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Malaria

February 2017

  • A man waits to be tested for malaria in Debarq, Ethiopia. A relatively cheap scanner offers hope in detecting fake malaria drugs.

    New weapon in the global fight against fake malaria drugs: a cheap scanner

    Like a TV remote, a device known as Scio uses infrared light and connects to a smartphone to determine whether medications are genuine

September 2016

  • Dean Harrison Spencer

    Other lives
    Harrison Spencer obituary

    Other lives: Doctor involved in the fight against malaria in Africa who initiated distance learning programmes for health professionals
  • A Sri Lankan worker fumigates buildings to control mosquitoes in Colombo.

    Solutions and innovations
    Dozens of countries poised to drive out malaria by 2020

    Success in Sri Lanka raises hopes that at least 30 other nations could follow suit, marking beginning of the end for disease that kills 400,000 every year
  • A mosquito

    World Health Organisation declares Sri Lanka malaria-free

    WHO hails country’s ‘truly remarkable’ achievement after no locally transmitted cases of disease for three-and-a-half years

June 2016

  • A baby receives the RTS,S vaccine part of a trial in Kombewa, western Kenya.

    Malaria vaccine study raises questions about effectiveness and dosage

  • Parents administer a second dose of malaria medicine in Chad

    Malaria scheme cuts child deaths during Sahel's rainy season

May 2016

  • Lariam

    MPs say malaria drug Lariam should only be used by UK troops as 'last resort'

    Report says medication, which can have severe psychological side-effects, should be prescribed only under certain conditions

April 2016

  • A woman holds a treated mosquito net during a malaria prevention event in the Eti-Osa East district of Lagos on 21 April 2016.

    Nigeria urged to focus on malaria as other countries edge towards elimination

  • A pregnant woman holds a mosquito net in Cali, Colombia

    Malaria menace: when insecticide-resistant mosquitoes bite back

March 2016

  • Elias Oluja, lab technician from Tiriri health centre IV, tests patients for HIV during his weekly visit to the lab.

    Uganda's failure to spend Global Fund grants denies thousands HIV treatment

    Audit by Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria found millions of dollars unspent while health centres ran low on life-saving drugs

February 2016

  • The Zika forest in Uganda, where the Zika virus was first discovered in April 1947

    Zika forest: birthplace of virus that has spread fear across the world

    Zika was first identified in this spot near Entebbe. Now scientists must find out how a relatively mild virus spread so far, with such horrific effects
  • Zika virus Central South America climate change

    Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus, according to WHO scientists

    Warmer and wetter conditions facilitate transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, which may have added to spread, says lead climate change scientist

    • Should we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?

    • Gene drives need global policing

      Matthew Cobb

    • African countries ​congratulated for ​driving down malaria deaths

January 2016

  • Bill Gates and George Osborne tour a research lab at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

    Osborne: malaria eradication will create more prosperous world

  • NIGERIA-HEALTH-WHO-MALARIA<br>Actors campaign against malaria disease under the auspices of Moskeeto Armor, a mosquito repellent fabric in Lagos on April 24, 2015. Moskeeto Armor, a mosquito repellent fabric fashioned into clothes and baby blankets is being delivered to Lagos residents and using various art mediums to address significant gaps in the prevention and treatment of malaria to mark this year’s World Malaria Day, and with the theme “Invest in the Future”.a

    British government and Bill Gates announce £3bn to fight malaria

December 2015

  • Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are released in Piracicaba, BraziL<br>Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are released in Piracicaba, Brazil April 30, 2015. British biotechnology company Oxitec said its laboratory created the genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with a specially-made gene to reduce the numbers of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by killing their offspring. Brazil already has more than 460,000 cases of people with dengue in 2015, according to the City Department of Health. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Political science
    GM insects and moral blackmail

    Jack Stilgoe and Sarah Hartley
    Jack Stilgoe and Sarah Hartley: Today’s report from the House of Lords argues that GM insects have the potential to, among other things, control diseases like malaria and dengue. But, in overlooking the uncertainties of the technology, it is irresponsibly lopsided.
  • Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, malaria and chikungunya infect millions of people each year worldwide.

    Stepping up GM insect research a 'moral duty' for UK says Lords committee

    Report concludes new technologies could save lives from dieseases such as malaria, but says developement is slowed by inadequate regulatory system
  • NIGERIA-HEALTH-WHO-MALARIA<br>Actors campaign against malaria disease under the auspices of Moskeeto Armor, a mosquito repellent fabric in Lagos on April 24, 2015. Moskeeto Armor, a mosquito repellent fabric fashioned into clothes and baby blankets is being delivered to Lagos residents and using various art mediums to address significant gaps in the prevention and treatment of malaria to mark this year's World Malaria Day, and with the theme "Invest in the Future".

    World Health Organisation reports dramatic fall in malaria deaths

    Prevention measures including bednets and sprays help to bring deaths below half a million in previously vulnerable areas of sub-Saharan Africa, shows study
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