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Our experts look at why people of colour are being hit harder by COVID-19, New Zealand’s success in eliminating the virus, and the latest on drug trials.
The president promoted the combination of hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic for treating COVID-19. But a new study suggests it provides no benefits.
Taking these drugs to treat COVID-19 without medical advice has caused poisonings and death.
A medicinal chemist addresses questions about chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: what it is, whether it is effective against COVID-19 and whether it can treat and/or prevent this disease.
Today, human populations carry heavy genetic marks from the war with malaria. And it is the red blood cell (erythrocyte) that mostly bears the scars.
Each year, 500,000 people die of malaria annually, a preventable disease. Most of them children in Africa, where many anti-malarial drugs are fake or substandard.
A novel mosquito repellent has been found to have a longer lifespan than those commercially available.
Before travelling, plan ahead in case you need to pack medicines for sleep, diarrhoea, malaria, pain or anxiety.
Kenya has managed to reduce the number of malaria cases in parts of the country. But this, in turn, has led to immunity levels dropping.
After an exceptional period of success in global malaria control, the progress has stalled. New strategies are needed to suit a variety of transmission patterns.
Malaria is a major public health problem that affects 106 countries globally. A rigorous and systematic approach to predict and control malaria transmission is needed.
The history of malaria prevalence in Africa is a long term cycle of highs and lows. However, there’s been little change in the high transmission belt that covers parts of West and Central Africa.
Stronger malaria prevention like a vaccine is urgently needed for effective response in endemic regions.
Eliminating malaria in Africa has been held back by a range of factors, including a lack of funds and drug and insecticide resistance challenges.
Mosquitoes are controlled by insecticide treated nets to curb the spread of Malaria. The nets which are hung over beds can be reused after serving its purpose.
The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries is being threatened by insecticide and antimalarial drug resistance.
There’s a need for new anti-malarial agents due to some malaria drugs becoming ineffective in the fight against the disease.
There are lots of tall tales about mosquitoes and how malaria is transmitted. Here are sturdy facts on the disease.
Doxycycline is an antibiotic drug that kills a wide, weird and wonderful range of bugs that are often difficult to treat with other antibiotics.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Project Manager, Cambridge Africa, Anglia Ruskin University
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PhD Candidate , Medical Parasitologist, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and President-Elect of the International Society for Antiviral Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Associate Professor at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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Professor in Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
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Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University
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Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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Clinical Research Fellow, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Director of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
