She cited study results showing that Kenya's highland regions, such as parts of the Rift Valley that previously had a low ...

At lower altitudes where malaria is already a problem, warmer temperatures have proved to alter the growth cycle of the parasite in the mosquito, enabling it to develop faster, increasing ...

Malaria is endemic in many parts of the developing world. It causes around two million deaths a year and has a huge impact both personally and econimically. An animated sequence describes the ...

The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) conducted a two-day refresher training for Malaria Technical ...

The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...

The final breakthrough came in 1897 when Ronald Ross, in India, demonstrated that Plasmodium completed its life cycle in mosquitoes, proving they were malaria’s vectors. This scientific triumph ...