Will a New Mosquito Bring Malaria Back to Cities That Don't Have It Today?
Anopheles stephensi breeds in water tanks and construction sites, not rural pools, and has already spread to 14 African countries. A 2025 climate model projects it could reach 57 by 2100, including 12 currently malaria-free countries.
Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Actually Stop Malaria, and Why Did a Government Just Shut the Trial Down?
On 11 August 2025, researchers at Burkina Faso's Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante released around 16,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a village in the country's Western Region, the first release of its kind on the African continent. Seven days later, the government ordered the entire programme shut down.
Can you have malaria and not know it?
Researchers at KNUST tested 113 schoolchildren in western Ghana. Eighty-six were carrying malaria parasites but not one of them felt ill.