Disease-spreading mozzies may be getting wise to our best defences, but science is fighting back with a new kind of chemistry. But will advances be able to outpace nature?
Malaria medication is being accidentally wasted on other conditions.
Now the fight is on to eliminate the illness entirely – and save those still at the mercy of the mosquito.
Is mobile technology the malaria-fighting secret weapon Africa’s been waiting for?
A global squabble over property rights could see the price of medicine soar in poor countries.
As Mozambique struggles to recover from the worst flooding in over a decade, aid agencies are pioneering the use of mobile phones to distribute aid.
The drug is effective against resistant parasites and shows no adverse side effects, researchers say.
The tools to fight the malaria may have improved, but only sustained efforts will totally eliminate it, not just intermittent interventions.
Misuse of artemisinin combination therapy on the Thai-Burma border has allowed parasitic resistance to develop that could spread worldwide.
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/ 20 January 2012
Counterfeit and substandard drugs threaten the fight against malaria in Africa.
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/ 17 January 2012
Scientists have called for measures to prevent the circulation of counterfeit and substandard malaria medicines that threaten millions of lives.
Malaria drug breakthrough MSF calls for drug that could save 200 000 lives a year to be rolled out immediately
Pierre Camatte’s kidnapping by al-Qaeda brought a savage halt to his years of research on treatments of malaria in Mali, but not to his ambition.
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/ 14 December 2010
A US-Italian scientist is tantalisingly close to delivering the world’s first malaria vaccine.
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/ 21 January 2009
East African farmers have become key suppliers of the active ingredient in the most effective malaria drug available.