Artemisia and its allied species have been employed for conventional medicine in the
Northern temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia for the treatments of …

Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Since the year 2000, a concerted campaign against malaria has led to unprecedented levels
of intervention coverage across sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the effect of this control …

Recent years have seen substantial growth in openly available satellite and other geospatial
data layers, which represent a range of metrics relevant to global human population …

Background During the past decade, renewed global and national efforts to combat malaria
have led to ambitious goals. We aimed to provide an accurate assessment of the levels and …

Although the burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is gradually declining in many parts
of Africa, it is characterized by spatial and temporal variability that presents new and …

Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International
Decade for Action–'Water for Life'–2005 to 2015. Fresh water makes up only 0.01% of the …

The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date
overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st …

Naturally acquired immunity to falciparum malaria protects millions of people routinely
exposed to Plasmodium falciparum infection from severe disease and death. There is no …

Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million
children in developing countries from attaining their developmental potential. We review the …