New Findings about Diagnostic Tools for Malaria Elimination (News)
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transmit the malaria parasite without showing any symptoms. To ultimately eliminate malaria, it is important that all asymptomatic malaria carriers are detected and treated to stop the transmission of the disease [...] Swiss TPH. Guiding future malaria interventions These findings have implications for future malaria interventions in elimination settings. "For effective interventions aimed at malaria elimination, all potential [...] Malaria often causes symptoms such as fever, chills, and...
Multi-Insecticide Resistant Malaria Vectors Remain Susceptible to Malathion Insecticide (News)
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Despite ongoing efforts in malaria control, the progress of malaria prevention has remained stagnant over the past seven years. The World Health Organization estimates a rise in malaria cases from 227 million [...] role in recent years, progress in malaria control was already stalling; with one reason being the increase in insecticide resistance. The main tools in fighting malaria and other vector-borne diseases are [...] indoor residual spraying. The extensive use of insecticides in vector...
Analysis of 20 Years Finds Malaria Control in Young Children Saves Lives into Adulthood (News)
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particularly unusual and provides unique insight into the long-term benefits of malaria control in young children. Malaria killed more than 600,000 people in 2020 and is especially dangerous for children [...] bites. In malaria-endemic areas, sleeping under a bed net treated with insecticide is one of the most effective ways to protect young lives. Until now, however, the long-term effect of malaria control in [...] in early childhood has been unclear. Theory suggested that preventing malaria in...
World Malaria Day 2020: Urgent Action Is Critical to Save Lives (News)
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COVID-19 pandemic. The Swiss Malaria Group, together with the internationally united actors of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, is therefore calling for action to end malaria: We must protect the lives [...] age of 5 in malaria-affected countries, provide life-saving tools to fight malaria and ensure access to treatment. To do this, we must close the annual funding gap of USD 2 billion for malaria. Stronger [...] technologies to help us counter malaria and other deadly diseases. Switzerland's...
New Mosquito Net reduces Malaria Cases (News)
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years of age. About malaria Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria still causes a [...] were published yesterday in the The Lancet. Addressing malaria through combination bed nets The clinical trial showed that the number of malaria cases was reduced by 12% with the new type of bed net compared [...] effective intervention against malaria. Continued research and development...
New Findings on Malaria Vaccine (News)
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with low malaria transmission (Bagomoyo in Tanzania) and two areas with high malaria transmission (Nanoro in Burkina Faso and Kintampo in Ghana). Less effect if children have been exposed to malaria before [...] Carlota Dobaño from ISGlobal. The results also indicate that when a child has already been exposed to malaria (and therefore has anti-CSP antibodies), the protective effect of the vaccine is lower. “This suggests [...] “This research will help to understand the determinants of desired...
Two Decades of Swiss Leadership for New Malaria Medicines (News)
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for a future without malaria There have been huge strides in the fight against malaria in the last two decades. However, the World Malaria Report 2018 indicates the reduction of malaria cases stalled between [...] fight against malaria remains comprehensive and impactful.” Celebrating achievements and outlook to future Swiss engagement In commemoration of World Malaria Day 2019, SDC and the Swiss Malaria Group (a network [...] research Switzerland has a long history of leadership and engagement...
Accelerated Research and Development Needed to End Malaria (News)
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and improve access to services and better surveillance to guide a more targeted malaria response. “To achieve a malaria-free world, we must reinvigorate the drive to find the transformative strategies [...] “Rising to the Challenge of Malaria Eradication” to be held in Geneva on 9 September 2019. Saving lives and boosting economies The findings show that scaling up current malaria interventions would prevent [...] Training for Malaria Control and Elimination. Over the past 3 years, SAGme has...
Malaria Mortality in Africa May Be Higher than Estimated (News)
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confirm that malaria parasite prevalence alone fails to fully capture the association with mortality. The malaria-anaemia comorbidity indicator provides a better measure to estimate the malaria burden." Results [...] number of deaths caused by malaria, different methods and data sources have been utilised. Most studies to date, however, have not taken into account indirect deaths from malaria such as anaemia. Studies [...] Studies also mainly used malaria parasite prevalence as a key measure,...
Changes in Mosquito Behaviour Could Result in Millions of Additional Malaria Cases (News)
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Countries have substantially reduced the number of malaria cases and deaths since 2000. However, progress has stalled in recent years with an increase in malaria cases and deaths reported in sub-Saharan Africa [...] vector control interventions to prevent malaria transmission, however, they primarily protect against mosquito bites when people are indoors. 12 million additional malaria cases to be expected A new study found [...] London, the University of Surrey, the U.S. President's Malaria...
