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Wrapped in a mosquito net to protect from malaria, a trader sleeps next to items. (Photo by Badru Katumba/AFP)
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

Artificial lights across Africa may alter the biting behaviours of mosquitoes

‘Artificial light is doing things to the environment that we don’t even think about’

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
After 30 years of research, the World Health Organisation is finally recommending the widespread use of a malaria vaccine. (Photo Illustration by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ANOPHELES MOSQUITO

WHO announces first global malaria vaccine for children at risk

After 30 years of research, the World Health Organisation is finally recommending the widespread use of a malaria vaccine

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read