Combating Malaria with Odour-Baited Traps for Mosquitoes (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/combating-malaria-with-odour-baited-traps-for-mosquitoes
combated with the odour-baited traps. Malaria: a major cause of death and an economic problem. Malaria: Human and Economic Costs Every 30 seconds, a child dies of malaria. This disease costs Africa twelve [...] A newly-developed mosquito trap outsmart malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. It attracts the insects by emitting a natural lure – namely human odour - composed of lactic acid and other substances transpired [...] resulted in a 70% decline in the Anopheles populations on the Kenyan island of...
Malaria Photo and Video Contest (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/news/20161612-malaria-photo-and-video-contest
looking for powerful images within three thematic categories that tell stories about malaria control and how malaria engagement contributes to the objectives of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development [...] towards a world without malaria. Participate now and win prize money totalling CHF 10’000: http://www.swissmalariagroup.ch/contest The best pictures will be featured widely in malaria-relevant events and documents [...] documents. Deadline is the 1st of March 2017, so that the winners...
Public health impact of current and proposed age-expanded perennial malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study (Publications)
model of malaria with pharmacological models of drug action to address these questions for PMC and a proposed age-expanded schedule (referred as PMC+, for children 03-36 months). Across malaria prevalence [...] 0-16.0%) and 10.8% (3.2-18.4%) against severe malaria, respectively, in children under three years. PMC's total impact outweighed the risk of delayed malaria in children up to age five and remained cost [...] In 2022, the World Health Organization extended their guidelines for...
Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours (Publications)
and Tanzania, each presenting varying malaria risks. The extent to which travellers enter high-risk malaria-endemic areas in destinations with heterogeneous malaria risk remains unclear. We used geo-location [...] heterogeneous malaria risk (Brazil, India, Peru, Thailand) and (ii) compare mosquito bite prevention behaviours between these destinations and Tanzania, considered entirely high risk for malaria. METHODS: [...] health and geo-location data were collected using a smartphone application....
Health system effectiveness of symptomatic malaria case management in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
Effective case management is crucial for malaria control efforts and is a cornerstone of malaria control programmes. Yet, although efficacious treatments exist, malaria case management often faces challenges [...] barriers to and areas for improvement in malaria case management in PNG.A cascade of care model was used to estimate the health system effectiveness of malaria case management. Data from nationwide surveys [...] case management cascade was treatment-seeking, with only 40% (95% CI: 37%...
Identifying malaria risks amongst forest going populations in Mondulkiri province and Kampong Speu province, Cambodia: a large cross-sectional survey (Publications)
strives to eliminate all species of human malaria by 2025, requiring that foci among forest-exposed populations in remote settings be addressed. This study explores malaria risks amongst forest-exposed groups [...] protection from malaria amongst three target groups: forest goers who work in the forest, forest dwellers who live in the forest, and forest rangers who patrol forested regions. Malaria prevalence data
