This mosquito spreads very fast to new areas and can adapt to various climatic conditions, unlike the non-invasive malaria vectors.
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The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
We need a combination of new approaches to reduce age disparate sex. And we need new technologies to protect young women.
Intensified efforts to obtain funding are urgently required to mitigate and reverse the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB.
Addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also mitigate challenges facing people living with HIV and complement efforts against TB.
As the Earth warms up the malaria vector will develop faster, allowing them to breed faster, bite more frequently and expand into formerly unsuitable habitats.
The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.
There are many reasons that malaria is so persistent in Africa. Four of them are poverty, human movement, resistance and climate change.
Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
For a malaria vaccine to have an impact, health promotion is key. Awareness campaigns must address safety concerns and emphasise expected positive impacts.
Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
One of the oldest and deadliest diseases, malaria caused more than 627,000 deaths in 2020. A new treatment based on a drug initially developed to fight cancer has shown considerable promise.
A malaria vaccine called R21 has shown up to 80% efficacy following a booster dose in young children.
Beitbridge and Musina are two border towns in Zimbabwe and South Africa that see many migrants pass through – with different health needs.
It is estimated that half of world’s population is at risk of being infected by an arbovirus.
The spread of this urban malaria vector species threatens the gains made against malaria and the achievement of malaria elimination.
Of the 20 million people living with sickle cell disease globally, more than 66% are in sub-Saharan Africa.
Certain viruses like dengue and Zika can make their hosts smell tastier to mosquitoes. Luckily, vitamin A and its derivatives may help combat these odor changes.
Molecular research is expensive, but worth it because of the burden of disease that it could relieve.
Top contributors
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medicine, St George's, University of London
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Director of Science, Ifakara Health Institute
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Project Manager, Cambridge Africa, Anglia Ruskin University
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.
Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
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UP ISMC: Project Manager and Coordinator, University of Pretoria
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Scientist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
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Director and CEO, Burnet Institute
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Associate Professor at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
