New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism (News)
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million cases of malaria and 608,000 deaths in 2022, malaria has remained an intractable global health threat. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is the leading cause of severe malaria and is responsible [...] the largest portion of malaria deaths. All clinical symptoms of malaria are caused by the multiplication of malaria parasites in the red blood cells. Key component found for malaria invasion P. falciparum [...] the species-specific targeting of malaria parasites. In this study, we...
CARAMAL | Swiss TPH Malaria Projects (Page)
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CARAMAL - Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria Many malaria deaths occur in places where people have poor access to preventive and curative health services. Prompt access to quality care is [...] severe childhood diseases, among which severe malaria is particularly frequent in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Where parenteral treatment of severe malaria is not available, for example at the level [...] of care for severe malaria can be provided. Since 2018, two RAS products have...
SumayaVac-1: Clinical Trial for New Malaria Vaccine (Page)
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SumayaVac-1: Clinical Trial for New Malaria Vaccine About Malaria Despite being preventable and curable, malaria continues to pose a significant burden in tropical and subtropical regions. This life-t [...] children and adults from getting a malaria infection, especially in malaria endemic countries such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. RTS,S and R21 are both first generation malaria vaccines targeting the circu [...] generation malaria vaccines might be a combination of two or more protein...
Malaria | Swiss TPH (Page)
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Accelerating the Fight against Malaria - World Malaria Day 2024 New Malaria Medicines Accept Show More Key Facts About Malaria Malaria is a Major Disease Burden Malaria is a disease caused by parasites [...] Training for Malaria Control and Elimination since 2017. Our focus areas Antimalarial Drug Development Basic Malaria Research Diagnosis and Treatment Malaria Elimination Malaria Host Interactions Malaria Intervention [...] Medicines for Malaria Venture Malaria Consortium RBM Partnership to...
Malaria Intervention Studies (Page)
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levels. Malaria Elimination Surveillance and Health Systems Mosquito Biology and Control Project Highlights Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria (CARAMAL) Children with severe malaria need immediate [...] (RADZEC) In countries approaching malaria elimination, individual case-based surveillance and targeted response to individual malaria cases becomes a cornerstone of malaria control and elimination efforts [...] Reactive Case Detection implemented by the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination...
Basic Malaria Research (Page)
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Basic Malaria Research We acquire new functional and mechanistic insight into processes linked to the essential biology of malaria blood stage parasites. These parasite forms are responsible for all m [...] signatures associated with native and adaptive anti-malarial immunity in vivo . Malaria Antimalarial Drug Development Malaria Vaccines Project Highlights Scanning electron micrographs of an erythrocyte and [...] Commitment and Early Differentiation of Malaria Transmission Stages The project...
Malaria Vaccines (Page)
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developing resistance to existing malaria drugs, and mosquitoes are developing resistance to insecticides. Malaria vaccines are potential new tools in combating malaria by targeting several different stages [...] decision making boards. Malaria Basic Malaria Research Antimalarial Drug Development Mosquito Biology and Control Project Highlights Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Malaria Vaccines Swiss TPH has [...] Malaria Vaccines Recently, the malaria burden was successfully reduced as a...
Malaria Elimination (Page)
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Malaria Elimination The malaria map is shrinking. In high burden areas malaria parasite prevalence has been reduced dramatically. Around 100 countries are now free from malaria. According to WHO estimates [...] strategies. Malaria Antimalarial Drug Development Malaria Vaccines Mosquito Biology and Control Project Highlights Malaria Diagnosis in Papua New Guinea Controlling and Eliminating Malaria in Southeast [...] estimates, malaria incidence (the rate of new malaria cases) fell by 37% between...
Genotyping Group | Malaria Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
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National Malaria Control Programs (NMCPs) and research institutes in malaria endemic countries to implement those new assays in routine surveillance, and provide critical evidence for malaria monitoring [...] Evaluation of the Community-based Malaria Surveillance and Response in Rwanda Malaria incidence has considerably reduced in Rwanda in the last 5 years through combined malaria control interventions. Further [...] interventions approach through reactive Community-based Malaria Surveillance...
World Malaria Day 2024: Work together and accelerate the fight! (Page)
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Initiative on Malaria (MIM Society) 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, to shape the future strategies of malaria control and elimination. This worldwide biggest conference on malaria is an important [...] challenges and efforts of controlling malaria on the continent. The conference brings together the international malaria community to device better strategies for malaria control and elimination. (MIM Conference [...] from 1980 to 2024. The graph highlights the number of...