Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout

International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children 

The invisible bhadralok

Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.

How temperature & rainfall are complicating Africa’s fight against malaria

Six countries — Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Angola and Burkina Faso — accounted for about 55% …

WHO launches new initiatives to contain invasive malaria vectors in Africa

Shifting our focus to integrated and locally adapted vector control can save both money and lives

What impact does climate change have on your health?

Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000–2004 and 2017–2021

Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide healthcare to some, while others get too much medicine

Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare wastes 20% health spending in high-income countries

WHO launches new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

Some 96% malaria infections and fatalities worldwide in 2020 were from sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria cases, deaths begin stabilising after COVID disruption: WHO

While deaths came down to 619,000 in 2021 from 625,000 in the first year of the pandemic, it remained higher than the pre-pandemic level of 568,…

Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …

Climate change aided malaria expansion into highland east Africa and towards the Cape in 100 years: Study

Direct links between climate, biodiversity change and disease emergence will help identify, address healthcare needs in newly vulnerable …

Africa not on track to eliminate malaria by 2030 as envisioned: Report

Disruptions in access to health facilities, supply chain during COVID-19 pandemic impacted management of malaria cases

Alarms ring as deadly Asian malaria vector detected in Kenya

Anopheles Stephensi expanding its geographic range over the last decade; may derail Kenya's progress against malaria control

Monoclonal antibody tech promises better disease prevention and control in Africa

Although the technology is not new, it is relatively unexplored in low- and middle-income countries

Droughts bring disease: Here are 4 ways they do it

Prolonged dry spells, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions, may have serious impacts, particularly if people aren’t prepared

Climate’s clear connect: Africa is proof that extreme weather triggers and exacerbates disease; here’s how

Whether its is zoonoses or water-borne diseases, climate change has a clear role to play in their spread on the continent

Azerbaijan, Tajikistan reach malaria-free milestone

In Tajikistan and Azerbaijan, the last cases of regional spread of Plasmodium vivax malaria were discovered in 2012 and 2014

Ghana first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine for children

Vaccine was up to 80% successful in clinical trials 

Nigeria becomes second country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

After Ghana, Nigeria’s approval of malaria vaccine will help world achieve WHO goal of reducing malaria cases, deaths by 90% by 2030

Nigeria has Africa’s highest malaria death rate — progress is being made, but it’s not enough

Nigeria’s environment is a favourable one in which mosquitoes – the malaria vector – can thrive

Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa

After decades of intense research, two new malaria vaccines have come to market

Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children within 2 years to be on global immunisation track: WHO

Decreased vaccination levels due to the pandemic have led to a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, …