Bob Snow: The future of malaria in Africa
Channel: Tropical Medicine Oxford
Date: 2020-09-03

Professor Bob Snow from our KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Nairobi, Kenya, tells us about the history of maria in Africa over the last century, and our hopes and challenges for the future. 

Although the map of malaria in Africa has seen little reduction since 1970, the likelihood of getting infected has never been so low. For further progress, we need better tools – insecticides, drugs and vaccines – as well as economic development and investments in health systems. Cartography of the disease helps design interventions, and a better understanding of how immunity develops will also shape the future of malaria in Africa.