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For years, countries including Kenya have been using insecticides known as pyrethroids to treat mosquito nets.

Dimapur, March 16 (MExN): A three-day Regional Review Meeting of GFATM (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) Project States commenced at Niathu Resort, Dimapur on March 16. Delegates from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and various North

In The Lancet, Manfred Accrombessi and colleagues1 report the results of a rigorous cluster-randomised, controlled, superiority trial in Benin, encompassing 54 030 households and 216 289 people, which confirms that the addition of the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr to long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), as a second active ingredient to back up the pyrethroids we have relied upon so heavily for so long, can have invaluable effects on malaria transmission and disease burden. A total of 1...

A rapid, inexpensive, non-invasive screening technology could assist in hastening the process of eradicating malaria, one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to experts who created it.

New tools are urgently needed to fight malaria following disruptions to eradication efforts, say health leaders.

Malaria Deaths Dip In 2021 After Rising In First Year Of COVID, Says WHO

Malaria Deaths Dip In 2021 After Rising In First Year Of COVID, Says WHO

After rising in first year of Covid, says WHO.

Malaria-related deaths fell slightly in 2021 after a significant increase in the first year of COVID-19, but remained higher than the pre-pandemic estimated toll, according to a World Health