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Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, highlighted that Africa faces challenges in combating malaria due to the increasing frequency of extreme weather events.
Climate change is causing a resurgence of malaria in the United States and continues to pose a threat in Africa, where the disease affects millions of people.
The World Malaria Report in 2023 included a chapter on the link between malaria and climate change for the first time, emphasizing its role as a risk multiplier.

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The Independent

Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is

10 days ago·United States

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abc News

Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases

10 days ago·United States

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KVIA

Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

By DAN IKPOYI and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people. Cases of resistance to antimalarial drugs and insecticides are increasing. Funding by governments and d…

10 days ago·Panama City, United States

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National Post

Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.

10 days ago·Canada

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Flin Flon Reminder

Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help

MIGORI, Kenya (AP) — As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuor’s orphaned son, fell to the ground, wailing.

10 days ago·Flin Flon, Canada

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