INASP Links & Resources INASP HEALTH LINKS: Specific Health ResourcesMalaria
African Malaria Vaccine Network TrustThis site provides a forum and newsletter for scientists and policy makers involved in the planning and implementation of malaria vaccine trials in Africa. It is a consortia of 30 institutions in 20 African countrieshttp://www.amanet-trust.org/
Malaria: An Online Resource This Australian site provides information for medical practitioners and laboratory scientists, including current best practices, sections on diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, teaching and self-test modules, and links to related sites. The site also is available in French and Spanish and is maintained by the Royal Perth Hospital, Australia. http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/labs/haem/malaria/
Malaria Foundation International: Global Network Against Malaria MFI facilitates the development and implementation of solutions to the health, economic and social problems caused by malaria. Their website provides links to the various global networks against malaria. It also includes a directory of malaria professionals, travel advice, and a calendar of malaria conferences and events. http://www.malaria.org/
Malaria Research Capacity in AfricaThis report serves as a guide to future approaches to strengthen research capacity in developing countries. There is an emphasis on malaria research in Africa. The report is prepared by the Wellcome Trust and full copies can be downloaded or ordered on line. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/biosfginttrpmimrep.html
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Sponsored by the U.S. National Libraries of Medicine, the Mulitlateral Initiative on Malaria is an international collaboration in scientific research against malaria. The site includes information about the programme: achievements, news, events, projects, partnerships and funding opportunities. The site contains research organization acronyms, medical reference, internet resources and database links sections and is in English and French. http://www.mim.su.se/
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria: Events This is a comprehensive list of malaria-related meetings, conferences, workshops and reports. It contains abstracts of each event and, where possible, links to more extensive information. The site is maintained by Malaria Foundation International and is in English and French. http://www.mim.su.se/english/events/index.html
Nature Outlook - Malaria Nature Outlook Malaria is a special supplement of the leading science journal 'Nature'. It consists of a series of articles which analyse the current state of affairs, the major scientific and other obstacles in treatment and control, and the promising areas where substantial progress might be made. The articles have a particular focus on Africa. Until February 2005, the supplement will be freely available online. The initial page contains a table of contents with links to the articles. http://www.nature.com/nature/outlook/malaria/
Pocket Guide to Malaria Prevention and ControlThis e-book contains information on the disease/lifecycle, prevention, diagnosis and treatment, plus a glossary of terms. The resource is part of the Virtual Naval Hospital, U.S. http://www.vnh.org/Malaria/Malaria.html
PubMed – Free Fulltext Articles on Malaria (3000+) This PubMed search will identify all malaria related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. ‘Health Links’ contains similar searches for all subpages listed in the ‘Specific Health Resources’ table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22malaria%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20MALARIA%5BText%20Word%5D%29
Roll Back Malaria: A Global Partnership This is the website for the global initiative to halve the world’s malaria burden by 2010. It includes information on the disease, technical strategies and capacity development. The site contains links to full text articles and current news and related websites. It is available in English and French and contains a keyword search engine. The site is maintained by the World Health Organization. http://mosquito.who.int/
SA HealthInfo: MalariaThis module contains links to information (reports, articles, newsletters) developed by the South African MRC's National Malaria Research Programme. It also contains hyperlinks to selected sources, including information for travellers to southern Africa. http://www.sahealthinfo.org/malaria/malaria.htm
WHO/TDR Malaria DatabaseThis resource is aimed at scientists working in malaria research. It contains a wide variety of information, including gene sequences, conference and course news, information on projects, a link to a malaria discussion group, and links to related malaria and parasitology sites. http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/who.html
World Health Organization, Division of Control of Tropical Diseases: MalariaThis site contains information on malaria plus related websites. http://www.who.int/ctd/html/malaria.html
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