Vector Control

  • How insecticides-treated bed nets outsmart malaria – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic properties of intranasal artesunate in a first in human phase 1 trial – Link

AI and Innovations

  • AI-Driven disease intelligence targets malaria hotspots – Link
  • Africa: What digital transformation means for malaria control programmes – Link
  • New grants advance AI-powered wastewater pathogen surveillance – Link 

Drug and vaccine development

  • Seeking universal malaria-vaccine targets – Link
  • Malaria vaccine quest narrows as shared parasite targets emerge in liver – Link | Link to Paper
  • A next-generation human lymphatic filariasis vaccine candidate, rBmHAXT, for clinical development – Link
  • From policy to practice: Advancing polio vaccine quality control with next-generation sequencing – Link
  • New immune targets pave the way for more effective malaria vaccines – Link

Drug resistance

  • Artemisinin resistance is rising in East Africa—leaving anti-malarials at risk of failure – Link

Immunisation

  • A Polio survivor’s call to reach zero-dose children in Edo – Link
  • Two drops of confidence: communities and healthcare professionals join forces to protect children from polio in Tete Province – Link

Surveillance

  • Vector-borne disease surveillance and control resource needs in Colorado public health organizations – Link

Elimination progress

  • PAHO and TDR launch regional call to accelerate the elimination of communicable diseases in the Americas – Link
  • Nigeria records significant decline in malaria prevalence, demonstrating progress towards elimination – Link

Outbreak

  • New outbreak response standards to stop polio faster – Link

Climate and Health

  • Enhancing risk communication for climate-sensitive neglected tropical diseases in Northern Tanzania: Integrating agropastoral community knowledge and health system strategies – Link
  • How climate change is redrawing Africa’s malaria map – Link

Other

  • GPEI leadership in endemic countries:  polio eradication and strengthening health systems go hand in hand – Link
  • Unitaid analysis reveals critical gaps in private sector malaria care – Link
  • Estimating the burden of imported malaria in the Asia Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
  • High fever could temporarily reduce malaria transmission – Link
  • Ethiopia intensifies polio prevention in cross-border and refugee communities – Link
  • African-led UN resolution reframes the fight against neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Whole-mosquito imaging offers a new window into malaria parasites – Link
  • After USAID cuts, malaria experts find new ways to put their skills to work – Link
  • Integrated approach to management of skin-related neglected tropical diseases and common skin conditions – Link
  • Brazil’s malaria pioneer now leads WHO’s tropical disease program – Link
  • Historic resolution on neglected tropical diseases adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council – Link
  • Inaugural MENA edition of Disease Elimination and Eradication Course in Abu Dhabi supports cross-sector collaboration – Link
  • Applications open for PAHO/TDR impact grants for regional priorities (Latin America and Caribbean) – Link
  • Implementing community case management of malaria: Stakeholder insights on advancing equitable access in Kilifi County – Link
  • Epitope-selective vaccine designs to elicit protective antibodies against the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein – Link
  • Operational research in infectious disease outbreak response: An analysis of the World Health Organization’s Disease Outbreak News – Link
  • Disability as a neglected outcome of neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review – Link