The fight against malaria is a test of human intelligence against mosquitoes — and so far, our minuscule winged enemy is winning. But new results shared this week show substantial improvements in one ...

Mosquito nets are low-cost weapons in the war on malaria, but the biting bugs have become resistant to the insecticides used on these nets. Researchers have now created a chemical arsenal that doesn’t ...

As part of efforts to curb malaria prevalence among boarding school students in Jigawa State, an insecticide treated net (ITNs) manufacturing company, BASF, has donated mosquito nets to the students ...

KEMSA CEO Waqo Ejersa (centre) with other KEMSA officials inspecting mosquito nets at the authority's Nakuru Depot. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Global Fund, through the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency, ...

At least 16 per cent of Ugandans do not sleep under Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs), raising concerns among health experts ...

DADAAB, Kenya, April 24 (UNHCR) - In the sprawling complex of UNHCR-run refugee camps in north-east Kenya's arid Dadaab area, a simple mosquito net can make the difference between misery and comfort, ...

(Reuters) - After two African villages started using mosquito nets to fight malaria, the local mosquitoes seemed to change their biting habits to skirt the barriers, according to a French study.

Health Principal Secretary Mary Kariuki has announced that the ministry plans to distribute 15 million mosquito nets across the country, targeting 22 counties with high malaria prevalence. The PS who ...

Early forms of mosquito nets were used exclusively by the royalty in ancient civilisations such as Egypt and Rome. In India, mosquito nets are mentioned in the poetry of 15th century Telugu poet ...

ST. LOUIS — During Andy Sherman's two-year Peace Corps service in Thioke Thian, Senegal, 9-year-old Salimatou helped him navigate village life and learn the language, telling him words in Pulaar as he ...

Malaria parasites, which kill nearly 600,000 people a year, mostly children, are spread by female mosquitoes when they drink blood. Scientists have discovered in the fight against malaria. By ...

A new study, jointly led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) in Cameroon, has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding for a key enzyme, ...