It sounds like something you read in a Dean Koontz novel, but in Entebbe, Uganda, scientists like Krystal Byrungi are able to genetically modify the genes of the malaria causing mosquito.

They are able to do this because they say that if the population of the malaria causing mosquito can be drastically reduced, the transmission of the disease can be reduced too.

A drug to treat Malaria (Chloroquine) has failed in the past. The replacement (ACT) is facing a partial resistance in the present. For the future, scientists want to challenge the transmission of the disease in the first place.

In this series finale of The Malaria podcast, host Olivia Ndubuisi finds out what scientists say and what ordinary people think about new ways of getting rid of one of the world's oldest diseases.

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The Malaria Podcast was reported, written and presented by Olivia Ndubuisi ([email protected]). 

The editor was Alison Mcadams. 

Mixing and Sound design by Jamal Roberts.

Art work by Ibukun Shobola.

Additional production in Entebbe by Jimmy Luyima

Theme music by Premiumbeat via Envato Elements.

Production support in Entebbe by Blanshe Musinguzi 

Thank you to Jane Onyinye Ukwajiunor for her help with this episode.

The Malaria Podcast was made with funding from the Joan Konner Journalism of Ideas Fellowship.