Global fund financing to the 34 malaria-eliminating countries under the new funding model 2014-2017: an analysis of national allocations and regional... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) has been the largest financial supporter of malaria since 2002. In 2011, the GFATM transitioned to a new funding model (NFM) [...] NFM to the 34 malaria-eliminating countries. METHODS: Average annual disbursements under the old funding model were compared to average annual national allocations for all eligible 34 malaria-eliminating [...] funding declines for malaria investments in low transmission countries, the GFATM...
Measuring health facility readiness and its effects on severe malaria outcomes in Uganda (Publications)
role of health service delivery to the malaria decline in Uganda We developed a methodology to quantify health facility readiness and assessed its role on severe malaria outcomes among lower-level facilities [...] facilities (HCIIIs and HCIIs) in the country. Malaria data was extracted from the Health Management Information System (HMIS). General service and malaria-specific readiness indicators were obtained from the [...] factorial axes. Geostatistical models assessed the effect of facility...
Multi-Insecticide Resistant Malaria Vectors Remain Susceptible to Malathion Insecticide (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/multi-insecticide-resistant-malaria-vectors-remain-susceptible-to-malathion-insecticide
Despite ongoing efforts in malaria control, the progress of malaria prevention has remained stagnant over the past seven years. The World Health Organization estimates a rise in malaria cases from 227 million [...] role in recent years, progress in malaria control was already stalling; with one reason being the increase in insecticide resistance. The main tools in fighting malaria and other vector-borne diseases are [...] indoor residual spraying. The extensive use of insecticides in vector...
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/first-malaria-vaccine-recommended-for-children
disease,” said Christian Lengeler, a malaria epidemiologist at Swiss TPH and President of the Swiss Malaria Group. “With a moderate efficacy of 30% of severe malaria cases, the new vaccine still makes a [...] of the five malaria pathogens and the most common in Africa. Swiss TPH has played a leading role in this day coming to fruition thanks to decades of research and development of new malaria vaccines. R [...] RTS,S, produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), belongs to a first generation of malaria...
Swiss TPH Re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Expertise in Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/who-collaborating-centre-for-expertise-in-malaria
world free from malaria." An expert hub for malaria Within the Collaborating Centre, Swiss TPH will improve modelling methodologies that contribute towards malaria prevention and advance malaria control and [...] WHO Global Malaria Programme. "The institute's long-term expertise in malaria research, control and elimination will be highly valuable in supporting the WHO to implement its work on malaria prevention [...] Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination The Collaborating...
Shaping the Next-generation of Interventions for Malaria Prevention (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/shaping-the-next-generation-of-interventions-for-malaria-prevention
substantially reducing the number of malaria cases since 2000, malaria remains a major public health concern. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria worldwide according to the World [...] (WHO). Worryingly, in some countries, malaria is even on the rise. Children under five are particularly vulnerable. In 2019, they accounted for 67% (274,000) of all malaria deaths worldwide. Pregnant women [...] for malaria prevention. The project aims to fill the gaps that still remain...
Improved Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/improved-bed-nets-for-malaria-control-in-tanzania
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...
