Vector Control

  • WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products – Link
  • Ecological drivers of malaria vector habitat and transmission over 1 year of long-lasting insecticidal net intervention in Côte d’Ivoire – Link
  • The chemosensory world of mosquitoes: olfactory receptors and their role in blocking mosquito-borne disease transmission – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Ivermectin’s potential in the fight against malaria – Link | Link to Paper
  • Community acceptance of ivermectin mass drug administration for malaria in Southern Thailand – Link
  • Preliminary evaluation of inactivated antigens as diagnostic controls in molecular detection of vector-borne diseases in low-resource settings – Link
  • First malaria treatment tailored for babies – Link
  • Efficacy of focal primaquine mass administration for eliminating Plasmodium vivax malaria in Northern Myanmar: A cluster-randomized trial – Link
  • Epidemiological monitoring survey to assess the impact of mass drug administration with triple-drug regimen in lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in an endemic district in Southern India – Link

Data

  • Fractional-order model of malaria incorporating treatment and prevention strategies – Link
  • A model-informed target product profile for population modification gene drives for malaria control – Link
  • Routine health information system and health facility and community data for neglected tropical diseases: last-mile logistics information system for medicines and health products – Link

Drug and vaccine development

  • Novel live type 1 and 3 oral polio vaccines show good safety, immune response in phase 1 trial – Link | Link to Paper
  • Australian researchers uncover new target for next-generation malaria vaccines – Link | Link to Paper

Drug resistance

  • Researchers find signs of regional spread of drug-resistant malaria in Africa – Link

Immunisation

  • Malaria vaccine mimics natural immunity following infection – Link | Link to Paper
  • South Sudan launches second phase of R21 malaria vaccine introduction in 52 counties to protect children – Link
  • Papua New Guinea launches national polio immunization campaign to protect every child – Link
  • Performance characteristics and potential public health impact of improved pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines targeting childhood burden – Link
  • Ethiopia completes second round of nOPV2 campaign, reaching over 16.8 million children with integrated health services – Link
  • Angola intensifies national mobilization to protect children against polio – Link

Surveillance

  • Seasonal abundance and climatic determinants of Anopheles vectors in Sri Lanka: its implications in the malaria post-elimination era – Link
  • Public health surveillance of tropical diseases in Madagascar: a scoping review of population burden, intervention strategies, and health system responses – Link 

Elimination progress

  • Slide positivity, trends, and risk factors of febrile Plasmodium vivax malaria along the Thailand-Myanmar border, 2018–2023 – Link
  • Confirmatory mapping for lymphatic filariasis a decade after baseline endemicity assessment in highly urbanized settings of Lagos, Nigeria – Link
  • Recrudescence of transmission of onchocerciasis in some endemic communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: What is the way forward? – Link
  • The burden of malaria in East Africa: prevalence, risk factors, and control strategies – Link
  • Guyana’s Fight Against Lymphatic Filariasis: A Story of Hope, Leadership, and Community – Link
  • Towards a malaria-free world: elimination of malaria and prevention of re-establishment in Tajikistan – Link
  • Report of the sixth, seventh and eighth meetings of the Technical Advisory Group on Malaria Elimination and Certification: 20 March, 9–10 September and 3–4 December 2024 – Link

Climate and Health

  • Outcomes of the fifth global conference on climate and health – Link
  • Climate and infectious disease: deeper understanding, faster action – Link | Link to Paper
  • Beyond the bite: a 22-year analysis of climate and social interventions in malaria reduction – Link
  • Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework – Link

Other

  • Domestic funding crucial for elimination of neglected tropical diseases  – Link
  • “We witnessed medicines help our children, then we became proud”: experiences and acceptability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Aweil, South Sudan – Link
  • Knowledge and attitude of populations on blackflies and onchocerciasis and participation in mass drug administration in first-line communities near Erin-Ijesha and Arinta waterfalls, Southwest Nigeria – Link
  • Confirmatory mapping for Lymphatic Filariasis a decade after baseline endemicity assessment in highly urbanized settings of Lagos, Nigeria – Link
  • Finding ways to better protect children from malaria in Chad – Link
  • Community readiness and acceptance for the implementation of the malaria vaccine among caretakers of at-risk children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
  • Update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on programmatic challenges and accountability – Link
  • Malaria and determinants of health: a scoping review of malaria vulnerabilities in Southeast Asia – Link
  • Prevalence of human onchocerciasis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis  – Link
  • Impact of asymptomatic malaria infection on children’s growth in rural Malawi – Link