Tag: malaria

New Malaria Drug Candidate MMV367 Shows Rapid Parasite Killing and Hope Against Drug Resistance

Healthcare S De Silva -
Healthcare (Commonwealth Union) – Malaria was initially discovered by French doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran in 1880. The disease...

Could Malaria Research Hold the Key to Male Infertility?

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Scientists studying malaria have discovered something unexpected while trying to stop the deadly disease from spreading. Their work may...

Malaria Breakthrough? Rwanda’s Bold Plan to Beat Drug Resistance

Africa Warsha De Silva -
Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Rwanda is intensifying its battle against malaria resistance with the introduction of two new anti-malaria...

Sophisticated measures used by mosquitoes for human tracking

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Healthcare (Commonwealth Union) – Mosquitoes have always been dreaded across the world for spreading many diseases. One species, Aedes...

Battle against malaria may not need ‘junk cells’

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Health Australia (Commonwealth Union) –   Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects millions of people worldwide, especially in...

Kenya’s malaria crisis fuelled by climate change  

Africa Warsha De Silva -
Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ As global temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, the impact on the transmission...
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Gene driven tech to wipe out malaria

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An African researcher is advancing on a ‘gene drive technology’ that could possibly wipe out malaria or malaria-causing mosquitoes...

Malaria, major child killer…

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An inexpensive malaria vaccine that can be formed on an enormous scale has been suggested for usage by the...

A Promising Vaccine on…

Science & Tech Upeksha Jayalath -
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that affects millions of people around the world, causing severe illness and death. There...

Malaria cases and deaths reduced by 75%

Africa Warsha De Silva -
Africa ( Commonwealth Union) _ Results of clinical studies revealed that, compared to either the RTS,S vaccine or seasonal...

After a fatal climate-related calamity, malaria cases have increased in Malawi.

Africa Warsha De Silva -
AFRICA ( Commonwealth Union) _ Prior to World Malaria Day on April 25, a global health executive claimed that...

National Malaria Day

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Global (Commonwealth Union) – Today is National Malaria Day, marking the serious nature of the disease that is spread...

Africa fights against Malaria with a one-time dose of experimental drug

Healthcare Savithri Rodrigo -
(Commonwealth Union)_In a continent that has killed over 620,000 people in just 2020 alone and infected more than 241...

Mosquitoes unable to transmit malaria engineered by scientists

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Biotechnology UK CU – The malaria parasite usually makes use of the mosquito as a vector to spread malaria,...

Clearline teams up with Greenlife Pharmaceutical to battle malaria in Lagos

Healthcare Sarojini P -
Lagos, Nigeria (CU)_ Nigeria reportedly has the highest prevalence of malaria in the world. According to the World Malaria...

Uganda government plans vaccination drive for malaria in 2023

Healthcare Sarojini P -
Kampala, Uganda (CU)_ According to the Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng’s latest announcement, the government will begin a...