Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB), knows children who died from late-diagnosed malaria. His research has also revealed that ...

More than 95 percent of the world’s malaria cases are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2022, the mosquito-borne disease killed roughly 580,000 people in the region, according to the World Health ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended widespread use of the first malaria vaccine for African children, aimed to cut disease burden and save tens of thousands of lives. The ...

Despite extensive efforts to combat malaria through diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines, the disease continues to pose a ...

Nine out of 10 malaria victims live in Africa, most of them children under the age of five. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images This spring, researchers reported that a vaccine for malaria ...

Share on Pinterest An effective new malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, has rolled out in Cameroon and could reduce the risk of all-cause mortality in children by 13%. Image credit: ETIENNE NSOM/Getty Images.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration's decision to ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

Amid growing fears that some of the best defences against malaria are weakening, an African–European research consortium is testing a new antimalarial drug combination in trials across West Africa.

Giving young children the world's first malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 E and antimalarial drugs before the rainy season could substantially reduce cases of life-threatening malaria in the African Sahel, ...