Definitions

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  • adjective Acting to relieve or prevent a malaria infection

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ malaria

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Examples

  • On Wednesday, Mr. Gates will be at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where he plans to exhort wealthy donors—especially governments—to keep funding a range of crucial projects in the developing world, from tuberculosis drugs and antimalaria bed nets to maternal care and vaccines.

    Gates Urges Support for Global Health Programs Gautam Naik 2012

  • Even taking her antimalaria pills seemed, until now, all form, no content.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said money for new grants is needed urgently because many poor countries have been preparing to scale up antimalaria programs.

    New Chief Unveils Plan to Revive Disease-Fighting Fund Betsy McKay 2012

  • Even taking her antimalaria pills seemed, until now, all form, no content.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Even taking her antimalaria pills seemed, until now, all form, no content.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Intellectual, deliberate, and imposing, a clinician and scientist known for his regal composure, Zubrod had arrived at the NIH having spent nearly a decade developing antimalaria drugs during World War II, an experience that would deeply influence his early interests in clinical trials for cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Intellectual, deliberate, and imposing, a clinician and scientist known for his regal composure, Zubrod had arrived at the NIH having spent nearly a decade developing antimalaria drugs during World War II, an experience that would deeply influence his early interests in clinical trials for cancer.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Amina remembers that she was examined, given antimalaria pills, and admitted for four days.

    Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010

  • Most antimalaria commodities are currently produced outside of Africa, and when the ships that transport nets, medicines and other essential health products arrive in African ports, their cargoes are often subjected to taxes and tariffs that absorb precious funds, reducing the volume of health goods that can be purchased and creating delays in distribution.

    Free Trade and the Fight Against Malaria Yoweri Museveni 2010

  • Several years ago, when we removed taxes and tariffs on all antimalaria commodities, the cost of mosquito nets sold in local markets declined, local demand for nets increased, and more small businesses entered the market to produce and supply these essential commodities.

    Free Trade and the Fight Against Malaria Yoweri Museveni 2010

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