France

Global Fund raises its targeted €12 billion to fight pandemics

Global Fund raises its targeted €12 billion to fight pandemics

10 October 2019

France

France calls for funds to 'intensify' Global Fund fight against AIDS

The Global Fund Forum aims to save 16 million lives within the next four years as well as averting 234 million infections worldwide.

9 October 2019

World

World leaders gather in France for Global Fund initiative

A conference in France, which kicked off on Wednesday, aims to raise funds to combat deadly diseases and condemn them to the history books.

9 October 2019

France

Global Fund conference seeks €12 billion in fight against big killers

Global Fund conference aims to raise €12 billion for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis

9 October 2019

Israel

Man vs mozzie: Tech firm develops laser to track and target mosquitoes

The system follows the insects with a red laser beam and sends a text alert to householders, letting them know where the mosquito can be found.

19 August 2019

Burkina Faso

Researchers create fake village filled with GM fungus to fight malaria

Scientists from University of Maryland Baltimore and the IRSS research insitute in Burkina Faso created the "mosquito sphere" filled with toxic fungus to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes

31 May 2019

Inspire Africa

The chemist who might overcome malaria [Inspire Africa]

Malaria remains the deadliest disease on the continent, claiming the highest number of victims than any other every year. Enter University of Cape Town Professor, Kelly Chibale. The Zambian chemist

27 November 2018

United Kingdom

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes could be killed off by gene editing

A laboratory at Imperial College London has wiped out a population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes using gene editing. The lab spread a genetic modification that blocks female reproduction through a caged population

12 October 2018

Venezuela

Malaria finds sanctuary in crisis-hit Venezuela

World Health Organisation reports massive rise in mosquito borne disease as Venezuela's anti-malaria campaigns fail.

25 April 2018

World News

New malaria vaccine pilots in Africa

The World Health Organisation has announced live trials of Mosquirix in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

25 April 2017

World News

Australian students recreate Martin Shkreli price-hike drug

The man who became a global figure of greed after hiking the price of a life-saving drug by 5000 percent in the US, may have just met his match.

2 December 2016

World News

Green light for world's first malaria vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is recommending the drug be licensed for use in babies in Africa

24 July 2015

Pakistan

Naomi Campbell congratulates 'malaria' on Nobel Peace Prize win

11 October 2014