As billions of dollars are committed to tackling malaria and HIV in Africa yearly, one disease is killing more people than ...

a situation that is increasing in Africa but is especially prevalent in Asia where more than 50% of artemisinin products are fake. New developments such as improved rapid malaria tests and their ...

Most cases of malaria occur in sub-Saharan Africa, but it also occurs in parts of Oceania and in parts of Central and South America and Southeast Asia. Malaria can be deadly if is not diagnosed ...

The diagnosis of the so-called “disease X” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is “leaning more toward malaria,” an official from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that a severe form of malaria is likely responsible, based on lab tests so far. The illness was considered a mystery for weeks.

A previously unknown disease that has claimed the lives of dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to be malaria, the African Union's health watchdog said Thursday. First detected in ...

It comes as the WHO’s World Malaria Report 2024 reveals that cases are rising, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the heaviest burden. The former diplomat and medical doctor tells SciDev.Net that ...

“The working diagnosis now is malaria,” Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff and head of the executive office told an online briefing. The situation has been exacerbated by malnutrition in ...