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Rapid diagnostic tests potentially present a quick, easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis. But are they the way to go?

Researchers in Zambia are trying to eradicate malaria in rural areas, reduce deaths and set an example in malaria control.

Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

Jill McGivering and Ed Cropley report on how fake drugs and poor education increase resistance to antimalarials in South-East Asia.

Chinese researchers hope to trial a 'mass treatment' approach to malaria on an African island, reports David Lague.

The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.

Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.

Wandera Ojanji reports on why so many Kenyans die of malaria, despite their nation producing some of the world's top research on the disease.

Jon Snow reports from Africa on efforts to increase production of improved insecticide-treated bednets that last for years not months.

Marcos Pivetta interviews a husband-and-wife team who have spent decades researching malaria together.

A Ugandan researcher is running clinical evaluations to assess the safety of traditional medicines used against malaria, reports Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

Scientific breakthroughs in the fight against malaria tend to remain out of reach for the poor but some initiatives bring them closer by subsidising costs.

Merlin L Willcox and Gerard Bodeker review research on traditional herbal medicines used to treat malaria.

Federica Bianchi reports from Uganda on the moves to integrate traditional medicine into the country's health system.

A gene controlling insects' sense of smell could yield a new tool against diseases such as malaria, as scientists have found that blocking the gene can stop insects from finding their way about.

Researchers trying to develop a way of killing mosquitoes without harming other species, hope that blocking an insect protein could be the answer.

Ben Harder reports how scientists are working to combat insect-borne diseases through genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering is yielding new means to tackle insect-borne parasitic diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness, reports Leslie Harris O'Hanlon.

Christopher Thomas investigates whether the resurgence of malaria in Africa is caused by climate change.

Anthony McMichael explores the effects that massive pressures on the Earth's natural systems are having on human health.