In May the monsoons will come again to Asia and with the increased rain will come a sharp increase in the numbers of cases of Malaria as mosquito populations soar. In order to prepare for this event Buzz Off has commenced distribution of Artesunate into remote clinic inside Karen and Shan …
Amazing feed back from IDP and remote areas of Burma
Buzz Off Campaign Director, David Skeat has just returned from Burma and Thailand where he spent time talking with partners and looking at the effectiveness of the Buzz project. It is hard to get feed back from some areas as they lie deep inside Burma and reports are scarce, however …
Buzz Off sets up new MED project in Myanmar
Buzz Off has just released a small grant to a Myanmar based indigenous NGO to finance the pilot of a Micro Enterprise Development project where participants receive small grant to set up a small business that treats mosquito nets. The small grant pays for a small quantity of nets and …
Buzz Off prepares to send 6000 LLIN nets into IDP areas
Buzz Off’s third round of funding from our very kind and generous anonymous benefactor has arrived in our account. These funds now empower us to begin a massive mosquito net distribution into IDP areas close to the border. This week we are ordering 6000 LLIN nets which should arrive at the distribution points by the …
Buzz Off sends small grant to improve malaria treatment in Western Papua
Buzz Off has sent a small grant of $AUD2000 to help resource clinics working in remote areas of Western Papua (Irian Jaya). Buzz Off has been supplying assistance these clinics for three years and has increased its commitment as the under resourced clinics have no other means of acquiring suitable medication for …
Novel Malaria prevention
An unexpected side-effect of recent flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become …
Timor Leste
A generous donation has allowed the purchase of 600 mosquito nets for a whole village in a remote region of Timor Leste. Health workers have been providing services in the village including education about malaria prevention. Treated nets for each family will be distributed in conjunction with this health initiative …
Thailand flood appeal
Record flooding in Thailand has given rise to large numbers of mosquitoes breeding in flooded areas. Instances of malaria and dengue fever are expected to increase in the coming weeks as mosquito lavae hatch. Buzz Off is appealing for funds with which to buy mosquito nets that can be distributed into …
Buzz Off supports remote clinic in Burma
Buzz Off supports the work of the Compassion Clinic a free clinic in Shan State. The clinic is staffed by volunteer doctors who trained with Buzz Off in Mandalay earlier this year. The clinic provides free health care for families in poor communities who have none. The clinic looks after …
Buzz Off receives funding to do malaria work in PNG
Buzz Off have received a grant to do malaria work in PNG in a similar way as it has been doing in Burma. The grant is from an anonymous source in and is for 12 months. Buzz Off wants to express its thanks to the donor. The malaria work will …