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The call for a total ban of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), a synthetic insecticide used in malaria-endemic countries that causes harm to the environment and human body, ... Read more »
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the novel coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services ... Read more »
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Malawi has begun a mass distribution of mosquito nets, aiming to reach almost half the country's population of 18 million people. The campaign is aimed at reducing the spread of ... Read more »
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Annually, more than 400,000 people die of malaria worldwide. Africa carries a disproportionate burden of the disease. In 2019, 94% of deaths and cases were recorded in the ... Read more »
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency's chief described as "an historic day" for the ... Read more »
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Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and their colleagues at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé in Burkina Faso and the ... Read more »
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Writing for The Conversation, Jonathan Cooper and Julien Reboud of the University of Glasgow have shared how their "origami" diagnostic system - which combines the accuracy of a ... Read more »
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The government has received a U.S.$53 million grant from the Global Fund as a contribution towards the U.S.$280 million required for malaria prevention and treatment efforts from ... Read more »
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The study by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) Wellcome Trust Research Programme comes as Kenya seeks an alternative malaria treatment given the emergence of resistance ... Read more »
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The Malawi government has announced a goal to eliminate malaria, a leading cause of death in the country, by 2030. Speaking during a televised launch of a nationwide anti-malaria ... Read more »
