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Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023.

WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

Emma Farge 3 days ago

Load shedding hampering efficiency, effectiveness of waste management sector

Load shedding hampering efficiency, effectiveness of waste management sector

3 days ago

Vitality Health International teams up with Goodbye Malaria to save lives

25 Apr 2023

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Issued by University of Pretoria 14 Feb 2023

Pendoring Awards finalists announced!

Pendoring Awards finalists announced!

27 Oct 2022

Pest control Johannesburg: Big Bug Pest Control to the rescue

Pest control Johannesburg: Big Bug Pest Control to the rescue

Bibi Burness, Issued by Burnesseo 23 Oct 2022

What is the most dangerous animal in the world?

What is the most dangerous animal in the world?

Issued by TenacityPR 16 Sep 2022

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The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

#SnackOnThis: NFT Boom, flexible working and mosquitoes

#SnackOnThis: NFT Boom, flexible working and mosquitoes

31 May 2022

Source: ©Igor Daniel

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

Eunice Anyango Owino 11 Oct 2021

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Madelien Wooding & Yvette Naude 19 May 2021

Beware: Conditions are ideal for an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever

Beware: Conditions are ideal for an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 5 Mar 2021

How an optimised vaccination programme can help improve farmer outputs

How an optimised vaccination programme can help improve farmer outputs

18 Feb 2021

Farmers reminded to vaccinate animals against Rift Valley Fever

Farmers reminded to vaccinate animals against Rift Valley Fever

22 Jan 2021

Stop Rift Valley fever in its tracks

Stop Rift Valley fever in its tracks

14 Jan 2021

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

Mosquitoes and parasites do not respect country borders. CDC/James Gathan

As the malaria season begins in southern Africa, Covid-19 complicates the picture

Jaishree Raman & Shüné Oliver 6 Nov 2020

Anzisha Prize 2020 reveals finalists

Anzisha Prize 2020 reveals finalists

17 Sep 2020

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

Fatima Arkin 24 Jul 2020

Anopheles Stephensi, Sem. Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria

Jeremy Herren 9 Jun 2020

Air travel restrictions won't protect us from the coronavirus

Air travel restrictions won't protect us from the coronavirus

Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison 10 Feb 2020

Mosquito eggs can remain viable for years even in dry conditions and hatch after heavy persistent rains. Shutterstock

Heavy rains put Kenya at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Eunice Anyango Owino 23 Jan 2020

Water sachet use in Ghana: how to stop the pollution

Water sachet use in Ghana: how to stop the pollution

Alexander Diani Kofi Preko 23 Jan 2020

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Vaccinate animals against Rift Valley Fever

22 Jan 2020

Human gene editing: who decides the rules?

Sheetal Soni 16 Jan 2020

Africa University.

Innovation hub to promote research, protect IP

31 Oct 2019

Primedia Outdoor joins voices around the world to call on more people to demand that 'Malaria Must Die'

Primedia Outdoor joins voices around the world to call on more people to demand that 'Malaria Must Die'

Issued by Primedia Outdoor 15 Oct 2019

A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. James Gathany/CDC

Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks

Eunice Anyango Owino 16 Sep 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found

Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found

Baishali Bakshi 24 Jul 2019

Leishmaniasis is caused by a parasite that is carried by a female sandfly. CDC/ Frank Collins

Leishmaniasis needs more attention: it causes skin lesions, and can kill

Ramona Hurdayal & Raphael Taiwo Aruleba 15 Jul 2019

Vector control targeting the larval phase of the mosquito’s life cycle can be successful. Shutterstock

Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

Tiaan de Jager & Taneshka Kruger 30 May 2019

Mosquito nets are often used where malaria is common. Shutterstock

#WorldMalariaDay: As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Mamadou Coulibaly 25 Apr 2019

Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé. Elena

#WorldMalariaDay: What we're doing in Burkina-Faso to help stop it

Elena Gómez Díaz 25 Apr 2019

Three species of immature mosquito: the common house mosquito, and the malaria vectors An. arabiensis and An. funestus. Supplied

#WorldMalariaDay: How higher temperatures and pollution are affecting mosquitoes

Shüné Oliver 24 Apr 2019

#WTMA19: Turning the Africa misconception into a profitable, hyperlocal, luxury experience

#WTMA19: Turning the Africa misconception into a profitable, hyperlocal, luxury experience

Robin Fredericks 16 Apr 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Kissing bug: spreader of Chagas disease. schlyx/Shutterstock

Venezuela: region's infectious crisis is a disaster of hemispheric proportions

Martin Llewellyn 26 Mar 2019

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

Antimalarial drugs on bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission

12 Mar 2019

Why stop at plastic bags and straws? The case for a global treaty banning most single-use plastics

Why stop at plastic bags and straws? The case for a global treaty banning most single-use plastics

Anastasia Telesetsky 8 Feb 2019

People living in run-down, inner city apartments, like these in Cairo, are at risk of heat-stress health problems. Shutterstock

How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people

Lenore Manderson 28 Jan 2019

Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding. Author supplied

South Africa investigates sterilising mosquitoes in anti-malaria drive

Givemore Munhenga 9 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

What's needed to do a better job of pre-empting disease outbreaks

William B Karesh 22 Oct 2018

Climate change, water and the spread of diseases: connecting the dots differently

Lenore Manderson 17 Sep 2018

Developing new malaria drugs before its too late

Developing new malaria drugs before its too late

Richard Kamwi and Havana Chikoto 20 Aug 2018

Now is the time to vaccinate livestock

Now is the time to vaccinate livestock

21 Jun 2018

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