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The fight against malaria faces many obstacles, including funding cuts. But it remains far cheaper to prevent the disease than to treat it.
Mosquito populations can respond quickly to changing climate, which means the location of areas at risk of malaria might change.
Nigeria must do more to reduce its high malaria burden.
One of the oldest and deadliest diseases, malaria caused more than 627,000 deaths in 2020. A new treatment based on a drug initially developed to fight cancer has shown considerable promise.
Nigeria must invest more in research and incorporate World Health Organisation-recommended interventions to eliminate malaria.
In the ongoing arms race to kill off mosquitoes that spread malaria, researchers have modified a naturally occurring fungus that kills mosquitoes with a deadly toxin to wipe out these insects faster.
The fight against malaria needs scientific innovation. But community buy-in is just as important.
South Africa is piloting a new technique as it drives to eliminate malaria.
Baringo county and other areas on the western side of Kenya are struggling to reduce their seasonal malaria caseloads.
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Professor in Molecular Parasitology and Genetics, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
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Senior Medical Scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Global Professor in Water & Planetary Health, University of Lincoln
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, and Director of the Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Water Science & Heath, University of Leeds
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UP ISMC: Project Manager and Coordinator, University of Pretoria
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Head, Malaria Research and Training Center, Université des sciences, des techniques et des technologies de Bamako
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases