Malaria in a Changing World

Dear Colleagues,

Malaria remains one of the world’s most persistent and deadly infectious diseases, yet the world around it is changing rapidly. This Special Issue, titled “Malaria in a Changing World,” invites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore how shifting environmental, social, political, and technological landscapes are reshaping the global malaria challenge. Ranging from climate change and urbanization to drug resistance, vaccine innovation, and geopolitical instability, the factors influencing malaria transmission and control are more dynamic and interconnected than ever before.

This Special Issue aims to highlight interdisciplinary and critical perspectives that examine how malaria adapts to new ecologies, migrates across geopolitical boundaries, and interacts with global inequalities. We welcome contributions that explore emerging themes such as the impact of climate variability on vector ecology; the consequences of conflict and displacement on malaria resurgence; innovations in vaccine and vector control technologies; and the role of health systems and community engagement in sustaining progress. Equally important are investigations into the social, historical, and political contexts that shape malaria research, policy, and practice especially in low- and middle-income countries.

As we face new planetary, technological, and ethical frontiers, this Special Issue seeks to reimagine malaria not only as a biomedical problem but as a complex, evolving phenomenon embedded in broader global transformations. We invite original research articles, reviews, case studies, and commentaries that interrogate and illuminate malaria in this changing world.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Harry Tagbor
Dr. Luiz Shozo Ozaki
Guest Editors

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