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A study in MalariaWorld this week found a strong link between malaria and acute kidney injury (AKI) in paediatric patients in Nigeria. ‘A study using point of care creatinine testing in a Nigerian primary health care centre: Malaria as the leading cause of Acute Kidney Injury particularly in children’ by Ugwem-Ikuru et al published in […]

A study reported in MalariaWorld this week found a connection between gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome and protection against malaria. ‘Distinct gastrointestinal microbial signatures predict parasite levels in controlled Plasmodium infections in both rhesus macaques and humans’ by Gustin et al found that Rhesus macaques fed with a high protein diet were less susceptible to Plasmodium infections […]

In MalariaWorld this week there is a study that found that implementing the malaria vaccine would lead to significant increase in Uganda’s immunization budget and the overall health sector budgets. In ‘The Cost and Budget Impact of Malaria Vaccine Introduction in Uganda’ Ochanda et al examined the cost impact of the addition of doses of […]

After St Patrick’s Day mass in Nairobi I learned about a trial in Uganda in 2012 in which the water treatment agent, chlorine dioxide (sodium chlorite and acid activator) was found to cure malaria. And this effective solution was covered up. I found a video describing the trial and have uploaded it to Rumble ‘LEAKED […]

In MalariaWorld this week my eye was drawn to the strangely titled ‘Musings from a Vectosaur: Malaria in 2026’ by Manuel F. Lluberas. Vectosaur seems to be a word invented by Lluberas from the physics term vector meaning a quantity that has both magnitude and direction (that is often applied to insects that supposedly spread […]

A study in MalariaWorld this week reported there was an increased risk of malaria infection in undernourished children compared to children with an adequate nutritional status. ‘Malaria and malnutrition in children under the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso’ by Compaore et al found that malnourished children were […]

We examine MalariaWorld and other sources each week looking for interesting studies, especially those that look at the effect of poverty, nutrition, water quality and sanitation on the occurrence and severity of malaria. So  we were drawn to ‘Socioeconomic and household water management determinants of malaria and other vector-borne disease prevention in Urban Gujarat, India’ […]

Two studies in MalariaWorld this week, in Congo and Ghana, clearly suggest that poverty is the key factor linked to the occurrence of malaria in children < 5 years. And Klu et al in the Ghana study interestingly found that children who did not sleep under ITNs had lower odds of malaria (aOR = 0.52) […]

This week our attention was drawn to a tweet by Kenyan lawyer and politician Paul Muite (@Paul_Muite) accusing the Gates Foundation of releasing genetically modified mosquitos in Nairobi. The claim was debunked by Gates foundation supposedly stating “We do not release mosquitoes, operate laboratories that do so, or run vector-control activities in Nairobi or anywhere […]

MalariaWorld this week reports a study ‘Determinants of malaria infection across different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study’ by Haq et al.  The study highlights the multifactorial nature of malaria transmission in KP, Pakistan, with strong associations found between malaria infection and various determinants. Key risk factors identified include younger age, male gender, […]