Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets (Page)
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From 2000-2021, 1.5 billion malaria cases and 7.6 million malaria deaths have been averted. This should be a strong motivator to up our collective game. The road ahead for malaria elimination was well summarized [...] However, malaria transmission remains intense and devastating in some parts of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. "Clearly, a change is required to reach the ultimate goal of malaria eradication [...] the impressive successes of malaria control from 2000-2015 in endemic...
There is no excuse for the world to still have malaria (Page)
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Carine Weiss talks to Professor Christian Lengeler about his passion for malaria research and how the current pandemic is affecting malaria prevention and treatment. Listen to the podcast now. Professor Christian [...] of tropical diseases, with a strong focus on malaria. Among other things, he worked on the development of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) as a means of malaria control and has been involved in the establishment [...] the Swiss Malaria Group , which brings together research...
WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination (Page)
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training activities on malaria epidemiology, control and elimination The Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016– 2030 calls for, among others, strengthening the health workforce and malaria expert base. Under [...] and Malaria, Swiss National Science Foundation , Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation , PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative , Clinton Health Access Initiative , United States President's Malaria Initiative [...] Training for Malaria Control and Elimination Following years of...
Malaria Modelling Resource Centre (Page)
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Malaria Modelling Resource Centre Course in Malaria Modelling The Malaria Modelling Resource Centre provides an outreach and response capacity to the malaria intervention community. Our aim is to make [...] to the wider malaria research-, development-, and implementation communities, and to respond to specific requests for advice. The Resource Centre is built around the use of the OpenMalaria modelling platform [...] platform. An introduction to the use of malaria models is presented as part of...
Multi-Insecticide Resistant Malaria Vectors Remain Susceptible to Malathion Insecticide (News)
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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...
Analysis of 20 Years Finds Malaria Control in Young Children Saves Lives into Adulthood (News)
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particularly unusual and provides unique insight into the long-term benefits of malaria control in young children. Malaria killed more than 600,000 people in 2020 and is especially dangerous for children [...] bites. In malaria-endemic areas, sleeping under a bed net treated with insecticide is one of the most effective ways to protect young lives. Until now, however, the long-term effect of malaria control in [...] in early childhood has been unclear. Theory suggested that preventing malaria in...
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (News)
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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...
New Findings about Diagnostic Tools for Malaria Elimination (News)
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transmit the malaria parasite without showing any symptoms. To ultimately eliminate malaria, it is important that all asymptomatic malaria carriers are detected and treated to stop the transmission of the disease [...] Swiss TPH. Guiding future malaria interventions These findings have implications for future malaria interventions in elimination settings. "For effective interventions aimed at malaria elimination, all potential [...] Malaria often causes symptoms such as fever, chills, and...
Swiss TPH Re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Expertise in Malaria (News)
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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)
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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...