NEWS

6 million vaccinated against yellow fever in Mali
18 April 2008 -- Almost 6 million people in Mali have been vaccinated against yellow fever in a landmark vaccination campaign this week. About 6 000 health-care providers and 2 000 volunteers were engaged to reach and vaccinate people at risk of contracting yellow fever across southern Mali.

Research Priorities To Fight Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Described
Tuberculosis (TB) has long been one of the world's great killers. Now, forms of drug-resistant TB--multidrug (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR)--are occurring at an ominous and accelerating rate. To help in the fight against drug-resistant TB, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has formulated an MDR and XDR TB research agenda.

New Malaria Drug Launched in Latin America, Southeast Asia
A Brazilian drug company and a nonprofit group have developed a new, simplified malaria treatment.