Malaria Museum

Night with a Mosquito (Cartoon)

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:53:00 +0000

This is Christoph Niemann's interpretation of a night with a mosquito.

More of his work at http://christophniemann.com

Ig nobel prize for feet-cheese malaria study

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:37:40 +0000

Bart Knols won the 2006 Biology Ig Nobel prize for his work showing that the female malaria mosquitoAnopheles gambiae is attracted equally to the smell of limburger cheese and to the smell of human feet.

Survival TV - BBC Doc on Atemesenin, Uganda

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:41:02 +0000

Survival TV is a series of BBC Documetaries about global health issues.

Episode 3 " The Plant That Cures Malaria" is about Artemesenin production and distribution in Uganda.

Long night of the Malaria Museum

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:06:09 +0000

On sunday the 25th April, to commemorate World Malaria Day 2010, we will celebrate the "Long night of the Malaria Museum".

The invitation is open, please just send an email beforehand if you think you are coming.

There will be a colonial theme with some quinine containing drinks and a cucumber sandwich or 2 ...

I look forward to seeing you,

Marco

Shooting mosquitos with a laser

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:06:28 +0000

Here is an explanation of how it works:

And here are the results:

Catching fish in Cambodia

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:42:07 +0000

Here's another use for the ever-flexible insecticide treated bednet. This time in Cambodia.

Fishing in Cambodia using a Mosquito Net

Thanks to Will Smith for finding it.

DYK: Malaria was used as a cure for Syphillis

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:39:57 +0000

For a brief time malaria was used as treatment for tertiary syphilis because it produced prolonged and high fevers (a form of pyrotherapy). This was considered an acceptable risk because the malaria could later be treated with quinine, which was available at that time. This discovery was championed by Julius Wagner-Jauregg, who won the 1927 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in this area.

Overheard: I get malaria every couple of months, then I go to the doctor and get the pills.

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:12:17 +0000

When I asked my (english) diving instructor in Mozambique whether he recommends taking the prophlaxic, he told me he gets malaria about 3 times a year and when he does he goes to the doctor, takes the medicine and a few days later he's ok again.

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Overheard: We don't have malaria here...but if you do get it just take the pills!

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:58:52 +0000

Have yet to meet anybody who takes Malaria remotely seriously: natives, foreign workers, people who have never had it, people who have had it...they all treat it like a minor inconvenience. It is fascinating how many people have implied I'm a hypochondriac because i wanted a net..everyone says the same thing "We don't have malaria here...but if you do get it just take the pills!"

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Overheard: Parents resell medicine, children die.

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:34:00 +0000

"I was told by a Danish medical worker who was on a break from Congo that a lot of the time parents resell medication they are given for thier kids and hence the kids die...quite common she said."

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