@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

New vaccines are helping Ghana approach a long-sought goal of ending child deaths from malaria, but aid cutbacks could mean fewer children benefit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/science-health/malaria-vaccines-ghana-child-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Climate change and population growth could bring about a resurgence of malaria following a stalling of efforts to fight the mosquito-borne illness, campaigners say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/21/climate-change/climate-change-population-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Deutschland gibt eine Milliarde Euro gegen Infektionskrankheiten

Aids, Tuberkulose und Malaria gelten als die drei tödlichsten Infektionskrankheiten. Insbesondere in armen Staaten sterben Menschen daran. Für einen bessere Bekämpfung stellt Deutschland nun eine Milliarde Euro zur Verfügung.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/krankheiten-bekaempfung-bundesregierung-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

ralpho ,
@ralpho@hessen.social avatar

@tagesschau Tja, die kommt und mit ihr , usw.

Achja, ist wohl auch wieder auf dem Vormarsch, wenn auch aus anderen Gründen.

Aber von Selbstsucht ist hier keine Spur. /I

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

There has been a spike this year in malaria fatalities in Cameroon that local health officials attribute to foreign aid cuts by the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/science-health/babies-deaths-us-malaria-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced Monday as he urged governments to reverse global cuts to health funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/science-health/bill-gates-global-disease-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

Bill Gates urges Japan to continue its global health leadership by investing in international partnerships, arguing that such commitments will save millions of lives, strengthen global security and drive economic growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/21/japan/world-life-sciences-need-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random
@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Welt-Malaria-Tag: "Niemand müsste an Malaria sterben"

Bis zu 300 Millionen Menschen stecken sich jährlich weltweit mit Malaria an - etwa 650.000 sterben - die meisten von ihnen Kinder. Dabei gibt es Behandlungsmöglichkeiten, sagt der Tübinger Infektiologe Peter Kremsner.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/interview-malaria-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Malaria-Wirkstoff aus Deutschland ein Durchbruch?

Deutsche Wissenschaftler haben einen vielversprechenden Wirkstoff gegen Malaria entwickelt. Doch die politischen Entwicklungen in den USA bedrohen ihre Arbeit. Von Frank Bäumer.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/malaria-wirkstoff-deutschland-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar ZhiZhu , to random

"Musk’s fire first & ask questions later approach to purging the federal workforce has created havoc, jeopardized critical functions, upended the lives of federal employees, likely incurred large financial liabilities for violating the , & has been riddled with outright blunders...

is anything but a dept of efficiency"
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-department-of-government-ineptitude

Here begins the 9th Elon Musk thread.

List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763

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ZhiZhu OP ,
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

USAID Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

The world is likely to see millions more infections & 200,000 cases of paralytic each year...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/usaid-cuts-deaths-infections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.qM8C.BTMGBeYjExG3&smid=url-share

"blame for these potential crises on leadership at , the Dept of State, & , who have...

blocked payment systems, created new & ineffective processes for payments, & constantly shifted guidance regarding which activities qualify as “lifesaving”"

ZhiZhu OP ,
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

Senior USAID Leaders Warned Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency

One million will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from & 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by over the next decade...The programs were cut anyway.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis

"Elon Musk's , pressed ahead with their plan to dismantle ... even as the admn publicly insisted that those programs remained online"

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  • @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    Cambodia is stepping up a "last mile" push to wipe out malaria, focusing on hard-to-reach communities in remote, forested or mountainous areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/asia-pacific/science-health/cambodia-khmer-rouge-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

    @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    Congo's recent deadly outbreak of a mysterious "Disease X" was in fact caused by malaria, a treatable illness. Access must be at the core of drug development to prevent cases like this. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/13/world/treating-preventable-disease-access/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

    @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    The sudden freezing of U.S. aid to malaria projects comes as deadly new variants are spreading in Africa and could have a devastating impact, the head of a major NGO has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/world/science-health/us-aid-cut-malaria-control-danger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

    @tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

    "Krankheit X" ist laut Behörden schwere Malaria

    Eine mysteriöse Erkrankung mit mehr als hundert Toten in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo hatte Sorge ausgelöst. Nun ist klar, es handelt sich um eine schwere Form von Malaria. Begünstigt wird ihre Ausbreitung durch Unterernährung. Von B. Rühl.

    ➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/who-krankheit-x-malaria-kongo-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

    @tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

    WHO findet Hinweise auf Malaria bei "Krankheit X"

    Hunderte Kranke und viele Todesfälle in Zentralafrika: Die unbekannte "Krankheit X" versetzte die Weltgesundheitsorganisation in Alarmbereitschaft. Nun konnte die WHO in zahlreichen Proben Malaria nachweisen.

    ➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/who-krankheit-x-malaria-kongo-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

    @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa state experiments with a new weapon against an unprecedented malaria surge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/19/world/science-health/djibouti-gm-mosquito-malaria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

    @junesim63@mstdn.social avatar junesim63 , to random

    Some good news...

    Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization - BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2yl8pjgn2o

    richardrathe ,
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    @junesim63

    Too bad we've not got circulating in the ! (As of 2023) 😮

    Malaria cases in , are first US spread in 20 years, CDC warns

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/health/malaria-us-cdc-alert/index.html

    @thejapantimes@mastodon.social avatar thejapantimes , to random

    Near the heavily fortified border that divides North and South Korea, a monitoring device is working around the clock — not tracking missiles or troop movements, but catching malaria-carrying mosquitoes that may cross the border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/27/asia-pacific/science-health/south-korea-malarial-mosquitoes/