Science of Eradication: Malaria (Courses)
Eradication: Malaria Core Course is an intensive weeklong foundational leadership development course that provides participants with a multidisciplinary perspective on approaches to malaria elimination
Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/malaria-eradication-requires-more-than-magic-bullets/blog-id/39
The global community has made impressive strides in malaria control and elimination, but progress has stalled. To reach eradication, we must rethink our approach.
There is no excuse for the world to still have malaria (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/there-is-no-excuse-for-the-world-to-still-have-malaria/blog-id/13
years, much has been invested in malaria prevention and treatment, resulting in the prevention of over 7.6 million malaria deaths. The progress made in the fight against malaria is one of the greatest success [...] Mosquitoes infect millions of people with malaria - a disease that kills a child every two minutes. Most of these deaths occur in the poorest countries with the weakest health systems. Over the past 20
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2021-in-the-shadows-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/blog-id/14
A world without malaria is within reach. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens progress in the fight against malaria. This year's World Malaria Day on 25 April 2021 will draw attention to the [...] the fact that further efforts are needed to achieve the goal of a malaria-free world.
Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/malaria-eradication-requires-more-than-magic-bullets
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)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/there-is-no-excuse-for-the-world-to-still-have-malaria
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...
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...
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (Page)
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first for malaria — it is the first developed for any parasitic disease. This day was made possible through decades-long research and teaching commitments to advance malaria eradication. Malaria remains [...] 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 [...] First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO 07.10.2021 Yesterday,...
Malaria Trends in DRC (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20170901-malaria-trends-drc
Malaria Trends in DRC 09.02.2017 by Sabina Beatrice-Matter The Swiss TPH conducted a large-scale assessment of trends in malaria morbidity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 2005 to 2015 together [...] the National Malaria Control Program of Congo DRC, the Department of Health Information Systems and the Kinshasa School of Public Health. Number of monthly suspected cases tested for malaria stratified by [...] sharp increase of confirmed malaria cases after the introduction of rapid...
