This is, therefore, an opportune time to be reminded of the history of malaria control and the first attempts at its eradication half a century ago ... with man in Africa and their subsequent ...

While malaria still kills over 1 million people each year, most of those deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa—the United States has been free of the disease since 1951. In the 19th century, however, ...

In Africa, home to more than ... threat" to recent gains made against malaria, she added. Deaths from malaria had more than halved from the start of the century to 2017 -- largely due to ...

The threat posed by malaria ... in Africa extended to higher elevations at an average of about 6.5 meters per year — more than 200 feet per decade — during the past century.

Uganda becomes the 19th African country to introduce the malaria vaccine into routine immunisation, and it is the largest malaria vaccine roll-out to date in terms of target districts and population.

Uganda’s Apac district has the highest number of mosquito bites globally at 1,500 per ...