Integrated vector management, including indoor residual spraying in selected high-risk areas, long-lasting insecticidal nets in high malaria endemic areas were also carried out, Union Minister of ...

Insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors, and so more sustainable integrated management ...

Biopesticides containing a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes may be an effective means of reducing malaria transmission, particularly if used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2020) Efforts to control the transmission of malaria are encountering a big, though predictable, problem: the mosquitoes that transmit malaria are developing resistance to ...

Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences and Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria Malaria is a serious, complex and often fatal vector-borne disease caused by the ...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Egypt on Sunday on eliminating malaria, describing it as “another important milestone”. Tedros' remarks came ...

In 2025, the state reported 14,159 dengue cases and 21 deaths due to dengue, down from 19,385 dengue cases and 40 dengue ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants. The achievement follows a ...

Egypt is the third country in the Eastern Mediterranean region WHO has acknowledged as malaria-free, following Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. In all, 44 countries and one territory have this ...

In 2023, zero malaria cases were reported in 122 districts across various states, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. At the time of independence in 1947, malaria was one of the ...