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Malaria-Proofing Your Home: Tips for Young Adults

Let’s Talk About Mosquitoes: Engaging Conversations for Kids

 While mosquitoes are small and often underestimated, they can have a huge impact on health and well-being. In many parts of the world, children and their families and communities still face daily challenges caused by mosquitoes that spread harmful diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. The role of mosquitoes and how to best avoid […]

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Partnerships Shaping Mozambique's Malaria Monitoring

Malaria Mystery Adventure: An Educational Game for Kids

In this modern age, where technology and education often intersect, innovative learning styles can make complex subjects more intriguing to children. For instance, “Malaria Mystery Adventure” is a learning game that uses entertainment to motivate children to learn about malaria, how to prevent it, and the value of public health. This article, therefore, takes a

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Innovative Strategies for Child Malaria Prevention

Malaria Superheroes: Teaching Kids About Medicines and Vaccines

 Malaria is one of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases, with a huge and persistent public health impact, especially in most parts of Africa, many parts of Asia, and much of Latin America. Learning to prevent and treat malaria is tremendously empowering for young children, and potentially life-saving. An imaginative, superhero-themed approach can help engage kids

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Stories in Strengthening Malaria Surveillance in Mozambique

Malaria Warriors: How Kids Can Help Fight Against Mosquitoes

 Malaria is one of the child-killing mosquito-borne diseases that’s still a major killer of young people, especially children under five in several parts of the world. But kids can also become ‘Malaria Warriors’ and play their small part in bringing down the number of mosquitoes in their community, preventing malaria. This article looks at what

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Community Engagement in Bed Net Distribution Campaigns

Corporate Social Responsibility in Malaria Prevention

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become integral to the practices of the global business world, with most multinational corporations developing CSR programs to highlight their commitments to the global public health agenda. In addition, high-level public-private partnerships, such as the UN’s Global Compact and the World Economic Forum, feed into this ambition to join forces

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Bed Net Recycling and Sustainability for Environmental Impact

Community-Driven Malaria Awareness: Global Success Stories

 Malaria is still one of the hardest public health issues to tackle, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where it causes significant morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations – such as children and pregnant women. Although there have been great medical advancements in drug and insecticide treatment and prevention for malaria, the disease continues to claim lives.

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Youth Education: Leading Malaria Prevention Efforts

Collaborative Approaches to Malaria Prevention: Partnerships

 Malaria remains one of the most endemic and historically persistent global health challenges. The disease particularly affects sub-Saharan Africa where it is still endemic. In the past decade, partners have made significant strides in reducing malaria cases and deaths. Through collaborative multilateral and bilateral efforts, they have enhanced access to prevention and control tools. However,

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Sustainable Mosquito Control in Anti-Malarial Initiatives

Innovative Mosquito Repellents: Beyond the Ordinary

 Mosquitoes are not only more than just pesky pests, they’re also vectors of lethal illnesses such as malaria, dengue fever, and Zika virus. Although lotion-based insect repellent DEET and citronella candles are common methods for repelling mosquitoes, innovative technologies in mosquito repellent are emerging. These advancements could offer new and effective ways to keep mosquitoes

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The Importance of Physical Activity in Child Development

Local Heroes in Malaria Prevention: Amplifying Grassroots Efforts

Local heroes fuel the fight against malaria. Although international humanitarian agencies, governments, and large NGOs contribute greatly to malaria prevention and control, it is often a grassroots effort that has the biggest impact on the ground. In fact, these local heroes include community health workers, volunteers, and Indigenous leaders whose efforts make malaria prevention strategies

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