Study models how malaria vaccines can help mitigate climate-driven breaks in disease control

NEW DELHI: A study conducted in Madagascar’s households has found that new malaria vaccines — offering protection up to 10 months — could help mitigate disruptions to disease control measures because of extreme weather events.

Malaria — a mosquito-borne infectious disease — is a serious public health concern, with climate change-driven temperatures and rainfall creating conditions more conducive for mosquitoes to thrive and spread disease, especially in tropical countries.

Researchers from the US and Madagascar in Africa said that extreme weather events, such as tropical cyclones, can hit public health infrastructure and limit people’s access to malaria prevention and treatment — this can increase infection risk, especially in high-burden regions where continuity of care and disease control is critical.

Source: PTI News

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