Females are able to clear asymptomatic malaria infections at a faster rate than their male counterparts, says a study published today in eLife. The findings, originally posted on the preprint server medRxiv*, suggest that biological sex-based differences are an important factor for epidemiologists to consider in the human response to malaria parasites. Malaria remains a significant …

With medical disruptions due to COVID-19 likely to kill more people in Africa than the disease itself, two countries provide interesting lessons. With COVID-19 cases in Africa reaching 1,904,820 with over 45,954 deaths, the dangers the pandemic poses are clear. At the same time, it is important to recognise the increased risks posed by one of the continent’s most …

Tens of thousands of women die and hundreds of thousands of babies are stillborn due to malaria. We can do better. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, especially young children. It’s also exceptionally dangerous to another at-risk group: pregnant women. Researchers have estimated that 10 to 20 percent of maternal mortality in …

Antimalarial drugs are agents that are used to treat malaria. If an infected anopheles mosquito bites a person, then the infection of a certain protozoan is transmitted to the person. This condition is known as malaria. A malarial patient experiences anemia, chills, and fever. Malaria can be prevented by the use of antimalarial drugs as …

Cerebral malaria is a severe type of malaria that affects the brain. It causes around 400 000 deaths each year, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and in children under five years old. To help understand – and ultimately to fight – this disease, EMBL researchers from the Bernabeu group at EMBL Barcelona have created in vitro …

An estimated 200 million people a year contract malaria, and the disease killed nearly 400,000 people in 2018 alone – now we are a small step closer to understanding why it is so hard to stop. The main parasite that causes the disease has developed a strategy for hiding undetected in the bloodstream of carriers. …

There is a new campaign making the waves across Africa. It is known as “Zero Malaria starts with me”. Malaria is a common illness in the country and it accounts for a high number of deaths too. Do you know that children under five years and pregnant women are most vulnerable to malaria? It is …

Malaria is still a public health concern in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan countries. According to the W.H.O, the estimated fatalities stood at 405,000 in 2018, with children under 5 years being major casualties. The war against malaria is clearly not won, as a 2018 W.H.O report suggests that 6 countries accounted for more than half …

More than 90% of anti-malaria campaigns planned this year across four continents are on track, despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research. The delivery of insecticide-treated nets and provision of antimalarial medicinesin the majority of malaria-affected countriesacross Africa, Asia and the Americas were still going ahead, a high-level meeting organised by …