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In What Countries is Malaria Found?

December 16, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What countries can malaria be found in? ANSWER Malaria is found on every continent of the world except Antartica—however, regular transmission every year mainly only occurs in Central and South America, Africa, parts of the Middle East, Asia and parts of Oceania/the Pacific Islands. The world's highest areas of malaria prevalence and transmission occur in sub-Saharan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, endemic areas, Guinea, incidence, Malaria distribution, malaria prevalence, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, seasonal transmission, Solomon Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, Zambia

Study Finds Malaria Vaccine Candidate, RTS,S Significantly Reduces Malaria Risk in African Infants

October 18, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

First results from a large-scale Phase III trial of RTS,S*, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), show the malaria vaccine candidate to provide young African children with significant protection against clinical and severe malaria with an acceptable safety and tolerability profile. The results were announced today at the Malaria Forum hosted by the Bill & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Agenus Inc., Antigenics Inc., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Francis Martinson, GlaxoSmithKline, Irving Hoffman, Malawi, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), QS-21 Stimulon, RTSS Vaccine

Climate Change Brings Increased Malaria Threat to Tanzania Highlands

March 1, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Tanzania’s southern highlanders have long worried about pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses brought on by the cool, wet weather. But as climate change contributes to warmer temperatures in the region, residents are facing a new health threat: malaria. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Climate Change, Malawi, Rungwe, Tanzania, Zambia

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