Malaria up-date

I understand that Mrs W has given you quite a lot of work on malaria to do this week and that some of it involves accessing some of my older postings on malaria from last session. In addition to that, you might like to follow up some of these links which have all appeared on the BBC health pages in the last few months..... (Click images to link to each)

Firstly a study which suggests that "Sea cucumbers could provide a potential new weapon to block transmission of the malaria parasite"

Secondly "Nets boost Africa's malaria fight " Insecticide-treated nets can reduce overall child mortality by 20% .Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are making significant progress in fighting malaria, new statistics from Unicef and the World Health Organisation show.

Next ..."Scientists and global health campaigners have welcomed the early results of a malaria vaccine trial in African infants" and finally.....

"Targeting a key protein may help overcome the malaria parasite's increasing resistance to conventional drugs, UK researchers say."

Remember... it is the detail you can glean from articles like this that will make your answers stand out from the crowd!