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. 2003 Jun;4 Spec No(Suppl 1):S29-31.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor841.

Malaria: past problems and future prospects. After more than a decade of neglect, malaria is finally black on the agenda for both biomedical research and public health politics

Janet Hemingway  1 , Imelda Bates
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Malaria: past problems and future prospects. After more than a decade of neglect, malaria is finally black on the agenda for both biomedical research and public health politics

Janet Hemingway et al. EMBO Rep. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

After more than a decade of neglect, malaria is finally back on the agenda for both biomedical research and public health politics

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Figure 1
Insecticide-impregnated bednet trials are underway in Nane-Janania village near Navrongo, Ghana. Drying the nets on sleeping mats also helps to kill any insects in the mat. © WHO/TDR/Ane Haaland.
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Figure 2
Ronei do Silva Rodrigues and his migrant parents in Candeias township close to Porto Velho, Brazil, habitually sleep under bednets to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. © WHO/TDR/Mark Edwards.
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Figure 3
Female Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding. © WHO/TDR/Sinclair Stammers.
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Figure 4
A young girl experiencing a clinical attack of malaria in a Health Centre in The Gambia. © WHO/TDR/Dr Steven Lindsay.
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Figure 5
Relatives carry a young Yanomami girl, seriously ill with cerebral malaria, from a field clinic to an aeroplane for transfer to a hospital. © WHO/TDR/Mark Edwards.
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