Majete Malaria Control Project Monitoring (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/majete-malaria-control-project-monitoring
effect of the malaria control interventions, through the creation of malaria animators and community-based malaria action teams. The project goal is an 80% reduction in incidence of clinical malaria and 50% [...] of malaria control through the epicentre approach • Increase community participation in malaria control • Implement locally-appropriate malaria vector control strategies • Measure impact on malaria [...] Malaria continues to place a heavy burden of disease in southern Malawi. Effective...
Collaboration on Malaria drug discovery (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/collaboration-on-malaria-drug-discovery
The goal of this collaborative project with Actelion Pharmaceuticals is the discovery of new antimalarial molecules with unknown mechanism(s) of action. Cell-based antimalarial screens were performed
Drug discovery for malaria based on novel drug targets in the NGBS Consortium (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/project-detail/project/drug-discovery-for-malaria-based-on-novel-drug-targets-in-the-ngbs-consortium
The NGBS programme in malaria drug discovery is a collaboration between the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), the Biomedical [...] programme aims at solving two fundamental medical needs. Firstly, a one dose cure for P. falciparum malaria would be a breakthrough in solving compliance problems, and would also contribute easing logistical [...] NITD609 is the first molecule from a novel class of antimalarials to enter...
Malaria Trends in DRC (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20170901-malaria-trends-drc
Malaria Trends in DRC 09.02.2017 by Sabina Beatrice-Matter The Swiss TPH conducted a large-scale assessment of trends in malaria morbidity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 2005 to 2015 together [...] the National Malaria Control Program of Congo DRC, the Department of Health Information Systems and the Kinshasa School of Public Health. Number of monthly suspected cases tested for malaria stratified by [...] sharp increase of confirmed malaria cases after the introduction of rapid...
Malaria Photo and Video Contest (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20161612-malaria-photo-and-video-contest
The Swiss Malaria Group and its partners are launching a worldwide #EndMalaria Photo and Video Contest. All Swiss TPH News Malaria Malaria Photo and Video Contest 16.01.2017 by Konstantina Boutsika Participate [...] pictures will be featured widely in malaria-relevant events and documents. Deadline is the 1st of March 2017, so that the winners can be announced for World Malaria Day 2017. We are looking for powerful [...] powerful images within three thematic categories that tell stories about ma...
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/20180420-mehr-innovation-weniger-armut
Wissenschaft und globalem Engagement zur Bekämpfung von Malaria in ärmeren Ländern ein. Anlässlich des 10. Welt-Malaria-Tags zeigen die Swiss Malaria Group Mitglieder, Novartis, Syngenta, Clariant, Medicus [...] eine Welt ohne Malaria und damit auch für eine Welt mit weniger Armut. Denn Malaria und Armut sind eng miteinander verknüpft. Wenn sich ein Kleinbauer während der Erntezeit mit Malaria infiziert, kann [...] Engagement zu verstärken, um Malaria als globales Problem endlich Geschichte...
