The Key to a better malaria vaccine by Prof Faith Osier
How fantastic would it be if a group of African scientists developed a malaria vaccine that worked really well. This is all very exciting and I wish Faith and her team the very
Exciting malaria study
Sometimes reporting can give an overly exciting impression about something very benign - sowing unnecessary confusion. This is an exciting trial which may hold the key to future ma
Global malaria report – article in ‘The Conversation’
The World Malaria Report for 2017 was published at the end of last month. I wrote an article on this report which was published in ‘The conversation’…. https://th
Treated bednets – it’s a lifeline not a threat
Treated bednets are crucial in the malaria control arsenal - if people are scared by untruths - deaths will go up.
Malaria vaccine implementation ….. part 2
The malaria vaccine RTS,S will be complementary to other malaria interventions and is not a magic bullet. The time has come for different combinations of approaches to be tried out
Malaria vaccine implementation starts next year
The vaccines that most people are used to: polio, measles, tetanus – prevent over 90% of the disease they protect against - this protection lasts a lifetime. The malaria vaccine
Tomorow is world malaria day
Tomorrow is world malaria day – having spent a good part of my adult life studying malaria - I am always bursting to talk endlessly about it. However I will restrict myself and t
Debunking malaria myths
Myths about diseases spread like wildfire. Malaria is a case in point. The Conversation Africa’s Health and Medicine Editor Joy Wanja Muraya asked me to help sort out fact from f
Genius malaria parasites
It is amazing that though we are reaching out into the universe to explore outer worlds – we still have not worked out how immunity to malaria is accomplished in adults. The scor
Article in ‘The Conversation’
Malaria and anaemia are a common occurrence in African children under the age of five. Studies have shown that there could be more to this relationship that meets the eye