Health workers in Africa face a tough challenge: malaria parasites are changing, making some common treatments less effective. For nearly 20 years, doctors have relied on a method called therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) to check if drugs still work. But this approach has become slow and complicate
The British Army, after winning a war in 1918, warned that Palestine would be bleak because of malaria. Their win relied on a six‑month effort where thousands of mainly Egyptian workers destroyed places where mosquitoes bred. When that work stopped on 19 September 1918, the disease surged again and
In Northern Uganda, a new way to fight malaria is being discussed. Scientists have created mosquitoes with a special gene that can spread through populations. This is called gene drive. The goal is to reduce the number of mosquitoes that spread malaria. But how do people in Northern Uganda feel abo
Malaria is a big problem. One idea to fight it is to use pesticides on humans or animals. These pesticides are called endectocides and ectocides. Scientists are trying to figure out the best way to test these pesticides on mosquitoes that spread malaria. Testing these pesticides in labs is tricky.
In the heart of Africa, a critical meeting took place in December 2024. Experts from 19 countries gathered in Musanze, Rwanda. They came together to tackle a pressing issue: how climate change is making it harder to control malaria. These experts were part of National Malaria Control and Elimination
In the heart of Africa, Uganda faced a significant challenge in its fight against malaria. The effectiveness of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was under threat due to the growing resistance of mosquitoes to pyrethroids, a common insecticide. To tackle this issue, a large-scale experiment was
In the 1980s, two cities in Brazil, São Francisco do Sul and Araquari, took on a big challenge: wiping out malaria. Before this, Santa Catarina had a huge problem with malaria. Every year, nearly 60, 000 people got sick from it. The main culprit was a mosquito called Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii. Th
