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Lessons from Sri Lanka on malaria elimination

Catherine Cheney

December 15, 2016 |

Devex |

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Response Location: Sri Lanka

Efforts to eliminate malaria from Sri Lanka led to only 17 cases one year, but failure to continue health safety practice allowed the number of cases to rise again to over 200,000 in 1999. In 2016 Sri Lanka celebrates it’s 5th year of being malaria free, thanks to consistent vector control, access, surveillance and treatment.

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Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, but Not by Microcephaly

Julia Symmes Cobb Donald G. McNeil Jr.

October 31, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Colombia

In Brazil, more than 2,000 babies have been born with microcephaly, abnormally small heads and brain damage caused by the Zika virus. Colombia is the second hardest hit country by Zika but abortions lowered the microcephaly rate because of looser abortion laws and better informed mothers.

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Small Island, Big Experiment

Anna Maria Barry-Jester

October 18, 2016 |

FiveThirtyEight |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Key Haven, Florida

The mosquito that spreads zika and dengue Aedes Aegypti is difficult to control. Oxitec a British company has designed a genetically modified mosquito to stop reproduction. For this method to be approved by the FDA it needs to be tested - however the population had many concerns regarding the danger of such methods and if the testing is ethical. The community will vote to decide if these gmo mosquitoes should be released.

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Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola

Ruth Maclean

September 28, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Guinea, Kissidougou

In South Africa, when a person is sick they visit their local healer, but during the Ebola outbreak the healers with little knowledge of the disease often became infected and infected others. So the government in Guinea persuaded healers to receive a health care training and to refer patients to the hospital.

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‘Big Success Story': Sri Lanka Is Declared Free of Malaria

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

September 12, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been fighting malaria for decades with more than 500,000 cases a year. Since 2013 the country has been malaria free by putting mobile clinics near the camps of itinerant workers and offering diagnosis and treatment to anyone without asking any questions of their immigration status.

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The Race for a Zika Vaccine

Siddhartha Mukherjee

August 22, 2016 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: United States

In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.

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How to Beat Dengue and Zika: Add a Microbe to Mosquitoes

Ed Yong

August 08, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Australia, Cairns

The dengue virus is spread by mosquito and infects 400 million people every year with no vaccine or successful treatment. Scientists have started to inject mosquitoes with a bacteria they have found to stop the virus to prevent and control the spread of dengue. Trials have shown success in Australia, so the project is in the process of scaling to other countries that have dengue more widespread, and new experiments will begin on whether it can effectively stop the spread of the Zika virus.

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Mosquito Hunter

Michelle Mizner Katie Worth

August 02, 2016 |

PBS Frontline |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil, Recife

Racing to contain the Zika outbreak, Brazil has deployed an army of health workers to eradicate mosquitoes. But in a country where standing water abounds, giving mosquitoes endless opportunities to breed, the task is daunting.

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Malaria scheme cuts child deaths during Sahel's rainy season

Clár Ní Chonghaile

June 24, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Chad

Malaria vaccine distribution systems in Africa's Sahel region are facing bottleneck in their supply chains, but are working to get help from the government and to piggyback on other aid systems.

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Educate Your Immune System

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

June 03, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Why do poorer countries like Russia have much lower rates of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes? Preventing autoimmune disorders may require emulating aspects of that “dirtier” world: safely bottling the kinds of microbes that protect the Russian kids, so we can give them to everyone and guide the “postmodern” immune system along a healthier path of development.

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