Malaria is gaining ground-but researchers are developing promising new solutions
Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are exploring new strategies to combat malaria, which continues to affect millions globally. The symposium highlighted both historical lessons and modern biological innovations aimed at eradicating the disease.
Why it matters
Malaria remains a major global health crisis, and new research is critical to overcoming drug resistance and environmental challenges.
Hide caption Show caption (From left) Malaria researchers Flaminia Catteruccia, Azza Idris, and Caroline Buckee answer questions after their symposium talks. Photo by Bethany Mitchell / Harvard Global Health Institute Jump to Section Share Post LinkedIn Facebook WhatsApp Email Copy link Malaria is both an ancient and modern scourge. It’s one of humanity’s oldest diseases, dating back millennia. But in 2024 it infected more than quarter billion people and killed 610,000—mostly young children. Over the decades, encouraging innovations to eliminate malaria have emerged, with many more in active development today. But so have new and daunting challenges that facilitate the disease’s spread around the world and make it harder to treat.
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