(The Present) How Do You Solve a Problem Like Malaria?

In Boston, a fourth year PhD candidate at Harvard University in a race to make a drug the malaria parasite can't resist. Important, as resistance is historically a nagging issue with malaria treatments.

In Osun state, Nigeria, a post doctoral researcher mapping the parasite's genome to find out why in one region malaria drugs work, in another, they don't.

In Entebbe, Uganda, an entomologist studying mosquito behavior who knows exactly why insecticides are losing their effectiveness.

In the second episode of The Malaria Podcast, Host Olivia Ndubuisi sits with those actively trying to solve the malaria problem. Is it working?

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The Malaria Podcast was reported, written and presented by Olivia Ndubuisi (oon2101@columbia.edu)

The editor was Alison Mcadams. 

Mixing and Sound design by Jamal Roberts

Art work by Ibukun Shobola.

Additional production in Entebbe by Jimmy Luyima

Theme music by PremiumBeat via Envato Elements

Production support in Entebbe by Blanshe Musinguzi 

Thank you to Chinedum Eluwa, Camille Aneke and Annika Mcginnis for their help with this episode.

The Malaria Podcast was made with funding from the Joan Konner Journalism of Ideas Fellowship.

** Links/Attachments

Frank Obeng Addae, PhD candidate in Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard Chan School.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvVqzILq1jk

https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/duraisingh-lab/team-members/

Dr. Vera Mitesser, Research Scientist

Institute for Genomics and Global Health Nigeria.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-mitesser-a1403119b/?isSelfProfile=false

Frank Lukindu, Molecular Biologist Scientist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-lukindu-msc-ph-d-74583441/?isSelfProfile=false