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Australian medics treat 1,000 flood victims 
More than a thousand people affected by the floods in Pakistan have been treated at an Australian health centre set up in the country last week. .
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Qld doctors help flood-ravaged Pakistan
A couple from Cairns in far north Queensland on a medical mission in Pakistan say there is a huge demand for medical care in the flood-ravaged country. .
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The Dour Frenchman on Malaria's Frontier 
François Nosten has built an unmatched international resume in malaria. The Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, which he founded 25 years ago on the politically sensitive and occasionally violent border between Thailand and Myanmar, formerly Burma, not only provides basic health services to tens of thousands of poor people, but it's also one of the most respected and prolific clinical malaria research centers in the world. With more than 230 published papers, including co-authorship of a report on page 1175 of this issue of Science, Nosten ranks as one of the 10 most-cited researchers in his field.
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Malaria is on the rise in Pakistan, health workers warn 
As floods continued to ravage the south of Pakistan last week, health workers have expressed concern about the rise in the number of suspected malaria cases that have been reported.
World Health Organization data show that 3.7 million people have been treated in areas affected by the floods since they began on 29 July. The cases include just over 500000 of acute diarrhoea (13% of the total number of cases), 520000 of acute respiratory infection (14%), 693000 of skin infections (19%), and 94000 of suspected malaria.
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'Exciting' new odour sensors found in malaria mosquitoes 
Scientists have identified new scent receptors in mosquitoes that could help develop more agents to lure, repel and kill the insects.
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New type of anti-malarial compound discovered 
Scientists have discovered a promising new drug candidate that represents a new class of drug to treat malaria. Clinical trials for the compound are planned for later this year.
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Mosquitoes use several different kinds of odor sensors to track human prey
The malaria mosquito needs more than one family of odor sensors to sniff out its human prey, new research suggests. New research provides striking new evidence that Anopheles gambiae -- the species of mosquito that spreads malaria that infects some 250 million and kills 900,000 people annually -- has a second set of olfactory sensors that are fundamentally different from the set of sensors that scientists have known about and have been studying for the last 10 years.
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New strategy to combat malaria in PNG
The mosquito-borne disease malaria is often associated with countries with high poverty rates - especially those in the tropics. And it's no different in Papua New Guinea, where more than a million people are infected every year - that's one in every six people. Population Services International or PSI PNG says up to 600 people die from malaria annually.
The ongoing problem has prompted a fresh approach from PSI - which in 2009 received a two-year funding from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It's now seeking bids from creative agencies to design a mass media campaign targeting rural communities - particularly people caring for children under five years old.
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