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The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

The good news this month is about the successful fight against malaria in various countries.

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Examinating river blindness vectors in the context of a WHO programme in Côte d'Ivoire.

Medical research

Diseases of the poor

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
The mosquito species Aedes albopictus can transmit yellow fever and dengue as well as other diseases.

Health

Global health challenge

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by Lea Diehl
Dengue research is advancing, including in Indonesia.

Pandemic threat

The global threat of dengue

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by Edith Koesoemawiria

Migration

The stigma of failure

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by Maxwell Suuk
Pesticides should only be used sparingly, but application can make sense where the dengue risk is evident: government-sponsored fogging in Aceh Province in February.

Dengue

At least 900 dead in 2015

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Fishing boats and tourists in Mangaluru.

Urban development

A fast growing city

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by Lea Diehl
In Mangaluru, many people depend on fishing.

Urban development

“Mental attitudes matter”

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by Hilda Rayappan
by Lea Diehl
What a country exports, matters a lot: solar-panel production in China’s Jiangsu Province.

Foreign trade

Exports as drivers of growth

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by Clara Brandi
by Dominique Bruhn
The majority of young people in Kenya rely for employment on the informal sector: a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

Youth unemployment

A ticking time bomb

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by Helmut Danner
Myanmar’s dry season was unusually hot and long this year, leading to water shortages. People line up to fetch drinking water from a pond in Dala township south of Yangon in May.

Comment

Climate change deserves top-level attention

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by Katja Dombrowski