"The malaria was back with a vengeance straight after [the cuts], and [numbers of] cases that were waning rebounded in 2025, ...

Malaria remains a major global health threat, with more than 250 million cases and 600,000 deaths in 2024 - over 90% of them in Africa.

Its pitch is that its battery-powered box, which costs $250 to make, can undercut the price of current chemical-based rapid test kits by at least 50 cents per test and pay for itself quickly.

WHO-licensed Nigerian factory to address test kit shortages following USAID funding cuts to health programmes.

Kanpur: On Monday, the health department organized a health camp at Sidhi and Lalupur village under Community Health Centre ...

One test subject claimed she put her forearm over a box full of at least 200 mosquitos. The trial includes 26 people, with some of them showing signs of protection against malaria months later.

At the same time, Uyoga said Kemri has intensified its efforts to develop a better vaccine for malaria. Kemri also displayed the KenCov-19 test kit it developed to diagnose Covid 19 virus.