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Kenya believes it can eliminate malaria by 2017 but admits that there is a long road of funding and capacity building ahead.

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.

Scientists should investigate herbal malaria remedies as they are more affordable for the very poor, the MIM meeting was told.

MRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchers

Using sheeting impregnated with insecticide may be easier, and less toxic, than wall-spraying.

South-East Asia's mosquitoes bite at dusk so bednets are of limited use — but treated hammocks could be a useful addition.

Bednets and biopesticides show promise as a winning combination against malaria, according to a new research model.

Bangladeshi researchers say that the antibiotic tigecycline has potential use in combination with antimalarials such as artemisinin.

In Suriname and Guyana malaria transmission persists in dry environmental conditions less favourable for the mosquito, say researchers.

Scientists have found that infecting mosquitoes with fungi can reverse insecticide resistance, but large-scale testing is some way off.

A study of rural Haiti has revealed that children in households classed as severely food insecure are at risk of perceived clinical malaria.

Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline have signed an agreement to develop and manufacture vaccines for malaria and dengue fever.

Researchers have long been baffled by the troubling side effects of the antimalarial quinine but now a study may have found the answer.

An indoor housefly-killing machine has shown great success at clearing malarial mosquitoes from a large outdoor area.

Some babies exposed to malaria before birth have a higher chance of contracting malaria and anaemia later in life, a study finds.

A study looking at malaria parasites' response to artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs confirms growing resistance in western Cambodia.

Climate change is leading to a change in the behavior of two species of malaria vectors in Peru, a study has found.

Iron supplements do not increase the risk of malaria in areas where the disease is prevalent — contrary to WHO guidelines, say researchers.

Phase III trials of the world's most advanced potential malaria vaccine started last week on five babies in Tanzania.

Malaria tests must be made more reliable, say researchers, as new research highlights the inadequacies of current test kits.