Cuban doctors have specific expertise in dealing with diseases like malaria which remains a major problem in Kenya.
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A novel mosquito repellent has been found to have a longer lifespan than those commercially available.
Baringo county and other areas on the western side of Kenya are struggling to reduce their seasonal malaria caseloads.
Kenya must establish policies to tackle dengue fever and chikungunya, like it did for malaria.
Kenya has managed to reduce the number of malaria cases in parts of the country. But this, in turn, has led to immunity levels dropping.
When there are two malaria prevention interventions available people don’t take an either or approach – they consider that the two interventions are complementary.
After an exceptional period of success in global malaria control, the progress has stalled. New strategies are needed to suit a variety of transmission patterns.
Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based malaria solutions with those that focus on the outdoors. Drones are a crucial part of their armoury.
A spike in the number of malaria cases in southern Africa means that the region will not meet its initial target of eliminating malaria by 2018.
Malaria is a major public health problem that affects 106 countries globally. A rigorous and systematic approach to predict and control malaria transmission is needed.
The history of malaria prevalence in Africa is a long term cycle of highs and lows. However, there’s been little change in the high transmission belt that covers parts of West and Central Africa.
Stronger malaria prevention like a vaccine is urgently needed for effective response in endemic regions.
Malaria in South Africa is close to being eliminated but to complicate matters scientists have identified a second mosquito transmitting the disease.
Eliminating malaria in Africa has been held back by a range of factors, including a lack of funds and drug and insecticide resistance challenges.
Top contributors
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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UP ISMC: Project Manager and Coordinator, University of Pretoria
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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PhD Candidate , Medical Parasitologist, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor in Molecular Parasitology and Genetics, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Country Director I-TECH Kenya, University of Washington
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Co-Director, Institute of Infection, Chair, Immunology & Vaccinology, Imperial College London
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Head, Malaria Research and Training Center, Université des sciences, des techniques et des technologies de Bamako
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Public Health Researcher, Anglia Ruskin University
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Chief Research Officer, Malaria Branch Chief in the KEMRI, CDC and London School of Tropical Medicine Collaborative Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Associate Professor at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Unit Director of the Office of Malaria Research , South African Medical Research Council