Understanding the health issues set to dominate 2026
What are the main challenges in global health this year? We reached out to experts to highlight the…
Limited healthcare access leaves Makoko dependent on alternative medicine for malaria
The lagoon in Makoko, one of Nigeria’s largest informal settlements, commonly referred to as Nigeria’s Venice, lay so…
Progress In Fight Against Malaria, As New Treatment Shows Promise
A child is vaccinated against malaria on September 13, 2019 in Ndhiwa, Homabaya County, Western Kenya during the…
Common malaria test gives too many inaccurate false-negative results
 An international study published in the Malaria Journal claims that a widely used test for detecting malaria is delivering…
New malaria treatments announced as drug resistance grows
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria’s growing resistance to…
Malaria healthcare service utilization before, during, and 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 sub-Saharan African countries using Generalized Estimating Equation | Malaria Journal
Study design and data source Longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data drawn from two survey datasets: ‘Premise…
Global study suggests potential for universal vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae
A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be…
New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission
Using millions of microscope images magnified up to 130,000 times, researchers from Radboud university medical center and Toronto…
Health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are experiencing shortages of medicines as a…
PAHO introduces new tool to accelerate disease elimination in the Americas
The Best Buys for Disease Elimination is a practical, evidence-based guide to the most effective actions for…
How genetic shifts are helping mosquito evade malaria control efforts
The fight against malaria has received a major boost after Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) scientists, working with…
Genetic study reveals how Anopheles funestus adapts to malaria control
New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes…