Advancements in vaccine development for parasitic infections, particularly malaria, are crucial for reducing global health ...

Analysis - As Egypt is certified malaria-free, the parasite is developing resistance to treatments, costing the continent $127 billion in lost GDP by 2030, 600,000 lives a year and, potentially, the ...

(On India seeking WHO certification for eliminating Kala-Azar, the development of an indigenous handheld X-ray device for TB ...

The life cycle starts with the female needing the protein in the blood to produce its eggs ... On a lighter note, the classical gin and tonic owes its origin to malaria. Quinine was used to prevent ...

It’s the start of the rainy season in Sierra Leone, the west African country known for its beautiful beaches and tropical ...

She said Health Staff and volunteers would visit homes for dosing and that children above 59 months who were dosed from cycle one would also be dosed during the exercise. Mrs. Amankwa-Amoah urged ...

The health agency also noted that humanitarian partners have continued to support the Ethiopian government with the last-mile delivery of life-saving malaria supplies to less accessible areas.

Scientists have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates their cell ... led by Professor Rita Tewari from the School of Life Sciences at the university and Professor Mathieu ...

In a new paper, published in PLOS Biology, a team of scientists at the university, along with collaborators across the globe, show how they have uncovered key regulators of how malaria parasites ...

quinine was the only drug effective against malaria. In that year, German chemists invented chloroquine, which kills some forms of plasmodium species in most stages of the parasite’s life cycle.