Vector Control

  • Egypt launches the first field epidemiology training programme in vector control in the Middle East and North Africa – Link
  • Simulium larvae susceptibility to temephos and the effect of 10 weeks of treatment of the Mbende tributary in the Nkam-Wouri River drainage of Cameroon on larval density and adult fly biting rates – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid diagnostic test results in four African countries: methods and key results – Link
  • Performance and usability evaluation of three LDH-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Kédougou, Senegal – Link
  • First malaria treatment approved for newborns, young infants – Link
  • Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid diagnostic test results in four African countries: methods and key results – Link 

Data

  • Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis – Link

Drug resistance

  • Tracking Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance markers during a malaria pre-elimination period in the Pacific coast of South America – Link

Immunisation

  • WHO and UNICEF launch polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.3 million children in Government of Yemen-controlled areas – Link
  • Japan provides US$5 million to eradicate polio and strengthen immunization programme in Afghanistan – Link
  • Study: tackling equity gaps and misinformation key to meeting global vaccine targets – Link
  • Children’s health: response to polio and malnutrition – Link
  • Polio vaccination campaigns in conflicts: succeeding while other humanitarian efforts fail? – Link
  • Senegal introduces hexavalent vaccine into its national immunization programme – Link

Surveillance

  • Evaluating malaria reactive surveillance and response strategies in northeast Cambodia: a mixed-methods study – Link
  • Reactive case detection can improve the efficiency of lymphatic filariasis surveillance compared to random sampling, Samoa 2023 – Link
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of mass drug administration on lymphatic filariasis transmission and assessment of post-mass drug administration surveillance in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory – Link
  • African surveillance labs can power eradication push – Link 

Elimination progress

  • Nepal strengthens lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts through innovative mass drug administration (MDA) strategies – Link
  • WHO issues first-ever guidance to support countries in staying malaria-free – Link
  • Global insights can accelerate India’s journey towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem – Link
  • Global progress on neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Malaria-free Suriname offers hope for Amazon neighbours – Link
  • Rethinking malaria elimination: a perspective on challenges and solutions in Angola – Link

Climate and Health

  • Climate change and health: Strategic framework 2025 – Link

Other

  • Why drug donation programs are a lifeline for NTD elimination efforts – Link
  • Factors associated with hospitalizations due to severe malaria in the non-endemic Brazilian region: a case–control study in the extra-Amazon Region from 2011 to 2019 – Link
  • Trend of malaria parasites infection in Ethiopia along an international border: a Bayesian spatio-temporal study – Link
  • Structure-based designing of anti-filarial molecules targeting the key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GPx) of Wuchereria bancrofti: An integrated in silico and in vitro approach – Link
  • Gavi replenishment marks a major step forward, but the shortfall threatens to undo critical progress – Link
  • WHO and partners boost Liberia’s fight against NTDs with vehicle donation – Link
  • I want to help my body”: Acceptability of malaria chemoprevention among children with sickle cell anaemia and their caregivers in Malawi and Uganda – Link
  • Zoonotic Disease: Prevention and control strategy 2025-2029 – Link
  • Detection of Filarial IgG and IgM Antibodies Among Individuals With Lymphedema in the Kamwenge District, Western Uganda – Link
  • Prevalence and patterns of multiple long-term conditions among lymphatic filariasis patients in Odisha, India: a community-based cross-sectional study – Link
  • Knowledge of malaria diagnosis and prevention linking awareness of low transmission to eradication efforts – Link