tag: africa

  • Bad Blood

    Africa is once more plagued by malaria, and an international debate rages over the remedy. Some dream of a vaccine, others urge a return to DDT. In Kenya, scientists have found creative answers hiding in plain sight.
  • Feeding Time in the Lab

    Cultivating mosquitoes for malaria research.
  • Scaling the Heights

    Climate change holds the potential to profoundly affect epidemiologic patterns, and vector biologist Andrew Githeko says malaria is particularly sensitive to this upheaval.
  • Africa's Next Green Revolution

    The world's billion and a half poorest people -- the quarter of humanity malnourished to the point of brain damage and deformity -- are mostly rural and live on mostly arid lands. Global warming will increase the stock of such lands, especially in Africa.


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