The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland's Novartis to inject $100 million into malaria drug research Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Tuesday announced $100 million of funding over the next five years for research into new treatments for malaria, a mosquito-borne disease with a devastating impact that killed 445,000 people in 2016. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180417/switzerlands-novartis-to-inject-100-million-into-malaria-drug-research Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:34:27 +0200 switzerlands-novartis-to-inject-100-million-into-malaria-drug-research Ebola worries offset malaria gains: WHO The number of people dying from malaria has almost halved since 2000, although progress in west Africa risks being reversed by the Ebola outbreak, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141209/ebola-virus-worries-offset-malaria-gains-who Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:43:00 +0100 ebola-virus-worries-offset-malaria-gains-who Film writer Curtis makes Geneva malaria appeal "Four Weddings and a Funeral" screenwriter Richard Curtis in Geneva on Tuesday urged the world to do more to stop malaria, saying "simple" solutions existed to prevent the disease which claims 650,000 lives a year, mostly in Africa. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131119/screenwriter-curtis-makes-geneva-malaria-appeal Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:15:00 +0100 screenwriter-curtis-makes-geneva-malaria-appeal