Tagged With: eradication
Listen to the debate: Eradicating Malaria: Can we do it? Should we do it?
In 2007, Bill and Melinda Gates committed themselves to eliminating malaria worldwide. Today, it has been eliminated in 111 countries but can it be eradicated worldwide? If it can, would the resources be better spent on other developing world health initiatives? Would controlling the disease be more beneficial than elimination? During Biology Week 2014 we … Continue reading
Categories: Biology Week, Events, Latest research, Policy
Tags: africa, blood, disease, drug resistance, elimination, eradication, malaria, parasite, transmission, vaccine, vector
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Eradicating malaria: the evolution problem
Dr Tony Holder is Head of the Division of Parasitology at the MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, and has worked on malaria for nearly 35 years. He will be speaking at the Biology Week Debate: ‘Malaria eradication – Can we do it? Should we do it?’ at the Royal Institution on Thursday 16th October. There … Continue reading
Categories: Royal Society of Biology
Tags: disease, drug development, eradication, malaria, therapy, treatments, Vaccination
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