Biomimicry—studying nature’s best ideas and imitating these designs to solve human problems—could help control the Malaria epidemic.

The impact of ITNs is so significant WHO officials now hope that malaria cases can be slashed by 80-85 per cent in most African countries within five years.

Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in developing world

Nearly 800,000 children die every year from malaria. In Africa, malaria combined with hypoglycaemia causes many of these children to die before they get to a health care facility, where they could access life saving intravenous treatment. A clinical trial held in Mali, with the support of Antenna Technologies, suggests that placing a spoonful of sugar under the child's tongue can be as effective and moreover much simpler than a glucose injection.