Malaria Photo and Video Contest (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20161612-malaria-photo-and-video-contest
The Swiss Malaria Group and its partners are launching a worldwide #EndMalaria Photo and Video Contest. All Swiss TPH News Malaria Malaria Photo and Video Contest 16.01.2017 by Konstantina Boutsika Participate [...] pictures will be featured widely in malaria-relevant events and documents. Deadline is the 1st of March 2017, so that the winners can be announced for World Malaria Day 2017. We are looking for powerful [...] powerful images within three thematic categories that tell stories about ma...
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20180420-mehr-innovation-weniger-armut
Wissenschaft und globalem Engagement zur Bekämpfung von Malaria in ärmeren Ländern ein. Anlässlich des 10. Welt-Malaria-Tags zeigen die Swiss Malaria Group Mitglieder, Novartis, Syngenta, Clariant, Medicus [...] eine Welt ohne Malaria und damit auch für eine Welt mit weniger Armut. Denn Malaria und Armut sind eng miteinander verknüpft. Wenn sich ein Kleinbauer während der Erntezeit mit Malaria infiziert, kann [...] Engagement zu verstärken, um Malaria als globales Problem endlich Geschichte...
Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria (Publications)
'sporozoites,' 'malaria,' and 'vaccines.' EXPERT OPINION: First generation (radiation-attenuated) PfSPZ vaccines are safe, well tolerated, 80-100% efficacious against homologous controlled human malaria infection [...] INTRODUCTION: Malaria, a devastating febrile illness caused by protozoan parasites, sickened 247,000,000 people in 2021 and killed 619,000, mostly children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A highly [...] effective vaccine is urgently needed, especially for Plasmodium...
Diagnostic de malaria chez le praticien: comment gérer (Publications)
Malaria is the disease to exclude when dealing with a patient coming back from an endemic area with fever. We need reliable diagnostic tools with negative likelihood ratio (LR-) close to zero (-> high [...] 08 (estimated in a meta-analysis of RDT in non-immune travelers), the probability of falciparum malaria is 1% after a negative RDT. When the RDT is positive, the patient should always be treated with an
Meta-analysis: accuracy of rapid tests for malaria in travelers returning from endemic areas (Publications)
PURPOSE: To determine the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for ruling out malaria in nonimmune travelers returning from malaria-endemic areas. DATA SOURCES: The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CAB Health [...] diagnosis of P. malariae or P. ovale were close to 1.0 for both types of tests. In febrile travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa, the typical probability of P. falciparum malaria is estimated at [...] of rapid diagnostic tests improves outcomes in returning travelers with...
Starting at the community: treatment seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda (Publications)
five years with suspected severe malaria. Methods: An observational study in Uganda enrolled children below five years presenting to CHWs with signs of severe malaria. Children were followed up 28 days [...] Introduction: Community health workers (CHW) usually refer children with suspected severe malaria to the nearest public health facility or a designated public referral health facility (RHF). Caregivers
World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/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...
World Malaria Day 2024: Work together and accelerate the fight! (Blog)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/impact-stories/world-malaria-day-2024-work-together-and-accelerate-the-fight/blog-id/81
In the recent past, progress to curb malaria have been stalling. In 2022, over 600,000 people died from malaria, primarily children under the age of 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa. People living in the [...] it is indispensable that the global community stands together and accelerates the fight against malaria for a more equitable world where nobody is left behind.
SumayaVac-1: Clinical Trial for New Malaria Vaccine (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/about/med/clinical-operations/sumayavac-1-clinical-trial-for-new-malaria-vaccine
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...