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Innovative Apps for Malaria Prevention: A Youth Guide

Innovative Apps for Malaria Prevention: A Youth Guide

 Technology is increasingly important to the progress being made in clarifying and addressing global health challenges, and malaria prevention is a prime example. As we increasingly embrace digital life, the latest innovations in technological approaches to malaria prevention can make the biggest difference among those most in need – young people. Malaria prevention apps include […]

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China’s Journey to Malaria Elimination: An Overview

China’s Journey to Malaria Elimination: An Overview

 Malaria caused by parasites transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito has stalked the human species for millennia. In recent decades, however, the incidence of malaria has dramatically decreased on a global scale. China’s mammoth population, sprawling territories, and diverse environmental conditions make it the ideal ground to showcase the effectiveness of the anti-malaria

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Climate Change Resilience in China’s Malaria Elimination Strategy

Climate Change Resilience in China’s Malaria Elimination Strategy

From rising temperatures to more frequent and intense rainfall, and from increased incidences of flooding to desertification, all these effects of climate change compel us to examine the interdependencies between environmental changes and public health. For instance, consider malaria, a severe infectious disease transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Climate change not only increases

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China’s Role in Global Malaria Control Partnerships

China’s Role in Global Malaria Control Partnerships

 To make significant progress in the global war against malaria, what is needed now is collaboration and joint efforts from countries throughout the world, and the formation and practice of international partnerships. China, the second largest country with the greatest population outside of Africa, besides the USA with the most developed economic strength, has been

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Community Engagement: China’s Key to Malaria Elimination

Community Engagement: China’s Key to Malaria Elimination

Mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus transmit malaria by taking a blood meal from an infected person. This deadly disease poses significant health risks in many regions, making it a major public health challenge around the world. In this context, this article explains how China’s remarkable progress towards the elimination of malaria holds valuable lessons for

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Technological Innovations in China’s Malaria-Free Campaign

Community-Based Research for Malaria Prevention Solutions

 Malaria is still one of the world’s most critical health problems. Although medical science has made important leaps in battling the disease, it still infects millions around the world, with most of the burden falling on sub-Saharan Africa. Community-based research helps tap into local knowledge, involving community members in the research process and developing locally

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Economic Impacts of Malaria Eradication in China

Economic Impacts of Malaria Eradication in China

 Malaria continues to be one of the most intractable public health problems in the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, but a handful of countries have succeeded in dramatically reducing malaria incidence and mortality. While some consider malaria eradication hopelessly optimistic, we highlight the significant economic benefits that it has already brought to China. We also

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How China Harnessed Technology for Malaria Surveillance

How China Harnessed Technology for Malaria Surveillance

 Malaria, a disease affecting the blood and triggered by parasites transmitted by mosquitoes infected with a parasite, is a public health challenge in many countries around the globe. In recent decades, countries across the world have actively engaged in various efforts to control its spread and eradicate this ancient illness. One of the most outstanding

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