Marwaan Macan Markar – The Mail & Guardian

/ 7 December 2006

Road map for malaria vaccine gives experts hope

Hopes that the world will finally be able to immunise people against malaria received a shot in the arm this week as leading health experts unveiled the blueprint for a preventive vaccine in the Thai capital, Bangkok. Yet, the architects of this new global strategy — titled the <i>Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap</i> and launched on Wednesday at the end of a three-day conference — warn against too much optimism.

By Marwaan Macan-Markar

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/ 26 June 2006

World Bank seeks street protests

Activists familiar with street protests outside the venues of annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are in for a different treat at this year’s gathering. Singapore, the host country of the mid-September event, is sparing little to ensure that its penchant for thought control will be evident.

By Marwaan Macan-Markar