John Ifeanyichukwu Amaka is a scholar and PhD student at the University of Georgia, United States. As a prolific researcher, he has won three international scholarships — the Commonwealth Master’s ...

Despite decades of efforts focused on mosquito eradication, drug therapies, and vaccines, malaria remains hard to beat, especially in Africa.

Health department urges malaria vigilance as cross-border travel and outbreaks in SADC countries raise infection risk in ...

George Bernard / Science Source Anopheles mosquitoes (shown here in the Perugia lab) exist on every continent apart from Antarctica, but most malaria-related deaths take place in Africa.

The United States is the top bilateral funder of anti-malaria efforts in Africa. Anti-malarial medicines and insecticide-treated bed nets to help control the mosquito-borne disease are “like our ...

As clouds gather and humidity rises across west Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Musa Adamu Ibrahim, a nurse, is sitting at home, unemployed.

As clouds gather and humidity rises across West Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Musa Adamu Ibrahim, a nurse, is sitting at home, unemployed.

Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest public health threats ... a common concern among community members is that sleeping under treated mosquito nets is uncomfortable due to the heat.

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To arrive at their results, the researchers tested the effects of nitisinone blood on the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, a common carrier of malaria parasites in Africa. Taken from patients who were ...

the primary mosquito species responsible for spreading malaria in many African countries. If these mosquitoes become infected with malaria parasites, they spread the disease when they feast on a ...