Blog:Healthy Lives

Scientists Discover Enzyme Crucial to Malaria Survival

Voice of America reports on the discovery by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis of the structure of the protein that makes up the most deadly form of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. They discovered that the parasite needs the enzyme PMT in order to survive. With this knowledge, the researchers ...
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The Story of Mariam Sangare

The Story of Mariam Sangare

Mariam Sangare, a 34-year-old from Mali, has already had 13 pregnancies, but only nine of her children have survived. She and her husband can’t afford to send any of their children to school, so after they had their last child, they decided to use family planning to prevent them from having more children. Mariam is among the 31% of married Malian woman who want to either space or limit their births but are unable to do so.
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The Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Entwicklungsbank (the German development bank)

On behalf of the German federal government KfW Entwicklungsbank finances investments and advisory services in developing countries. It typically works with...

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