A few news items: Somalia, Ivory, Malaria

[congogirl]

Dear

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[lindito]

they really need to hurry up and figure out this malaria thing.

not that i want south africa to be left in the dust, but much of south africa's developed-ness has everything to do with the fact that there's no malaria in 80% of the country. [as far as percentage of population, it's closer to 90%].

no more malaria in nigeria, and it will be "south who"?

[congogirl]

I know there is a lot of research out there (finally) but what the solution turns out to be, I'm not sure. It's true, it's a huge drain on productivity.

[delerium69]

Unfortunately, it's usually a long road from research to vaccine, at least a decade. Boy can explain it far better than I.

[congogirl]

Yes - true. I guess although it's great that they are on the right track, I may not be quite as excited as they are.

There are vaccines being developed, but presumably on different tacks - but this could be a big plus for that and new drug development.