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Happy World Malaria Day!

Learn more at www.rollbackmalaria.org/ worldmalariaday, and celebrate! By counting just a few of the recent successes in the past year, as well as thinking on how far we've yet to go:

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) recently re-evaluated by the WHO (37 tests now available!):
www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2010/malaria_20100423/en/index.html

UAEMer and Peter Hotez Publish PLoS Editorial

On February 23, UAEMers Sandeep Kishore, Gloria Tavera in conjunction with Peter Hotez, published an op-ed in the online journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on the importance of universities in advancing research on diseases that often have inadequate or no treatment at all.  The editorial is available from the open source journal here: http://www.plosntds.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0000635

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