quinine
10 articles related to "quinine"
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Responding to the evidence for the management of severe malaria
Excerpt: Humanity owes a great debt to quinine. Cinchona alkaloids have been used to treat malaria for hundreds of years after the arrival of cinchona bark in Europe in the 17th century, where it...
In Medical Journals / Research Articles – Last updated 20 June 2011
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Importance of Prequalification of Artesunate Injection
Multimedia – Last updated 16 January 2012
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Why is artesunate injection better than quinine?
Multimedia – Last updated 16 January 2012
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A Vaccine That Works Only Half the Time Is Not the Shot in the Arm Malaria Needs
Last week saw the announcement of a new weapon in the fight against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the PATH Initiative together announced on Tuesday early results...
Op-eds & Articles – Last updated 24 October 2011
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Severe Malaria: Improved Treatment to Save More Lives
Severe malaria targets children Around eight million cases of malaria each year will develop complications and progress to a severe form of the disease. Severe malaria claims around 800,000 lives each...
Static page – Last updated 28 July 2011
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Treating Malaria
Medical advances in treating malaria For decades, malaria was treated with drugs such as chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP, often known by its brand name, Fansidar). However, after overwhelming...
Static page – Last updated 21 December 2011
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Treating Malaria: The Long Road to Gueckedou
Last year, MSF adopted a new approach to tackling malaria in the Gueckedou region of Guinea. Patients are given drugs with proven effectiveness, and community health workers raise awareness among the...
Web article – Last updated 26 July 2011
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Podcast: A Better Way to Beat Malaria
Multimedia – Last updated 28 July 2011
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Revolutionary Advance in Severe Malaria Treatment: Using Artesunate Instead Of Quinine Could Save 200,000 Lives Annually
Geneva, 19 April 2011 – After the revision of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines yesterday, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières...
Press Release – Last updated 09 August 2011
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MSF's letter to the Global Fund on the AMFm
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Geneva Secretariat Chemin Blandonnet 8 1214 Vernier-Genève To the Board members of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Geneva,...
Statements, Speeches, Letters – Last updated 31 October 2008
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