Open Malaria : a simulator program for studying malaria epidemiology and the impacts of interventions against malaria [Software] (Publications)
OpenMalaria is an open source C++ program for simulating malaria epidemiology and the impacts on that epidemiology of interventions against malaria. It is based on microsimulations of
MALARIA VACCINE - Safety And Immunogenicity Of Novel Candidate Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine P27A With Alhydrogel (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/malaria-vaccine-safety-and-immunogenicity-of-novel-candidate-blood-stage-malaria-vaccine-p27a-with-alhydrogel
Further research and optimisation of new malaria vaccines and technologies is ongoing at Swiss TPH. This includes testing of new candidates in Africa such as P27a that was brought in one go from a Phase [...] that the novel adjuvant GLA-SE induces significant cellular immune responses specific for P27a in malaria pre-exposed volunteers.
Accelerating the Fight against Malaria - World Malaria Day 2024 (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/news/accelerating-the-fight-against-malaria-world-malaria-day-2024
burden. Global malaria community in Kigali Today’s World Malaria Day aims to accelerate the fight and work together toward a malaria-free world. This week also brings together the global malaria community for [...] on topics ranging from malaria drug development, malaria genomics, drug resistance, capacity strengthening, strategic malaria planning, the impact of climate change on malaria, community-based biolarviciding [...] Accelerating the Fight against Malaria - World Malaria Day 2024...
OpenMalaria Workflow and OpenMalariaUtilities R Packages (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/openmalaria-workflow-and-openmalariautilities-r-packages
Swiss TPH GitHub . OpenMalariaUtilities R Package At the core of our OpenMalaria Workflow is the OpenMalariaUtilities R package which is developed to allow the use of OpenMalaria directly from R. The package [...] OpenMalaria Workflow R Package The work of the Analytics and Intervention Modelling Group is based on OpenMalaria : an open-source C++ program for simulating malaria epidemiology and the impacts on that [...] TPH GitHub. The OpenMalaria Workflow R Package together with the OpenMalariaU...
Child Health and Infection with Low Density (CHILD) Malaria, a randomized controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impact of... (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/fr/projects/project-detail/project/child-health-and-infection-with-low-density-child-malaria-a-randomized-controlled-trial-to-assess-the-long-term-health-and-socioeconomic-impact-of-interventions-targeting-low-density-malaria-infection-lmi-among-children-in-tanzania
As malaria transmission declines, an increasing proportion of infections persist in the body at low levels. Low-density malaria infection (LMI) are often chronic and represent a high proportion of infections [...] they may provide protective immunity again future malaria illness. There is a growing body evidence to suggest that LMI are associated with recurrent malaria, chronic anemia, poor growth, co-infection with [...] for malaria (using RDT and qPCR) three times annually, with AL...
Implementation research of a cluster randomized trial evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria... (Publications)
since the malaria epidemiologic shift to school-aged children was noted. In the meantime, school-aged children (5-15 years) have become increasingly more vulnerable with asymptomatic malaria prevalence [...] to 70%, making them reservoirs for subsequent transmission of malaria in the endemic communities. Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in schoolchildren (IPTsc) has proven to be an effective tool [...] Tanzania so as to understand the operational feasibility and effectiveness of...
Vector composition, abundance, biting patterns and malaria transmission intensity in Madang, Papua New Guinea: assessment after 7 years of an... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: A malaria control programme based on distribution of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs) and artemisinin combination therapy began in Papua New Guinea in 2009. After implementation of [...] of the programme, substantial reductions in vector abundance and malaria transmission intensity occurred. The research reported here investigated whether these reductions remained after seven years of [...] Anopheles per screen-night and 2.2-31.1 Anopheles per person-night), and spatially...