'Anti-malarial mosquitoes' created using controversial genetic technology
Scientists aim to tackle malaria by creating insects unable to spread the parasite, but caution urged over unpredictable ecological consequences
UK sets up £1bn fund to combat malaria and other infectious diseases
The fund, created in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of ‘a fundamental restructuring of Britain’s aid budget’
El Niño: food shortages, floods, disease and droughts set to put millions at risk
Agencies warn of unchartered territory as strongest-ever El Niño threatens to batter vulnerable countries with extreme weather for months
October 2015
Nobel prize winners point the way in battle against diseases of poverty
John Reeder, Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Bernard Pécoul and David Reddy
A globally coordinated response is needed to ensure new treatments, like those devised by the Nobel medicine prize winners, reach all patients
World Health Organisation right to be wary about first malaria vaccine
Seth Berkley and Mark Dybul
Mosquirix passed tough regulatory hurdles but, with question marks over the effectiveness of the drug and the large doses it requires, caution is warranted
Cambodia's battle against malaria put at risk as expenses row holds up funds
William C Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou win Nobel prize in medicine
UN camp in South Sudan: 'There were far too many little bodies in that morgue'
September 2015
Scientists identify genes reducing risk of severe malaria by 40%
Malaria deaths cut by 60% since 2000 but UN says $6bn a year boost needed
August 2015
Antimalarial drug Lariam should not be given to UK troops, Tory MP says
Guardian development network
Mosquito-eating vampire spider could be recruited for war on malaria
July 2015
Development 2030
'Profitability is sustainability': 17 ideas on business and development
First malaria vaccine given green light by European regulators
First malaria vaccine expected to be approved by European regulators
Here's how to wipe malaria off the map
James Whiting
UN: 15-year push ends extreme poverty for a billion people
Higher education in Africa
Higher Education in Africa: Our continent needs science, not aid
Kelly Chibale in Cape Town
June 2015
Lab-grown blood, artificial organs – the science transforming our health
Thousands of Guinea malaria cases go untreated amid Ebola fears