Today, as we look to help to increase awareness of World Malaria Day and all that it stands for, Mediaplanet have released an 8-page specialist report within The Independent newspaper, to showcase what the world is doing to fight this condition. Please click here to read this report.

Today, as we look to help to increase awareness of World Malaria Day and all that it stands for, Mediaplanet have released an 8-page specialist report within The Independent newspaper, to showcase what the world is doing to fight this condition. Please click here to read this report.

Please read this article at The Independent (UK). The killer disease is back in the news. But the real story is how close we can come to eliminating its menace entirely, writes Jeremy Laurance.

Please download the pdf to see the article. Net Worth: How the church can fight malaria Malaria causes 750,000 deaths in Africa every year. Christianity learns what is being done to combat it and Tony Blair highlights about the role churches can play Photograph s (c) M.Hallahan / Sumitomo Chemical - Olyset Net The setting sun casts long shadows across [...]

By Tachi Yamada Special to CNN Editor's Note: Tachi Yamada is the President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He writes for CNN's Vital Signs about how the island of Zanzibar has virtually eliminated the disease over the past five years. ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- I recently accompanied Margaret Chan, Director General of the WHO, [...]

Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Mr. Ray Chambers, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria, and Dr. Tachi Yamada, President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are in Tanzania and Uganda for a visit highlighting the progress that is being made in malaria control and to further understand the [...]

Sumitomo Chemical Co. to build mosquito net plant in Nigeria Article by: Nagato Ito, Mariko Kodaki, Staff Writers, Nikkei Business 26 May 2008 Read article on NB Online web site Read article text: How is Japan Prepared for Scrambling in Africa? Sumitomo Chemical Co. to build mosquito net plant in Nigeria Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. will build its second plant [...]

Eye on the World April 2008

Report by Malcolm Doney Issue 41, 27 March 2008 Read article on Developments magazine site