1. 19.10.1999 Due to worries about drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite, patients with malaria should be treated with a two-drug combination.
  2. 19.10.1999 Women who are or might be pregnant should probably not use the seed for medicinal purposes.”
  3. 01.10.2002 The questions we asked in EDN 69 were: Do you drink the tea yourself or know people who do? How do you make the tea? How often do you drink it? Do you know of people who drink the tea regularly and still get malaria?
  4. 20.07.2001 After the publication of our article on clay water filters (EDN71-4), we were questioned about the safety of colloidal silver.
  5. 20.01.2004 In a survey reported in the East African Medical Journal, 597 school children and their parents were surveyed in areas of southern Ethiopia that have very high incidence of goiter. M. stenopetala had a significant association with the prevalence of goiter.
  6. 20.04.2004 Filtering water through old clothes can effectively remove many of the copepods (a type of zooplankton) that carry cholera-causing bacteria. Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, did a study in Bangladesh comparing the effectiveness of old saris and nylon filters for...
  7. 20.10.2004 Smoke from open fires can be a nuisance, and it can also lead to severe health problems. The Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) has issued a document called “Smoke—the Killer in the Kitchen” that shares statistics on indoor air pollution caused by burning solid fuels like wood,...
  8. 01.10.2005 Konzo is an irreversible disease that appears suddenly and causes spastic paralysis of both legs. Konzo affects mainly women and children, afflicting thousands in the remote rural areas of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has also been reported from remote rural areas in...
  9. 20.07.2006 In EDN Issue 80 (July 2003), we asked for feedback from our network about raising soybeans in the tropics. We heard back from several people and would like to share their responses.
  10. 20.07.2005 Feedback from the ECHO networking with information on cookstoves and indoor pollution.