Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Malaria screening unsuccessful in some schools

A school-based intermittent screening and treatment program for malaria in rural coastal Kenya had no benefits on the health and education of school children, according to a study by international researchers published in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Malaria treatment could improve in children

An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New malaria vaccines roadmap targets next generation products by 2030

The world should aim to have vaccines which reduce malaria cases by 75 percent, and are capable of eliminating malaria, licensed by 2030, according to the updated 2013 Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap, launched today. This ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

$450 mn needed to tackle 'grave' malaria threat, WHO says

Hundreds of millions of dollars are needed to stop a deadly form of drug-resistant malaria jumping from Southeast Asia to the rest of the world, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.

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