Their call to action has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the RollBack Malaria Partnership. This is, therefore, an opportune time to be reminded of the history of malaria ...

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 ...

Greenwood also saw some Gambians using bednets. He led a trial proving that bednets treated with insecticide reduced malaria. “A lot of it was common sense,” he says. But the findings initially had ...

Scientists say that their findings can not only teach us about our own evolutionary history but also about the biology of ...

Here's a look at the history, theme and significance of World Malaria Day: World Malaria Day 2024: History World Malaria Day was established by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2007.

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team.

Some patients had no recent travel history, raising concerns that malaria transmission could be happening within Kikuyu ...

A mystery illness found in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been officially identified as a severe form of malaria. The disease has sickened nearly 600 people, mostly children ...

The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history. Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of artemisinin are now well-established in ...

Mosquitoes are usually associated with serious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. However, researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Radboud University in ...

Patients had acute respiratory infections — think COVID, flu or rhinoviruses — complicated by malaria as well as widespread malnutrition. "If there's a main message here it's strengthening ...