Science Daily November 3, 2022 An international team of researchers from 112 countries has recommend specific actions to end the persistent global threat to public health. The panel developed a set of 41 consensus statements and 57 recommendations to governments, health systems, industry, and other key stakeholders across six domains: communication; health systems; vaccination; prevention; treatment and care; and inequities. The highest-ranked recommendations call for the adoption of whole-of-society and whole-of-government approaches, while maintaining proven prevention measures using a vaccines-plus approach that employs a range of public health and financial support measures to complement vaccination. Other recommendations with at least […]
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Scientists engineer mosquitoes that can’t spread malaria
Phys.org September 21, 2022 An international team of researchers (UK, USA – industry) has genetic modification that causes mosquitoes to produce compounds in their guts that stunt the growth of parasites, that are unlikely to reach the mosquitoes’ salivary glands and pass it on before the insects die. The technique reduced the possibility of malaria spread in a lab setting, and if proven safe and effective in real-world settings it could be a powerful new tool to help eliminate malaria. It can be coupled with existing “gene drive” technology to spread the modification and drastically cut malaria transmission. Only around […]