Tag: Mass Drug Administration
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Can Ivermectin Stop Malaria Transmission? What Trials Show
Can an ivermectin pill curb malaria transmission? The idea of using an ivermectin pill to curb malaria transmission is drawing renewed attention. Ivermectin, long used to treat parasitic worms and mass-administered for other diseases, can make the blood of treated people lethal to mosquitoes that bite them. The question researchers are asking is whether large‑scale…
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Can Ivermectin Stop Malaria Transmission? Trial Insights
Can ivermectin curb malaria transmission? Malaria remains a formidable public health challenge, with hundreds of thousands of lives lost annually and a persistent burden in parts of Africa. In parallel, researchers have explored a novel approach: using ivermectin, a long‑standing antiparasitic drug, to reduce malaria transmission by killing or weakening mosquitoes after they bite treated…