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The first malaria-endemic country to adopt tafenoquine hopes to eliminate the disease by 2035

Major search effort was launched after grandfather text family to tell them he had fallen on hike

In recent decades, Europe has seen a worrying increase in cases of vector-borne tropical diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. The climate directly affects the spread and distribution of pathogen-transmitting insects like mosquitoes and sandflies, as their life cycle and survival are linked to temperature and humidity.

Crowdfunding and finding patrons are among less painful options as cost of performing at the fringe soars

How does the new R21/Matrix-M vaccine work and where is it being administered?

The R21 vaccine, which costs £3 a dose, is the culmination of 30 years of research by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute

Côte d'Ivoire has begun vaccinating children against malaria using a new, affordable vaccine that it's hoped will prove a game changer in the fight against the deadly disease. Several other countries in Africa are expected to roll it out this year.

In Abobo, a poor neighbourhood in Abidjan, dozens of women with babies strapped to their backs line up in front of nurses as Ivory Coast kicked off its first vaccination drive against malaria on Monday.

Health workers in Ivory Coast have begun giving children the latest malaria vaccine

John Tothill went to ‘malaria camp’ – but the drug trial didn’t go quite as he expected

“Jab machhar sab khoon pi lela, jab beemari ho jala, tab dawai chidki ka baa? [What is the use of spraying insecticide after the mosquitoes are done feeding on our blood and giving us the disease?].” Eighteen-year-old Seeta Devi’s voice cuts through the heat, as she talks from the doorway of…