OUR MISSION: To advance global thinking and accelerate progress towards disease elimination
GLIDE works to elevate awareness of and engagement with specific diseases of focus – these are malaria, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and polio. We link disease elimination efforts at global, regional, and national levels with other relevant global health priorities.
Working together with country partners and ministries of health, GLIDE provides technical advice and, capacity building initiatives. We seek to facilitate cross-disease, cross-border, and cross-sector action to help amplify lessons learned and identify synergies to advance elimination.
Vector Control Stratified vector control and proactive cross border collaboration for sustaining malaria elimination in Yunnan, China – Link Beyond insecticide treated bed nets coverage to heterogeneous human behaviors and spatial realities – Link Dynamics in ownership, access and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Togo: Evidence from three population-based surveys – Link Enhancing malaria […]
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The Malaria Challenge: A Global Overview Before diving into the UAE’s remarkable achievement in eliminating malaria, it’s important to understand the global context. Malaria, caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus—especially P. falciparum and P. vivax—is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Despite decades of progress, malaria remains a pressing public health challenge, disproportionately […]
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Friday 25 April 2025 (Abu Dhabi, UAE) – World Malaria Day is an opportunity to reflect on the measurable progress achieved through decades of coordinated global action and on the challenges that lie ahead. Sustained investments in vector control, diagnostics, antimalarial therapies, surveillance systems, and operational research have significantly reduced malaria incidence and mortality. The […]
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