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2021: Progress during challenging times

Posted 18th January 2021 by Professor Austin Burt

2020 was a strange and difficult year for all. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new set of challenges to the project, forcing the team to be creative and find new…

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Spanish TV Science Series visits the Crisanti Lab

Posted 11th January 2021 by Christo Hall

The current season of El Cazador de Cerebros (The Brain Hunter), a Spanish language science documentary series aired on the Spanish public broadcast channel, RTVE – La 2, begins with…

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Malaria must die so millions can live

Posted 3rd December 2020 by Jessica d'Adhémar

In an ongoing effort to raise awareness of the fight against malaria, the influential Malaria Must Die campaign led by Malaria No More UK is releasing a new, ground-breaking short…

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World Malaria Report: We saved millions, but we need to do more

Posted 30th November 2020 by Bakara Dicko

The World Health Organization is releasing today its annual World Malaria Report 2020. While the report gave many reasons to celebrate, the situation in Africa is not progressing like the…

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Reshaping Nature through Gene Drives – A Podcast

Posted 24th November 2020 by Dr Aboudaye Diabaté

Eric Lander is a Professor of Biology at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He launched this month a new science podcast…

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Why does the development of innovative technologies require a strong community engagement in rural Africa?

Posted 17th November 2020 by Dr. Nourou Barry

While vector-borne diseases (VBDs) particularly malaria, remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, their burden particularly kills Africa’s youth, weakens the population as a whole and…

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Malaria’s growing financial dilemma

Posted 10th November 2020 by Geoff Turner

Recent global events have created unprecedented economic challenges impacting the fight against malaria in ways that could not have been anticipated, leaving the fate of future efforts in question. As…

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WHO supports research on genetically modified mosquitoes for malaria control

Posted 4th November 2020 by Dr. Jonathan Kayondo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) published on October 13 its official position on conducting research involving genetically modified mosquitoes for the control of vector-borne diseases. It fully supports research on…

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Why eradicating Malaria in Africa requires a specific approach and new tools?

Posted 22nd October 2020 by Dr. Mamadou Coulibaly

Africa has been described as the continent on the rise. In 2014, the World Bank hailed the continent for two decades of steady economic growth that “represent[ed] a quantum jump”.…

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Investment in new vector control tools recommended if we are to avoid malaria resurgence, new study indicates

Posted 15th October 2020 by Samantha O’Loughlin, PhD

Historic levels of funding have reduced the global burden of malaria in recent years. The number of deaths caused by the disease worldwide has sharply declined, with a 50% drop…

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