By Joke Kujenya HUMANITY’s AGE-long battle with malaria may soon turn a corner, thanks to a groundbreaking scientific discovery. For decades, the mosquito-borne disease has haunted tropical regions, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives each year, most of them children under five. But as the malaria parasite grows increasingly resistant to ...
By Joke Kujenya A CONTINENT-wide study has uncovered alarming rates of drug resistance in common infections across 14 African countries, exposing critical weaknesses in laboratory capacity, data systems, and health infrastructure. Researchers analysed over 187,000 lab results collected between 2016 and 2019 from 205 laboratories in countries ...
