This month marks a year since the malaria vaccine rollout began. Here's what we still need in order to beat a disease as old ...

Researchers have developed genetically modified fungi that can kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes through sexual ...

The recently-released National Population and Housing Census 2024 indicates that Uganda is making commendable steps towards ...

It comes as the WHO's World Malaria Report 2024 reveals that cases are rising, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the heaviest burden. The former diplomat and medical doctor tells SciDev.Net that ...

"This event highlights the severe burden from common infectious diseases (acute respiratory infections and malaria ... The DRC, one of the world's poorest countries, has in recent months been ...

In early December, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, announced that an unknown illness had ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a diagnostic test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, a genetic condition that can affect malaria treatment.  This test will help ...

There have been 891 cases and 48 deaths reported since late October, according to an update from the World ... burden from common infectious diseases (acute respiratory infections and malaria ...

It comes as the WHO's World Malaria Report 2024 reveals that cases are rising, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the heaviest burden. The former diplomat and medical doctor tells SciDev.Net that ...