Fragile Beginnings. The Fragile Beginnings series examines the growing body of research on the unique vulnerabilities of children: in utero and at birth, during infancy and childhood and throughout adolescence. Its purpose is to enable evidence-based advocacy and action on children’s environmental... health
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Atmosphere 2025, 16, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16010071
The malaria parasite develops both in humans and in the female Anopheles mosquitoes. The size and genetic complexity of the parasite mean that each infection presents thousands of antigens (proteins) to the human immune system.
Chart. Accessed July, 2025
Lecture. Accessed July, 2025
Countries that have achieved at least 3 consecutive years of zero indigenous cases are eligible to apply for a WHO certification of malaria-free status.
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The Lancet Volume 405, Issue 10483p979-990March 22, 2025
Available in English, French an Spanish. The Malaria Threats Map is an interactive data platform which provides a geographic overview of the status of the 4 biological threats to malaria control and elimination
The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Yunnan (China) – in achieving the goal of malaria elimination by 2030. Data for this epidemi...ological summary were compiled from country reports. Between July and September 2024, 48 115 malaria cases were reported. During that period, GMS countries recorded 44% fewer cases, with P. falciparum + mixed and P. vivax cases declining by 81% and 36%, respectively. Meanwhile, testing declined by 25% when compared to the same period in 2023.
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Malaria remains a significant public health concern in the SADC region, accounting for 20% of childhood deaths, as well as prompting numerous outpatient visits and hospitalisations. Around three-quarters of the population, including 35 million children under the age of five and 8.5 million pregnant ...women, are at risk. Transmission patterns vary from high and stable in the north to malaria-free in the south, with low, unstable and seasonal zones in between. Although interventions such as indoor residual spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated nets (ITNs/LLINs), intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have reduced the malaria burden, challenges persist in terms of funding, human resources, surveillance, and cross-border coordination. Achieving malaria elimination in the SADC region requires harmonised regional standards, strengthened surveillance, and improved access to quality treatment and policy prioritisation.
Accessed on 27/08/2025.
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En 2024, le Cap-Vert et l’Égypte ont été certifiés exempts de paludisme, ce qui prouve qu'il est possible d'éliminer la maladie avec une volonté politique et des ressources adaptées. Cependant, en Afrique, où se concentrent 95 % des cas mondiaux et 97 % des décès (en 2023), les progrès ...stagnent et l’objectif d’élimination d’ici 2030 est menacé. Les principaux obstacles sont le déficit de financement, la résistance aux insecticides et aux médicaments, l'expansion du moustique Anopheles stephensi, le changement climatique, les crises humanitaires et la croissance démographique. Pour inverser la tendance, l’Afrique doit accélérer le déploiement de nouveaux outils (moustiquaires de nouvelle génération, vaccins), renforcer la mobilisation des ressources nationales et diversifier les financements. Une feuille de route de l’Union africaine vise à transformer ces engagements en actions concrètes pour éliminer le paludisme et ses conséquences sanitaires et économiques.
Accessed 27/08/2025.
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The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative aimed at supporting Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries – Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Yunnan (China) – in achieving the goal of malaria elimination by 2030. Data for this epidemi...ological summary were compiled from country reports.
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New data from the WHO reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000, but the disease remains a serious global health threat, particularly in the WHO African Region. According to WHO’s latest World malaria report, there were an estimated ...263 million cases and 597 000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2023. This represents about 11 million more cases in 2023 compared to 2022, and nearly the same number of deaths. Approximately 95% of the deaths occurred in the WHO African Region, where many at risk still lack access to the services they need to prevent, detect and treat the disease.
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Medicine 2024;103:29(e39010. This review underscores the urgency of adapting to the changing landscape of malaria transmission driven by climate change. It emphasizes the significance of proactively addressing climate-related challenges to enhance malaria control and protect the health and well-bein...g of vulnerable populations.
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This paper is the first quantitative analysis of how the impact of extreme weather events, such as floods and cyclones, affects the malaria burden on the continent, as well as the implications of long-onset climate change. This research involved developing a climate model to predict changes in inten...sity, duration, and frequency of floods and cyclones across the continent
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Reprogramming examples for GC7. This document supports the introduction of climate change-related interventions
into programs to reduce transmission of malaria and protect vulnerable populations.