A new modelling study shows that if long-lasting insecticidal nets were widely and consistently used in Kebbi State, Nigeria, malaria cases could fall dramatically, with up to 98% of infections ...

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 ...

A mutation that causes resistance to pyrethroid insecticides—used in mosquito bed nets—was identified in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito.

A new study, jointly led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) ...

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, ...

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 ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its recommendation for malaria-preventing mosquito nets based on new research from the University of Adelaide. Dr Timothy Barker, of the JBI Adelaide ...

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 ...

A new study has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding a key enzyme known as cytochrome P450 that helps mosquitoes to break ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Mosquitoes can quickly develop resistance to insecticide-treated nets, a study from Senegal shows, raising fears that a leading method of preventing the disease may be less ...

The Mpumalanga Department of Health alerts communities to the high risk of Malaria infection in the aftermath of floods, ...