Only One Third of Children Receive Appropriate Malaria Care (News)
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in nine sub-Saharan countries. Major gaps in malaria care in children According to the clinical guidelines, all children with malaria should receive a malaria blood test as well as an appropriate antimalarial [...] (WHO) has called for a renewed focus on malaria ( World Malaria Report 2019 ), including improved and better-enforced guidelines for the clinical management of the disease. To gain more insights regarding [...] at a health facility for treatment. Although 80% of children diagnosed...
Improved Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Tanzania (News)
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more sustainable malaria interventions, both physically and economically. "More than 2 billion ITNs have been procured for public health. They are an incredibly important aspect of malaria control that have [...] Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are the most widely adopted preventive measure against malaria. ITNs work by both preventing bites and killing mosquitoes that are searching for humans at night. ITNs [...] ITNs, and in particular long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), represent a...
Mathematical Modelling to Inform Next-Generation Malaria Interventions (News)
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With increasing threats of malaria drug and insecticide resistance, there is now a need for novel malaria interventions to improve public health. According to the study published in Communications Medicine [...] inform decision-making around malaria interventions, integrating modelling evidence is equally as important. “Modeling evidence can guide and accelerate development of new malaria vaccines, monoclonal antibodies [...] medical interventions for malaria prevention, guided by reference...
Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR | Swiss TPH (Page)
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Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR: Four-Week Postgraduate Courses on Malaria Prevention, Control & Elimination Course Description The objectives of the course are to build capacity by r [...] in the field of malaria and to improve skills in time management, presenting and writing research proposals. At the end of the course, the participants should be able to manage malaria issues more effectively [...] Group: Only applicants from African malaria affected-countries were considered...
Starting at the community: treatment seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda (Publications)
five years with suspected severe malaria. Methods: An observational study in Uganda enrolled children below five years presenting to CHWs with signs of severe malaria. Children were followed up 28 days [...] Introduction: Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated public referral health facility (RHF). Caregivers
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
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achieved in the global fight against malaria. In the last decades, 7.6 million malaria deaths have been prevented and over 20 countries have been declared malaria-free . Furthermore, a new group of 26 [...] the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025. This shows that a world without malaria could become reality in just one generation. Meanwhile, progress in the fight against malaria has stagnated . To ensure [...] Corona virus on malaria control. Among other things, measures were taken to...
PATH Malaria Vaccine Modelling (Projects)
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RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the world’s first malaria vaccine shown to provide partial protection against malaria in young children. In October 2021, WHO recommended widespread use of RTS,S among children in [...] in regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. This recommendation is based on a Phase 3 trial completed in Africa in 2015 and the implementation programme in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi [...] we provided modelling evidence to support this recommendation and continued to...
Malaria Interventions (Page)
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evidence-based malaria control efforts at national and decentralized level, enhance multi-sectoral action in malaria control and develop a comprehensive knowledge management strategy for malaria control in [...] Group | Malaria Interventions Delivering Nets Against Malaria, Tanzania 2013 Epidemiology and Public Health Health Interventions Analytics and Intervention Modelling Intervention Effectiveness and Impact [...] Impact Malaria Interventions The Malaria Interventions group includes a number...
CARAMAL | Swiss TPH Malaria Projects (Page)
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CARAMAL - Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria Many malaria deaths occur in places where people have poor access to preventive and curative health services. Prompt access to quality care is [...] severe childhood diseases, among which severe malaria is particularly frequent in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Where parenteral treatment of severe malaria is not available, for example at the level [...] of care for severe malaria can be provided. Since 2018, two RAS products have...
World Malaria Day 2024: Work together and accelerate the fight! (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2024-work-together-and-accelerate-the-fight/blog-id/81
In the recent past, progress to curb malaria have been stalling. In 2022, over 600,000 people died from malaria, primarily children under the age of 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa. People living in the [...] it is indispensable that the global community stands together and accelerates the fight against malaria for a more equitable world where nobody is left behind.