The year ahead will produce striking examples of the power of technology and imagination to address fundamental problems of the age, such as how to wean motoring off oil and how to prevent the spread of diseases (and a roadmap for defeating one of the world's worst killers, malaria, will become clearer in 2011).
In Kenya today, many more children than before are surviving one of the country's biggest killers, malaria.
In Kenya today, many more children than before are surviving one of the countrys biggest killers, malaria.
There is convincing evidence that many of children's main killers (malaria, diarrhoea and undernutrition) are highly sensitive to climatic conditions.
The major childhood killers – malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia –– are not only preventable but can be cured with simple treatments like Mr. Makono administers at his village clinic.
The present study has reported factors associated with severe disease from the three main childhood killers (malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea), thus providing more areas for further intervention towards child mortality from treatable illnesses.
In Malawi, major childhood killers – malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia – are not only preventable, but can also be cured with simple treatments like the ones the 'village doctor' administers at her village clinic.
A much bigger killer is malaria, accounting for about a quarter of all deaths in eastern Myanmar.
The World Health Organization reports that leishmaniasis kills some 60,000 people a year and is the second largest parasite killer after malaria.
That is discouraging news, but this setback is a potent lesson in avoiding complacency when facing a persistent killer like malaria.
