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Bill Gates illuminates the role of mosquitoes by setting a jar of live bugs free into a full auditorium.
Mosquitoes are the unwitting dupes that transmit the malaria parasite from human to human. Learn more as reporter Cynthia Graber poses a mosquito quiz, and listen to a mosquito researcher become the bug he studies.
Americans suffered from malaria from the time Europeans and Africans first came to these shores, all the way through the 1940s. Learn about the history of the disease, and watch a video that Disney produced in the 1940s to educate people about malaria.
A new vaccine is the first ever to reach the third and final phase of clinical trials. Reporter Megan Williams visits Gabon for the trial's inauguration.
In Thailand, there's an innovate solution to fight pesky mosquitoes: a bug zapper. See and hear how it works.
American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle has adopted the cause of combatting malaria. Listen to her interview and check out a video of a Malaria Day performance.
Bednets halved the incidence of malaria in one village in Tanzania, and reporter Richard Lough visits the village to learn more.
Combining insecticide-treated bednets, indoor residual spraying, and malaria drugs have almost entirely eliminated the disease on the islands of Zanzibar.
Drugs are a crucial tool, but counterfeit malaria drugs are a profitable industry and a growing problem. Reporter Gretchen Wilson investigates the situation in Tanzania.
Writer Kelsey Timmerman drags his brother to Honduras, but they end up with more than just a suntan.
In Mali, puppets are part of the effort to educate people about how to combat the disease. Grant Fuller reports.
African musical star Youssou N'Dour has become a spokeperson for combatting malaria. He organized the Roll Back Malaria concert in 2005 and has since spoken to heads of state around the world. Listen to his comments about malaria here.
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