Climate change shifts malaria risk across sub-Saharan Africa

Distant Oceans May Help Predict Malaria Risk in Malawi

The role of weather and environmental conditions in malaria transmission has long been recognized. Rainfall, temperature, and standing water all influence the life cycle of the female Anopheles mosquito, which spreads the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. But what drives the conditions that make malaria outbreaks more or less likely? A new study published in Communications Medicine found that temperatures in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans …

Climate change shifts malaria risk across sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have long argued over how climate change has shaped its spread.

Climate change is likely worsening childhood malaria, study finds

In a new study, Yale researchers found that hot temperatures and extreme precipitation are probably increasing the prevalence of malaria in parts of Africa.

Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa, study finds

Climate change has increased childhood malaria, could continue to do so in southern and East Africa where communities are less experienced at tackling the disease, while reducing the risk in today’s hotspots as temperatures become too high for mosquitoes.