Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a widely implemented malaria prevention strategy for children under five in the Sahel and sub-Sahel regions of Africa. This study aimed to estimate the full ...

The World Health Organization said that the outbreak now poses a “very high” risk for Congo — up from a previous categorization of “high." ...

Congo has imposed restrictions on gatherings to combat an escalating Ebola outbreak, as the WHO raises the risk level. The ...

The World Health Organization chief said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly and now poses a “very ...

Health authorities in northeastern Congo have imposed new restrictions as officials scramble to contain a fast-growing Ebola outbreak that has already spread across several provinces and exposed major ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that the mass administration of ivermectin—a drug once known for treating river blindness and scabies—can significantly reduce malaria transmission when used in ...

Malaria, a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes, is preventable and curable. The World Malaria Report 2025 shows that in 2024, there were an estimated 282 million ...

Anopheles darlingi, a key carrier of malaria, is rapidly evolving resistance to insecticides. Romuald Carinci and Pascal Gaborit/Duchemin lab/Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, CC BY-SA The fight against ...

According to the WHO World Malaria Report 2024, malaria cases rose to 263 million, with 597,000 deaths—most of them children under five in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite advances, progress in malaria ...

In view of the World Malaria Day 2025, the WHO and other partnerships started the campaign “Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite” to promote global policy and community action toward ...

Today, at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, African leaders are faced with an uncomfortable truth: progress against malaria has stalled, funding is tightening and the risks of resurgence are ...