The Lancet: February 03, 2012
Chris Murray discusses his paper which estimates that global malaria mortality could be twice as high as previously thought. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - February 3, 2012 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
#87 A Better Way to Beat Malaria
For centuries, the drug quinine has been used to treat malaria, a disease that kills close to one million people a year. But now, there’s a new drug - called artesunate - that is more effective, and far simpler and safer to administer than quinine. The WHO has just revised its guidelines calling for artesunate as the treatment of choice for children with severe malaria, and MSF is making the switch. But to save hundreds of thousands more young lives across the continent, the countries where the disease is endemic also need to make the move from quinine to artesunate in their national treatment guidelines. And that won’...
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 25, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing Countries
Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing Countries (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 1, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2011-03-02, Vol. 305, No. 9, Author Interview
Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing Countries (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 1, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: October 29, 2010
Pam Das discusses The Lancet Series on malaria elimination with Richard Feachem. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - October 29, 2010 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: April 23, 2010
A malaria discussion pegged to World Malaria Day 2010. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 23, 2010 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - March 2010
In Armenia, patients with drug-resistant strains of TB have to undergo extremely challenging treatment; also - MSF's reaction to NATO's call for NGOs to work alongside military operations; and in Burundi a strategic response to an alarming outbreak of malaria. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - March 31, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - December 2009
Hear the song created by an MSF nurse in Central African Republic to raise awareness of sleeping sickness and malaria; MSF helps fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa's Khayelitsha township and addresses the double crises of HIV-TB co-infection in Swaziland. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - December 7, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
Dengue
Dr Danille Esler talks about what GPs need to know about the clinical and public health ramifications of Dengue. The epidemiology of Dengue fever has changed in recent years and there has been a recent outbreak of the disease in northern Queensland. GPs can find out about recent outbreaks on the websites of the World Health Organisation, Centers for Disease Control and, in the case of outbreaks in Queensland, Queensland Health. Most commonly, Dengue presents as a debilitating illness lasting 7-10 days. The GP role involves exclusion of other illnesses such as malaria, appropriate diagnostic testing, monitoring for the deve...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: July 24, 2009
Discussion of the malaria Special Report, and news from the International AIDS Society meeting in South Africa. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 24, 2009 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: April 24, 2009
World Malaria Day: discussion with Pam Das, and an interview with Sir Richard Feachem. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - April 24, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
