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Doctors Without Borders employee removed from a malaria program in Niger, Japanese company launch the world’s first ‘mosquito repellent paint’ and avian malaria results in a UK zoo using plastic models instead of penguins.
WHO deploys 4,000 volunteers to tackle malaria in Borno, Imperial College London use gene-editing to block the reproductive abilities of mosquitoes and researchers boost the immune response to malaria.
Nando’s launches malaria bracelets, researchers discover that cancer therapies can help overcome malaria drug resistance and malaria takes a hold on earthquake-hit Lombok.
Vaccines against malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis ‘unlikely’ unless funding triples, an investigational drug developed by Portland State University to go through clinical trials and 10,000 genetically modified mosquitoes are due to be set free in Africa.
BBC journalist and 5 Live presenter, Rachael Bland, dies at the age of 40 and the ‘wonder therapy’ for cancer to become available on the NHS – we speak to an expert working on similar therapies for malaria.
The FDA approves Arakoda for the prophylaxis of malaria in adults, the Australian Senate investigates the use of Tafenoquine and Mefloquine in conflict and the bike project in Zambia reducing malaria deaths by 96%.
Celebrations take place to recognise the work of Sir Ronald Ross on World Mosquito Day, the UK International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, threatens to halt £1.5bn of aid money if there is a no-deal Brexit and bloodless malaria testing could become a reality.
Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns visits Kenya with Malaria No More UK, radio saved a child’s life from malaria in Burkina Faso and an online petition calls for veteran suicides to be specified in coronary lists.
Research offers hope for more effective malaria therapy, cases of malaria continue to grow in Paraguay’s neighbouring countries and the need for more gender equality in malaria research.
A study finds substantial links between the risk of severe malaria and genetic variations in red blood cell genes, another study finds that platelets can attack and kill malaria parasites. And researchers from the University of Oxford want you to be able to identify what is and what isn’t the sound of the blood-sucking parasite, it’s for a new mobile app.