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We've created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis – while fitting inside your phone lens

Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there don’t have access to medical diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (along with a range of non-infectious diseases) at an early stage, when there is more scope for treatment.

The Conversation

Fungal infections kill more people than breast cancer or malaria every year

Mention a fungal infection and most people will think of athlete’s foot, but the reality is that they kill more people than breast cancer or malaria every year - we asks the experts about the latest developments in the war on spores

Daily Mirror

Friday essay: hunger, dust-storms, war – how I defied the odds as a South Sudanese child refugee

My name is Akuch Kuol Anyieth. I am South Sudanese by birth, Kenyan by migration and life experience, and Australian by migration and citizenship.

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GeoVax Labs Stock Jumps On US Patent For Malaria Vaccine Candidate

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. 11,311,612 covering GeoVax Labs Inc's (NASDAQ:GOVX) modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector expressing certain antigens from the malaria parasite. GeoVax's MVA-VLP malaria vaccine candidates incorporate antigens derived from multiple stages of the parasite's life cycle. They are designed to induce an immune response with durable…

Benzinga

Now, Mysuru PHCs breed ‘mosquitofish’ to fight malaria

150 tanks to breed ‘malaria-killing’ fish; all of them will be ready during anti-malaria month in June

The Hindu

Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria

Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells.

Tribune News Service

UP takes sting out of malaria with sustained effort

LUCKNOW: Sustained efforts to keep vector population under control seemed to have paid dividends with the number of malaria cases declining in Uttar Pradesh.

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Aim to set State free of malaria by 2025: Minister

The State is aiming at the eradication of indigenous malaria and mortality due to malaria in Kerala by 2025.

The Hindu

Malaria: Karnataka elevated from pre-elimination to elimination phase

April 25 is observed as World Malaria Day

The Hindu

Malaria elimination: State receives best performance award

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Malawi: How scientists mapped mosquito breeding grounds using drones

Using an innovative, 21st-century way to destroy a centuries-old problem, scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust use drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an effort to identify and destroy malaria-causing mosquitoes.

Radio France Internationale

Cycle Jatha to mark World Malaria Day

Hassan:

The Hindu

Floods create health risks: what to look out for and how to avoid them

Recently South Africa has experienced heavy rains which resulted in floods in some parts of the country. In the coastal city of Durban hundreds of people have died and families have been displaced in the aftermath. Water pipes, sewerage systems and roads have also been damaged. Public health experts, Juno…

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Minister urges private sector to join fight against malaria

Leveraging technology to develop tailor-made solution crucial, says Mansukh Mandaviya

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World Malaria Day: Malaria claims only one life in last five years in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Malaria was one of the most fatal diseases till 2010 in the country as more than 1,000 people were dying every year. After that mortality rate and cases have reduced significantly.

The Hindu

A.P. bags Central award for curbing malaria

Award to be presented at World Malaria Day programme in New Delhi

The Hindu

Early diagnosis key to cure Malaria

a statement issued by the Health department says.

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Fresh signs of mosquito insecticide resistance in South Africa

Most South Africans aren’t worried about malaria even though the disease is endemic in the country. Four of the country’s nine provinces carry malaria risk while 10% of the population is at risk of contracting malaria.

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The Conversation

Malaria elimination: South Africa needs to regroup and refocus to get there

In recent years South Africa has made significant progress in its effort to eliminate malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists it as one of the countries that has the potential to eliminate the disease in the near future.

The Independent UK

More funding needed for rollout of highly effective malaria vaccine, Oxford chief warns

‘It seems extraordinary after the worst pandemic we’ve had in a century ... we can’t find the money to get Africa out of the horrendous mortality that it’s been suffering from malaria,’ says Professor Adrian Hill

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Paving the way for a global malaria vaccine

Malaria impacts India more than anywhere else in southeast Asia, but relief could be on the way if the early promise of vaccines in development is fulfilled.

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