Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/malaria-eradication-requires-more-than-magic-bullets/blog-id/39
The global community has made impressive strides in malaria control and elimination, but progress has stalled. To reach eradication, we must rethink our approach.
There is no excuse for the world to still have malaria (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/there-is-no-excuse-for-the-world-to-still-have-malaria/blog-id/13
years, much has been invested in malaria prevention and treatment, resulting in the prevention of over 7.6 million malaria deaths. The progress made in the fight against malaria is one of the greatest success [...] Mosquitoes infect millions of people with malaria - a disease that kills a child every two minutes. Most of these deaths occur in the poorest countries with the weakest health systems. Over the past 20
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2021-in-the-shadows-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/blog-id/14
A world without malaria is within reach. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens progress in the fight against malaria. This year's World Malaria Day on 25 April 2021 will draw attention to the [...] the fact that further efforts are needed to achieve the goal of a malaria-free world.
Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria (Publications)
'sporozoites,' 'malaria,' and 'vaccines.' EXPERT OPINION: First generation (radiation-attenuated) PfSPZ vaccines are safe, well tolerated, 80-100% efficacious against homologous controlled human malaria infection [...] INTRODUCTION: Malaria, a devastating febrile illness caused by protozoan parasites, sickened 247,000,000 people in 2021 and killed 619,000, mostly children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A highly [...] effective vaccine is urgently needed, especially for Plasmodium...
Diagnostic de malaria chez le praticien: comment gérer (Publications)
Malaria is the disease to exclude when dealing with a patient coming back from an endemic area with fever. We need reliable diagnostic tools with negative likelihood ratio (LR-) close to zero (-> high [...] 08 (estimated in a meta-analysis of RDT in non-immune travelers), the probability of falciparum malaria is 1% after a negative RDT. When the RDT is positive, the patient should always be treated with an
Meta-analysis: accuracy of rapid tests for malaria in travelers returning from endemic areas (Publications)
PURPOSE: To determine the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for ruling out malaria in nonimmune travelers returning from malaria-endemic areas. DATA SOURCES: The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CAB Health [...] diagnosis of P. malariae or P. ovale were close to 1.0 for both types of tests. In febrile travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa, the typical probability of P. falciparum malaria is estimated at [...] of rapid diagnostic tests improves outcomes in returning travelers with...
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 2024: Work together and accelerate the fight! (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/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.