Strengthening research data management capacity at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

High quality accessible data is the basis of sound medical and public health research. Health research institutions around the world therefore require sufficient capacity to generate, manage, analyse and interpret research data. Historically, research institutions in resource limited settings have…

01.09.2023 - 31.12.2023
Short term service project
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) , Forlen Stiftung
Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
Combining sociological, economic and epidemiological evidence to target malaria interventions in Papua New Guinea and beyond

To improve the (cost-) effectiveness of malaria control and accelerate progress towards elimination, control measures must be tailored to sub-national levels to account for local heterogeneity. The World Health Organization encourages the use of data for stratified implementation of interventions.…

01.10.2022 - 30.09.2024
Research project
Swiss Network for international Studies (SNIS)
Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
PNG NMCP 2021-23 - Papua New Guinea National Malaria Control Programme Evaluation and Operational Research 2021 to 2023

Papua New Guinea (PNG), a country of over 8 million people in the South Pacific, exhibits a complex malaria epidemiology with marked heterogeneity in malaria transmission. With financial support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP)…

01.01.2021 - 31.12.2023
Evaluation project, Research project, Observational study
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
Genetic composition of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Zanzibar, travel and transmission: a follow-up to the RADZEC study

Travel between Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania is likely to contribute substantially to the malaria case load on the islands of Zanzibar. In this study, we will investigate the genetic composition of Plasmoidium falciparum parasite populations in Zanzibar from samples collected during the RADZEC…

01.10.2020 - 30.09.2021
Research project, PhD project
President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), USA
Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
MEMTI - Analysis and mapping of prospective sources of funding for additional contributions to MEMTI

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria set aside funding to incentivize the acceleration of efforts towards elimination of malaria in four countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste. This "Malaria Elimination in Melanesia and…

01.12.2019 - 15.05.2020
Short term service project
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Systems Performance and Monitoring, Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
PNG-NMCP 2018-2020 - Evaluation of the Papua New Guinea National Malaria Control Program, 2018-2020

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been considered the country with the highest malaria transmission outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Over 90% of the approximately 8 million people are at risk of malaria infection, with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax both being endemic across the country.

Since 2004,…

01.03.2018 - 31.12.2020
Evaluation project, Research project
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Health Interventions, Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
Understanding the human, parasite, vector and environmental interactions driving residual malaria transmission in Papua New Guinea

The scale-up of malaria control in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has resulted in a significant reduction in the nationwide prevalence and incidence of malaria. However, this effect has not been uniform across the country and considerable heterogeneity in transmission exists in different areas.

Minimal data…

01.02.2016 - 31.12.2017
Research project
TDR (UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases)
Health Interventions, Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
RADZEC - Reactive Case Detection in Zanzibar: Effectiveness and Cost

Over the past 15 years, Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) has achieved a substantial reduction in the burden of malaria by distributing insecticide treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying and artemisinin based combination treatment. Since 2008, Zanzibar has implemented the Malaria…

01.01.2016 - 27.01.2019
Research project
President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), USA
Health Interventions, Intervention Effectiveness and Impact
Manuel Hetzel
PNG-NMCP 2015-2017 - Evaluation of the Papua New Guinea National Malaria Control Program, 2015-2017

The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health (NDOH) is receiving financial support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the implementation of its malaria control program for the period 2015-2017. A range of partners are involved in the implementation of malaria…

01.03.2015 - 31.12.2017
Research project, Evaluation project
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Health Interventions
Manuel Hetzel
Understanding heterogeneities in the epidemiology of malaria in Papua New Guinea

Background

Malaria has been endemic across most parts of Papua New Guinea (PNG) at endemicity levels comparable to sub-Saharan Africa. The National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) has managed to substantially reduce the burden of malaria since the inception of Global Fund-support in 2004. Data from…

01.07.2014 - 30.06.2018
Research project
Forlen Stiftung , Rudolf Geigy Foundation / Rudolf Geigy-Stiftung (RGS)
Health Interventions
Manuel Hetzel