Author: ulick

MalariaWorld this week carried details an announcement by WHO (World Health Organization) on April 24 last week, the eve of World Malaria Day. The highlight of the article was the new prequalification of an artemether-lumefantrine treatment, that is the first antimalarial formulation designed specifically for the youngest malaria patients (<6 months). The treatment, produced by […]

On the eve of World Malaria Day (April 25) there is a reference to a Nature editorial in MalariaWorld. ‘Malaria deaths should be falling — not rising’ has the subheading ‘The tools exist to end this killer disease. It is the money and the will that are lacking’. This is an interesting complaint considering just […]

An interesting article referenced in MalariaWorld this week found that household net use showed no significant association with malaria of children under five (CU5) after controlling for wealth index. ‘Risk factors for malaria among children under five living in net-owning households in Mozambique from the 2022–3 Demographic and Health Survey’ by Mooney et al examined […]

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’ […]