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Chinese cure holds hope for malaria
[CNN]
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Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
MMV is a nonprofit foundation created to discover, develop and deliver new, affordable antimalarial drugs through effective public-private partnerships.
www.mmv.org/

South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing World
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.
www.cato.org/

NetMark: A Regional Partnership for Sustainable Malaria Prevention
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.
www.netmarkafrica.org/

ACTMalaria - The Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria
ACTMalaria is an intercountry initiative between Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. ACTMalaria develops training materials and courses to meet the needs of malaria control programs in southeast Asia and the Mekong valley.
www.actmalaria.org/

BBC - Oil-for-Food Scheme No Cure-All
As United Nations humanitarian staff go back to work in Iraq after the US-led air strikes, serious questions remain over the UN oil-for-food programme which funds the distribution of desperately needed aid to millions of Iraqis.
news.bbc.co.uk/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presents an in-depth look at malaria.
www.cdc.gov/

Foundation for a Cure for Mitochondrial Disease, Inc.
Fundraising for a cure for mitochondrial disease such as Melas, Merf, Narp, and Leighs Syndromes.
mitocure.org/

Komen Portland Race for the Cure
Oregon. Registration, sponsors, photos, and results.
www.raceforthecure-pdx.org/

Fund-raising fuels search for FOP cure
[CNN]
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