50 years of Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (News)
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and Epidemiology unit at Swiss TPH. Worrying increase of malaria in Papua New Guinea PNG is at a key stage of controlling and eliminating malaria, having achieved large reductions in prevalence throughout [...] University of Basel. Swiss TPH and PNGIMR are supporting the national malaria programme and are involved in a new round of nationwide malaria evaluation from 2018 to 2020. Both parties are also involved in field [...] field studies which investigate reasons for on-going residual...
Intervention Effectiveness and Impact (Page)
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Watch here how visualizing malaria case numbers may be useful to target malaria control in Papua New Guinea and read more about the RADZEC Project in Zanzibar. Residual Malaria Transmission Despite high [...] transmission project in Papua New Guinea Severe Malaria Despite the existence of efficacious medicines to treat malaria, close to half a million deaths from malaria still occur every year, particularly in young [...] Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR). Key Projects Malaria control and...
Surveillance and Health Systems (Page)
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Surveillance and Health Systems for Malaria Recording when and where malaria occurs is essential for assessing disease trends and planning interventions. Where malaria is epidemic, a system that combines [...] health systems around the world. Malaria Antimalarial Drug Development Malaria Elimination Mosquito Biology and Control Project Highlights Improving Access to Malaria Care and Services for Children Under [...] Health supports Cameroon's National Malaria Control Programme in achieving...
Health Interventions | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
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MaMod PhD Training School Malaria Indicator Survey in Papua New Guinea Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) provide essential data on malaria infection prevalence and coverage with malaria interventions in the community [...] Training for Malaria Control and Elimination . Groups Malaria Interventions Analytics and Intervention Modelling Intervention Effectiveness and Impact Project Highlights TEMT: Towards Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania [...] Treated Nets, and the malaria risk stratification that...
Zwei Jahrzehnte Schweizer Vorreiterrolle bei neuen Malariamedikamenten (News)
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stellen sicher, dass der Kampf gegen Malaria umfassend und wirkungsvoll bleibt.“ Den Weg für eine Zukunft ohne Malaria ebnen Am Anlass zum Welt-Malaria-Tag der Swiss Malaria Group in Genf spricht Nationalr [...] im Kampf gegen Malaria. Wie der Weltmalariabericht 2018 jedoch zeigt, geriet die Reduzierung der Malariafälle zwischen 2015 und 2017 ins Stocken, und die geschätzte Zahl der an Malaria Verstorbenen blieb [...] Schweizer Malariaforschung Die Schweiz hat eine lange Geschichte im...
Antimalarial Drug Development (Page)
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endemic countries of tropical Africa. Malaria Basic Malaria Research Malaria Vaccines Project Highlights Drug Discovery for Malaria The NGBS programme in malaria drug discovery is a collaboration between [...] part of the Medicines for Malaria Venture portfolio. Link to Project Shaping Next-Generation Interventions for Malaria Prevention Despite progress to reduce malaria burden, malaria parasites are becoming [...] Treating malaria is a global challenge. Resistance against artemisinin-based...
Barbara Matthys (People)
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to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria in several African countries. She has technically assisted National Malaria Programs in Central Asia in strategic reviews of malaria elimination activities. Barbara [...] support to a DFID funded malaria control project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Barbara Matthys has carried out Data Quality Audits and impact assessments of malaria grants for the Global Fund [...] Institute. She has solid experience in programmatic performance and monitoring...
Effects of age, gender and soil-transmitted helminth infection on prevalence of <em>Plasmodium </em>infection among population living in Bata... (Publications)
bed nets. Malaria infections were detected in 34.8% of the participants, while 50% of malaria infections were reported in children aged 10-17 years. Females had a lower prevalence of malaria (28.8%) compared [...] health impact of STH and malaria co-infection is inconclusive. The current study aimed to report the malaria and STH infection epidemiology in the continental region of Equatorial Guinea. METHODS: We performed [...] infected with T. trichiura had malaria parasites compared with those...
Antigens released at schizont burst stimulate <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>-specific CD4+ T cells from non-exposed donors: potential for... (Publications)
individuals can be stimulated by malaria parasites. Here, we show that nine from 11 blood samples, naturally infected with malaria parasites, could stimulate proliferation of a malaria-specific T cell clone derived [...] the T cell response of naive donors to malaria parasites, processing of parasite antigens is blocked by chloroquine and monensin, and activation of 36 of 41 malaria-specific clones tested was restricted [...] activation of cross-reactive memory T cells by malaria parasites...
Introducing insecticide-treated nets in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: the relevance of local knowledge and practice for an information, education... (Publications)
practice relating to malaria. The findings show that the biomedical concept of malaria overlaps with several local illness concepts, one of which is called malaria and refers to mild malaria. Most respondents [...] linked malaria to mosquitoes (76%) and already used mosquito nets (52%). But local understandings of severe malaria differed from the biomedical concept and were not linked to mosquitoes or malaria. A social [...] Since 1997 the WHO has been recommending an integrative strategy to...