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Climate change is shifting malaria hot spots in Africa

Higher temperatures may push the disease away from historic hotbeds

A mother and daughter in denim jackets sit on a bench with their backs to the camera, facing an open window where two uniformed nurses look at paperwork

In many sub-Saharan African countries, malaria is a significant public health challenge. Here, a Ugandan mother and child await malaria vaccination—one of the most effective preventative methods for the disease.

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By Fechi Inyama

Malaria, one of the world’s most prominent public health challenges, is on the move.

A new study based on previous predictions of where malaria in children may appear suggests that climate change is redrawing the map of malaria’s spread across the African continent.