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Monthly ivermectin for 3 months reduces the incidence of malaria in children living in an area with high coverage and use of ...
"The malaria was back with a vengeance straight after [the cuts], and [numbers of] cases that were waning rebounded in 2025, ...
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New Tools to Combat Malaria

It is against this backdrop that scientists and public health leaders are pushing for new solutions to combat the disease.“We are looking at ways to leverage technology and innovation to make a ...
The anti-malaria drug that President Donald Trump has touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 is already in shortage after demand skyrocketed in recent weeks, according to Business Insider.
Global funding for malaria is less than half the $4.9 billion needed in 2010 to prevent and treat the disease that kills around 850,000 people a year, a study showed on Saturday.
Amid funding cuts to the health sector, experts fear that malaria could hit Malawians even harder, especially children.
Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s Africa region.
A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected ...