Malaria [Post published jointly with CaixaCiencia on the occasion of World Malaria Day 2018, celebrated on April 25] A CISM worker talks with a couple during a Mass Drug Administration in Manhiça, Mozambique. The past ten years have observed an exciting shift of gears in the race...
Malaria I am happy to say that the new malaria eradication research agenda (malERA Refresh) is about to be published I am happy to say that the new malaria eradication research agenda ( malERA Refresh ) is about to be published . It’s been a major consultative process and I was...
Malaria [This post has been written by Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets and it is the third and last post on a series of the history of malaria ] The contemporary history of malaria was ushered in with a drift to the limits of ethical behavior The contemporary history of malaria was...
Malaria [This post has been written by Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets and it is the second post on a series of the history of malaria ] In India during the 1870s Patrick Manson linked for the first time a disease with a mosquito vector Towards the end of the 19th century British...
Malaria [This post has been written by Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets ] Perhaps no other disease has left a more conspicuous imprint on human history than malaria Perhaps no other disease has left a more conspicuous imprint on human history than malaria : from Lucy and all our hominid...
Malaria ,Zika Vector-borne diseases make up 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide , causing 700,000 deaths every year and around 250,000 if we exclude malaria. Vector-borne diseases make up 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide, causing 700,000 deaths every year In recent years, we...
Malaria ,Zika Mosquitoes do have a beautiful side too. You just need to look closer at them On World Mosquito Day (August 20) , we can all read how deadly mosquitoes are. And yes, they are –by far– the number one killer , so I guess that is why they deserve their own special day. But...
Malaria In mid-2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted one of the most ambitious malaria eradication programmes ever, a strategy covering the period from 2016 to the end of 2030. The main objective of this programme is to eliminate malaria from 35 countries and to reduce the number of...
Malaria Over the past decade we have witnessed great success in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality worldwide . Several countries are even reaching, or working hard towards the elimination of malaria. Much of the successes can be attributed to insecticide- and antimalarial-based interventions :...
Malaria Malaria is, without any doubt, the most significant parasitic disease in humans . Almost half of the world’s population lives at risk of infection in areas where the disease is endemic. According to recent data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), in 2015 there were over 200...
