UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the globally-accepted first-line treatments for malaria — a mosquito-borne disease caused by the Plasmodium falciparum ...

A child is vaccinated against malaria on September 13, 2019 in Ndhiwa, Homabaya County, Western Kenya during the launch of a malaria vaccine in Kenya. The vaccine (Mosquirix) is the world's first ...

Malaria has been killing human beings for at least 10,000 years, if not longer. And for millennia, it was treated as a miserable fact of life. But today, malaria is no longer inevitable. Not just in ...

Malaria cases are on the rise in Rwanda, and with the rainy season underway, health authorities are urging people to take precautions. Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has started spraying homes in 28 ...

18 February 2016 — UNHCR has distributed over 73,000 mosquito nets in 2015 alone to ensure all refugees, currently numbering over 144,000, are protected from the increased number of malaria cases in ...

Malaria continues to place a substantial burden on many emerging economies, contributing to significant loss of life, ...

Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and treatment with artemisinin derivatives, the main component of the malaria treatments recommended by the World Health ...

From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases ...

Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and treatment with artemisinin derivatives, the main component of the malaria treatments recommended by the World Health ...