Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: a tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania (Publications)
specific expected targets. METHODS: The OpenMalaria model of malaria dynamics was calibrated for all 184 councils in mainland Tanzania using data from malaria indicator surveys, school parasitaemia surveys [...] decision-making process for malaria control and elimination strategies has become more challenging. Interventions need to be targeted at council level to allow for changing malaria epidemiology and an increase [...] for the historical trend (2003-2016) (95%CI: 0.87-0.93) The current...
Assessment of the effect of larval source management and house improvement on malaria transmission when added to standard malaria control strategies... (Publications)
residual spraying (IRS) will be insufficient as stand-alone malaria vector control interventions in many settings as programmes shift toward malaria elimination. Combining additional vector control interventions [...] together with the interventions currently implemented by the Malawi National Malaria Control Programme is anticipated to reduce malaria transmission below the level reached by current interventions alone. I [...] We will implement community-based LSM and HI, as additional...
Impact of malaria interventions on child mortality in endemic African settings: comparison and alignment between LiST and Spectrum-Malaria model (Publications)
function of baseline malaria endemicity, seasonality in transmission and malaria intervention coverage levels (estimated for years 2000 to 2015 by the World Health Organization and Malaria Atlas Project). [...] Spectrum-Malaria projects larger proportional impacts, reflecting onward dynamic effects not fully captured by LiST. CONCLUSIONS: Spectrum-Malaria complements LiST by extending the scope of malaria interventions [...] BACKGROUND: In malaria-endemic countries, malaria prevention and...
Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic (Publications)
with malaria and self-treated successfully. This strategy allows prompt treatment for malaria in high-risk groups and may avoid over-diagnosis (and subsequent inappropriate treatment) of malaria on-site [...] BACKGROUND: The WHO recommends that all suspect malaria cases be tested before receiving treatment. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria can be performed reliably by community health workers with no [...] procedure on how to perform the test and act on its result. The travellers were...
R. Geigy Award 2022 Goes to Three Researchers for Work on Malaria and Tuberculosis Control in Africa (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/r-geigy-award-2022-goes-to-three-researchers-for-work-on-malaria-and-tuberculosis-control-in-africa
including cell cultures of malaria parasites, which allows them to test the effect of new vaccines or drugs on malaria transmission. "If we stick to the goal of eliminating malaria, we also need new interventions [...] research platform opens up new perspectives in the fight against malaria In recent decades, there has been great progress in the fight against malaria in Africa. However, many people in endemic areas are still [...] their achievements in the field of setting up a research...
Molecular Signatures can Predict the Efficacy of Malaria Vaccines (News)
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immunized with the most advanced malaria vaccine (Mosquirix or RTS,S) and another experimental malaria vaccination approach targeting also the pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria. Combining genomics with data [...] individuals, suggest there are common protective responses against malaria," says Carlota Dobaño, study coordinator and head of the Malaria Immunology Group at ISGlobal. "The results also confirm the potential [...] surrogates to determine the efficacy of these and other malaria vaccine...
World Malaria Day 2020: Urgent Action Is Critical to Save Lives (News)
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COVID-19 pandemic. The Swiss Malaria Group, together with the internationally united actors of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, is therefore calling for action to end malaria: We must protect the lives [...] age of 5 in malaria-affected countries, provide life-saving tools to fight malaria and ensure access to treatment. To do this, we must close the annual funding gap of USD 2 billion for malaria. Stronger [...] technologies to help us counter malaria and other deadly diseases. Switzerland's...
New Mosquito Net reduces Malaria Cases (News)
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years of age. About malaria Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria still causes a [...] were published yesterday in the The Lancet. Addressing malaria through combination bed nets The clinical trial showed that the number of malaria cases was reduced by 12% with the new type of bed net compared [...] effective intervention against malaria. Continued research and development...
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20180420-mehr-innovation-weniger-armut
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 [...] kaum mit Malaria anstecken. Das war nicht immer so. Noch vor 200 Jahren war der Rhein wild und breit und verursachte Überschwemmungen. Diese Sumpfgebiete begünstigten die Verbreitung von Malaria. Durch [...] noch immer 445‘000 Menschen an Malaria. Betroffen sind vor allem Gebiete südlich der...
New Understanding of Parasite Biology Might Help Stop Malaria Transmission (News)
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About malaria and its transmission Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria causes [...] (WHO) around 210 million clinical malaria cases and more than 440,000 malaria-related deaths occurred in 2016 alone. The gametocyte stage poses a major obstacle to malaria elimination and eradication efforts [...] are infectious to mosquitoes and are therefore the catalyst for...