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First synthesis of DDT (DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane)
The insecticidal properties of DDT were identified in 1939 by the chemist Paul Hermann Müller of the Swiss firm Geigy Pharmaceutical. For his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948. -
First malaria parasite discovered by Charles Laveran
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Sir Ronald Ross discovers that mosquitoes transmit malaria
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Efforts to control the spread of malaria suffered a major setback in 1930
Entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon discovered disease-bearing Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes living in Brazil, likely brought there by plane or fast mail steamer. -
DDT was used as insecticide to combat insect vectors carrying malaria
Starting in World War II, DDT was used as insecticide to combat insect vectors carrying malaria, which was endemic in most tropical regions of the world. The first goal was to protect soldiers, but it was widely adopted as a public health device. -
Malaria Control in War Areas
MCWA was established to control malaria around military training bases in the southern United States and its territories, where malaria was still problematic. Many of the bases were established in areas where mosquitoes were abundant. MCWA aimed to prevent reintroduction of malaria into the civilian population by mosquitoes that would have fed on malaria-infected soldiers, in training or returning from endemic areas. During these activities, MCWA also trained state and local health department of -
Malaria considered to be eliminated in the US
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Deaths in Netherlands
In the 1960's malaria was a problem in the The Netherlands. Many people died of malaria between 1960-69. -
Vietnam Deaths
Here the number of malaria deaths in 1991 was 5,000. In 1999 it was 190. Whilst not eradicated in Vietnam, malaria is under control. -
African Children protected by ITN
Only 1.7 million (1.8%) African children living in stable malaria-endemic conditions were protected by an ITN -
Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases,
Target 6A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS:
- HIV prevalence among population aged 15–24 years
- Condom use at last high-risk sex
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established
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Malaria No More established
Malaria No More is a nonprofit organization that aims to end death caused by malaria in Africa by 2015. -
First World Malaria Day adopted by UN
