Collaboration on Malaria drug discovery (Projects)
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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/fr/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 (Page)
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Malaria P. falciparum Malaria: Developing a Synthetic Subunit Candidate Vaccine Malaria is one of the most serious infectious diseases of humans, infecting 5–10% of the world’s population, with 300–600 [...] cases and more than 2 million deaths annually. Moreover, malaria is a major social and economic burden in endemic areas. In recent years, malaria has spread at an alarming rate owing to the increasing [...] to drugs, and the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides. Therefore, new...
Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/time-to-deliver-zero-malaria-invest-innovate-implement
cases of malaria worldwide and 600,000 deaths. Most tragically, most of these deaths were children under the age of five. This year’s World Malaria Day, under the motto “Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Investment [...] development and the importance of improving health systems. World Malaria Day 2023 at Swiss TPH Swiss TPH actively contributes to global malaria control and elimination by developing new drugs and interventions [...] President of the Swiss Malaria Group. Lengeler emphasised that,...
Only One Third of Children Receive Appropriate Malaria Care (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/only-one-third-of-children-receive-appropriate-malaria-care
in nine sub-Saharan countries. Major gaps in malaria care in children According to the clinical guidelines, all children with malaria should receive a malaria blood test as well as an appropriate antimalarial [...] (WHO) has called for a renewed focus on malaria ( World Malaria Report 2019 ), including improved and better-enforced guidelines for the clinical management of the disease. To gain more insights regarding [...] at a health facility for treatment. Although 80% of children diagnosed...
Improved Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Tanzania (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/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...
Mathematical Modelling to Inform Next-Generation Malaria Interventions (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/news-detail-1/news/mathematical-modelling-to-inform-next-generation-malaria-interventions
With increasing threats of malaria drug and insecticide resistance, there is now a need for novel malaria interventions to improve public health. According to the study published in Communications Medicine [...] inform decision-making around malaria interventions, integrating modelling evidence is equally as important. “Modeling evidence can guide and accelerate development of new malaria vaccines, monoclonal antibodies [...] medical interventions for malaria prevention, guided by reference...
Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR | Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/study-with-us/postgraduate/field-malaria-courses-in-tanzania-and-in-lao-pdr
Field Malaria Courses in Tanzania and in Lao PDR: Four-Week Postgraduate Courses on Malaria Prevention, Control & Elimination Course Description The objectives of the course are to build capacity by r [...] in the field of malaria and to improve skills in time management, presenting and writing research proposals. At the end of the course, the participants should be able to manage malaria issues more effectively [...] Group: Only applicants from African malaria affected-countries were considered...
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2021-in-the-shadows-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
achieved in the global fight against malaria. In the last decades, 7.6 million malaria deaths have been prevented and over 20 countries have been declared malaria-free . Furthermore, a new group of 26 [...] the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025. This shows that a world without malaria could become reality in just one generation. Meanwhile, progress in the fight against malaria has stagnated . To ensure [...] Corona virus on malaria control. Among other things, measures were taken to...