Most of those infected have tested positive for malaria but other factors could still be at play.

It could save the lives of thousands of children in Nigeria, where 180,000 died from malaria in 2022.

The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of artemisinin are now well-established in East Africa.

The first doses of the vaccine were rolled out in the Ivory Coast on Monday.

The genetically-engineered and non-biting mosquitoes are hoped to stop the spread of the invasive Anopheles stephensi species.

One of the most common types of mosquito has been identified for the first time in locations across Scotland.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is targeting the new malaria vaccines as African countries start their rollout.