since 1996 at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation of Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- One Net One Family (Site) - Organization dedicated to the fight against marlaria in Africa. Aims to educate and provide families with mosquito nets to combat infections and diseases. Find out how you can donate.
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