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Reuters India

November 30, 2017

Danish and U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have found a way to way to attack malaria by knocking out a gene that helps malaria parasites reproduce inside mosquitoes.

CBS

Malaria, a disease that is carried by a certain type of female mosquito, is a prevalent killer in sections of Africa. Elizabeth Gore of Nothing But Nets discusses how, for $10.00, a mosquito net can save lives.

Houstonist

Dwayne De Rosario has had a story book MLS career. He’s a four-time MLS Cup Champion. He’s a two-time MLS Cup MVP. He was the MVP of the 2006 MLS All-Star Game. He’s the face of the Houston Dynamo franchise. But there’s more to De Rosario’s life than collecting awards; he’s giving back. Houstonist met up with the Dynamo midfielder to chat about his life saving quest.

African Press Organization

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced that 1.75 million people living with HIV have been reached with lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through AIDS programs it supports, a 59 per cent increase over results reported a year ago.

The Gazette

Fifth-graders at Centerville Elementary School in Urbana are calling the more than $1,500 they raised to fight malaria a ‘‘nothing but net” shot.

AllAfrica

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has obtained a grant of N940 million ($8 million) in support of child survival programmes in Nigeria. This is in a bid to save the Nigerian child from avoidable childhood diseases and death. The contribution, which came courtesy of the Japanese government is to be directed towards polio eradication, malaria prevention and routine immunisation.

The New York Times

Ne Ne Ali is only 10, but she has already developed a talent and a social conscience. A spoken-word artist and rapper, she is the organizer and headliner of this event, which will raise funds for Nothing but Nets (nothingbutnets.net), a campaign to combat malaria in Africa by purchasing mosquito netting for beds. The evening will also include world music by the band the Earthman Experience.

Minyanville

Nonprofits are increasingly interested in the Web, since it enables even the youngest in our society to make a huge impact. I’m talking about microgiving. 

BBC

Australian scientists have identified a potential treatment to combat malaria. Researchers in Melbourne believe their discovery could be a major breakthrough in the fight against the disease. The malaria parasite produces a glue-like substance which makes the cells it infects sticky, so they cannot be flushed through the body.

AllAfrica

The African continent is loosing up to $12 billion per year of its Gross Domestic Product in scaling up malaria intervention programs, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO country representative, Olusegun Babaniyi said malaria remains a global threat to the attainment of social-economic targets, with three million and more cases and an estimated one million deaths annually.