Author: ulick

I continue my visit to Kenya (back in Nairobi) and by coincidence the most interesting article in Malaria World this week relates to Kenya and was carried out by researchers from KEMRI, whose meeting I reported recently. ‘Impact of Titanium Mining and Other Anthropogenic Activities on Malaria Positivity Rates and Parasitemia in Five Selected Study […]

I continue my stay in Kenya in Lodwar, Turkana, a desert area where many roads are like sand dunes and temperature usually reaches 40C each day. I was going to write about how annoying mosquitos are. One morning I awoke with five bites on my right little finger. I bought a bed net next day. […]

The gulf between me and the allopathic medical establishment (and its belief in germ theory) was very clear at the poster session of Kenya Medical Research Institutes Annual Scientific and Health Conference. Maurine Mwalo presented the paper by Obilo et al, ‘Updating Malaria Risk-Map of Kenya Through Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Malaria-Infected Individuals’. Just 3.6% of […]

On 12 February I attended Kenya Medical Research Institutes Annual Scientific and Health Conference (11-14 Feb) which had sessions on malaria. The conference was held in the magnificent Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi and included plenty of food and a lovely lunch. And I got a nice bag (picture). However, this was very much a […]

I continue my visit to Kenya, now in Nairobi, and have now seen and been bitten by mosquitos. Unpleasant, but not a disease threat. With a planned visit the Turkana the article in Malaria World reporting ‘Prevention Trial Cuts Malaria Cases in Children by 70 Percent’ by a team from Duke University led by Duke […]

I continue my work in Kenya this week near the Tanzanian border (picture of marker in Masai Mara national park) and an interesting article about the occurrence of malaria in Tanzania was listed in Malaria world this week. ‘Prevalence and­ drivers of­ malaria infection among ­asymptomatic and­ symptomatic community members in ­five regions with­ varying […]

After one week in Kenya volunteering to help maintain a Masai village water scheme, I have heard no mention of malaria, nor seen, never mind being bitten by, a mosquito. So I will address a paper highlighted in news-medical.net ‘Single immunization with genetically attenuated PfΔmei2 (GA2) parasites by mosquito bite in controlled human malaria infection: […]

I travel to Kenya this weekend, so naturally in Malaria World my attention was drawn to ‘Malaria prevalence, transmission potential and ­efficacy of­ artemisinin-based combination therapy in­ the ­Kenyan Central highlands: a­ zone previously characterized as­ malaria-free’ by Kimani et al. This is a large study with many components carried out in Kikuyu sub-county of […]

A paper in Malaria World this week attracted my attention for additional reasons. The research is organised by University of Notre Dame, where I earned my PhD. It was carried out in Kenya which I will visit next week. I am looking forward to leaving winter behind for a few weeks! The study, by Ochomo […]

Another ‘bug hunter’ paper published in Parasites and Vectors piqued my interest in Malaria World this week. Abas et al captured 20,449 mosquitos between June and December 2023 for ‘Risk of Aedes-borne diseases in and around the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga despite community members being more concerned about malaria’. Most of these (94.9%) were Culex […]