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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 ...

Africa reached a pivotal milestone in its decades-long fight against malaria, a disease that has caused 94% of global cases and 95% of related deaths in Africa.1 Although global malaria mortality has ...

Nigeria (26%), the Democratic Republic of Congo (13%), Uganda (5%), Ethiopia (4%), and Mozambique (4%) carry the heaviest burden of cases. Eleven African countries still account for two-thirds of the ...

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

"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 ...

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

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 ...