This chapter delves into the challenges faced in malaria interventions in Africa, including resistance to insecticides and drugs, and explores innovative solutions like new vaccines and novel mosquito control methods. It sheds light on the development of the R21 vaccine and the need for funding to support its trials and production. Additionally, the chapter discusses the emergence of 'tradwives' on social media, who advocate for traditional gender roles centered around homemaking, while also highlighting the concerns surrounding the idealized portrayal of this lifestyle.
We have dusted off and tuned up our forecast model for America’s presidential race. So far it gives Donald Trump a marginally higher chance of a second term. There is at last progress on not one but two vaccines to beat malaria (9:02). And a look at the “tradwives” of TikTok: passionate homemakers who prefer the gender roles of the past (15:10).
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