Posted 18/03/2019. Tailored interventions that specifically target at-risk populations, such as forest-goers, will be crucial for achieving malaria elimination in Southeast Asia. This review By Tom Peto and colleagues highlights the behaviours and attitudes of forest-goers towards malaria prevention and control interventions to identify what changes can be made to reduce the malaria incidence in this population.

Posted 15/03/2019. There is increasing recognition that children remain at increased risk of death following discharge from hospital in resource-poor settings. Alison Talbert and colleagues found that admission in children aged under 5 years with diarrhoea alone does not increase 12-month post-discharge mortality compared to admission with other conditions excluding severe pneumonia.

Posted 12/03/2019. Large case-control studies have reported that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency exists due to its opposing effects on falciparum malaria: protection against cerebral malaria but an increased propensity to develop severe malarial anaemia. A reanalysis of these claims by James Watson and colleagues shows they are likely explained by 'collider bias', as case definitions excluded patients with both anaemia and coma on presentation.