Gene drive could complement bed nets, insecticides, and vaccines; investment in research needs to be increased. Gene drive increases the chance of inheritance so a chosen genetic trait spreads thro...
At Target Malaria, we are working to develop gene drive mosquitoes that carry a genetic modification aimed at reducing the number of malaria mosquitoes, with only four out of over 600 species of mo...
INTERVIEW: Malaria parasites could develop resistance to drugs
In an interview with TBC during the MSMT2 Annual Project and Dissemination Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Ifakara researchers, Prof. Deus Ishengoma, Prof. Said Aboud, and Dr. Honorat Masanja shared find...
It’s #CollectionsSpotlight time! Everyone thinks it’s a hummingbird because of the loud buzzing sound produced by its powerful flight… but it’s actually a moth: 𝘌𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘦 𝘺
Did you know that malaria can be classified as a “sleeping beast”? Dormant stages of malaria can stay in your body for a long period of time and evade treatment.
On World Malaria Day, PhD student ...
On World Chagas disease day, we look at the “sleeping beast” Chagas disease, which can evade treatment by entering a dormant stage.
Simon Feldkamp, PhD student at Swiss TPH working on Chagas diseas...
🦟 Surveiller les moustiques, c’est protéger la santé humaine.
Depuis un an, le projet EMa‑Tigre (Émergence de Maladies vectorielles liées au moustique Tigre) surveille les moustiques en France. So..
MSF has been working in West Gondar since 2003, providing specialized care for people affected by neglected tropical diseases such as snakebite envenoming and kala‑azar in Abdurafi. The Abdurafi pr...
Mosquitoes have threatened human health throughout the millennia, and among the diseases they spread, malaria remains one of the deadliest.
The Sterile Insect Technique, or SIT, uses radiation to c...
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Se trata de una enfermedad viral hemorrágica grave y, en ocasiones, mortal ⚠️
Su reservorio es un roedor común de África Occidental, y la enfermedad es endémica en #Nig..
Malaria is a deadly disease, claiming the lives of over 600,000 people every year.
Current interventions against malaria such as bed nets, insecticides, drugs have helped save millions of lives but...
El cambio climático, las altas temperaturas y las brechas en agua y saneamiento están creando condiciones ideales para la proliferación del mosquito transmisor. Mira el episodio completo de Hablemo...
This year’s Lassa fever season has been particularly severe in Nigeria with 516 people infected since January, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control.
Healthcare workers across Niger...
🟥 DIRECT | Okapi Service : comment reussir la culture de la mouche noire soldat
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In Ethiopia's Amhara region, barriers to timely healthcare severely impact patients with life-threatening, time-sensitive neglected tropical diseases such as snakebite.
Most of our patients’ testi...
"Compared to the pre-war situation, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases involving bites from both domestic and wild animals that enter households," says Oleksandr Kovalchuk...
LSTM’s vector-borne disease research
Around 17% of infectious diseases are transmitted by insects, including malaria, which still kills over half a million children in Africa every year, and dengue, which puts around half of the world...
O 5º episódio da série Fiotec Apoia destaca uma iniciativa essencial para o fortalecimento da saúde pública em Angola: a atualização da Carta Entomológica do país e o aprimoramento das ações de vig...