All posts tagged 'malaria and brain damage'

Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa

Posted on November 10th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/10/2008 By DONNA BRYSONAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Researchers trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine are launching a large medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could be the largest such trial ever conducted on children in Africa. British-drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC..
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Group calls for free malaria treatment in Africa

Posted on September 30th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

NOTE: Malaria not only kills 1 million people each year, survivors may suffer brain damage. Children are the most vulnerable to this disease. Date: 9/30/2008 9:22 AM By DONNA BRYSONAssociated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Making tests and treatment for malaria free dramatically increases the number of people..
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