May 14
Sudan: In Sudan, a Migrant Community Reveals a Resistance to Malaria - the Genetic Study Helping Shape Medicine
Sudan lies at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. It has played a key role in human demographic movements, reflected in the diversity of its cultures and languages.… Read more »
May 08
Africa: Meet the Mosquito Terminator - a Spider That Likes Us and Eats Our Enemies
As a child, the mere glimpse of a spider used to send me screaming and running for cover. I was convinced that spiders were my enemies. I thought they were out to get me. Read more »
April 23
Africa: Ending Malaria in Africa - 5 Essential Reads On Gains and Challenges
Malaria, a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes, is preventable and curable. The World Malaria Report 2025 shows that in 2024, there were an… Read more »
March 26
Africa: Mosquitoes Carrying Malaria Are Evolving More Quickly Than Insecticides Can Kill Them - Researchers Pinpoint How
The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects… Read more »
February 28
Africa: When Floods Hit, the Risk of Malaria Follows - How Disaster Systems Can Prepare Better
When floods sweep through southern Africa, the most visible damage is immediate: homes washed away, crops destroyed, clinics disrupted, families displaced. These images dominate… Read more »
January 26
Africa: Malaria Researchers Are Getting Closer to Outsmarting the World's Deadliest Parasite
Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn't confined to poor, rural areas - it's a… Read more »
October 26, 2025
Africa: Taking Down Malaria's Bodyguards - Scientists Target Parasite's Secret Defence System
Malaria remains one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite… Read more »
July 29, 2025
Africa: First Malaria Treatment for Babies Is a Major Step to Ending the Disease in Africa - Biochemist
The first malaria treatment for babies and very young children of 2 months up to 5 years was approved for use by Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, in early July… Read more »
October 19, 2020
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »
