Vaccination: A Cornerstone of Global Health (Page)
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Hotez Selected contributions of Swiss TPH’s research on malaria vaccine development Abdulla et al. Safety and immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants. N Engl J Med. 2008;359(24):2533-44 [...] against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in southern Tanzania. Lancet. 1994;344(8931):1175-81. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)90505-3. Day et al. The essential malaria protein PfCyRPA targets glycans [...] interventions for malaria prevention and treatment. Commun Med (Lond)....
Technical Support and Capacity Building (Page)
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Systems Malaria Elimination Project Highlights Collaboration with Local Policy Makers to Strengthen Malaria Control Building Capacity for Malaria Control in the Democratic Republic of Congo The Malaria Control [...] Building for Malaria Capacity building is crucial to ensure the sustainable success of malaria prevention and the control of the disease. We provide technical support to National Malaria Control Programmes [...] tuberculosis and malaria. As the Global Fund with its head office in...
PNG Programme (Page)
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Papua New Guinea Malaria Indicator Survey 2019-2020: Final Report on Malaria Prevention, Infection Prevalence, and Treatment-Seeking Papua New Guinea Malaria Indicator Survey 2016-2017: Malaria Prevention, [...] Document Changes in Malaria Prevalence Five national Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) conducted since 2008 have documented a substantial decrease in the country-wide prevalence of malaria infections in the [...] clinical malaria cases over time complementing national routine statistics....
Patterns of age-specific mortality in children in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
of the age- and season- dependence of malaria mortality is an important prerequisite for epidemiologic models of malaria immunity. However, most studies of malaria mortality have aggregated their results [...] stable endemic Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We use verbal autopsies (VAs) to estimate the proportion of deaths by age group due to malaria, and thus calculate malaria-specific mortality rates for each site [...] attributed to malaria. The overall age patterns of malaria mortality were...
Patterns of age-specific mortality in children in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
of the age- and season- dependence of malaria mortality is an important prerequisite for epidemiologic models of malaria immunity. However, most studies of malaria mortality have aggregated their results [...] stable endemic Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We use verbal autopsies (VAs) to estimate the proportion of deaths by age group due to malaria, and thus calculate malaria-specific mortality rates for each site [...] attributed to malaria. The overall age patterns of malaria mortality were...
World Tuberculosis Day 2021 (Page)
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With 10 million new cases and 1.4 million TB deaths every year, TB kills more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Even though COVID-19 has claimed more lives since the beginning of the pandemic, the collateral [...] by some as “the next pandemic”. "With 10 million new cases and more deaths than caused by HIV and malaria combined, tuberculosis remains one of the top infectious killers of humankind." Why are we still
Human unconventional T cells in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection (Publications)
field of malaria immunology. Significant advances in our basic understanding of unconventional T cell biology in rodent malaria models have been made, however, their roles in humans during malaria are less [...] tissues, and long-lasting expansions and functional alterations were observed upon malaria infection in malaria naïve and malaria pre-exposed volunteers. Here, we review the current understanding of involvement [...] Malaria is an old scourge of humankind and has a large negative impact...
Human unconventional T cells in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection (Publications)
field of malaria immunology. Significant advances in our basic understanding of unconventional T cell biology in rodent malaria models have been made, however, their roles in humans during malaria are less [...] tissues, and long-lasting expansions and functional alterations were observed upon malaria infection in malaria naïve and malaria pre-exposed volunteers. Here, we review the current understanding of involvement [...] Malaria is an old scourge of humankind and has a large negative impact...
A good night's sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intensive malaria control interventions in the United Republic of Tanzania have contributed to reductions in malaria prevalence. Given that malaria control remains reliant upon continued use [...] perceived risk of malaria had decreased among the respondents, and malaria control interventions were credited for the decline. Participants cited reductions in both the severity of malaria and in their perceived [...] perceived susceptibility to malaria. However, malaria was still...
A good night's sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intensive malaria control interventions in the United Republic of Tanzania have contributed to reductions in malaria prevalence. Given that malaria control remains reliant upon continued use [...] perceived risk of malaria had decreased among the respondents, and malaria control interventions were credited for the decline. Participants cited reductions in both the severity of malaria and in their perceived [...] perceived susceptibility to malaria. However, malaria was still...