As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa

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Climate change is expanding malaria's reach into southern Africa's cooler regions, where the disease was previously rare. In a remote South African village, health workers spray insecticide on home walls as part of intensifying prevention efforts. Rising temperatures are allowing mosquitoes that carry the parasite to survive in areas they couldn't colonize before, pushing public health systems to adapt their strategies. The shift poses a particular threat to communities with limited medical infrastructure, forcing researchers and officials to rethink malaria control across the continent.