Vector Control

  • UNICEF, the Global Fund and the Federal Ministry of Health distribute 16 million bed nets to halt spread of malaria in Sudan – Link
  • Can this innovative mosquito net outsmart malaria? – Link
  • Real-time dynamic monitoring and multiplex PCR identification of vector mosquitoes in Zhejiang, China – Link
  • Applying new compound to bed nets targets malaria parasites, not mosquitoes – Link
  • Research in brief – Link
  • VECTOR Library launches to strengthen response to vector-borne disease threats – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Family of parasite proteins presents new potential malaria treatment target – Link
  • Antifilarial treatment strategies: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – Link

Data

  • An integrative review of the combined use of mathematical and statistical models for estimating malaria transmission parameters – Link
  • Dynamical analysis of a nonlocal delays spatial malaria model with Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes release – Link
  • Supporting evidence-based decisions about the geographic and demographic extensions of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Benin: A modelling study – Link
  • Challenges and opportunities in seasonal malaria campaign digitalisation – Link

AI tools and Innovation

  • The application of machine learning in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases – Link
  • Efficacy of using a digital health intervention model using community health workers for primary health services in Bangladesh: a repeated cross-sectional observational study – Link

Drug resistance

  • A randomized controlled trial combining house screening and insecticide-treated nets reduces malaria transmission in northwestern Ethiopia – Link
  • MARC SE-Africa drives adoption of plan to tackle malaria drug resistance in East Africa – Link

Immunisation

  • Polio vaccination and marginal effects among children aged 12–23 months in Lesotho using 2024 LDHS data: A multilevel analysis ap – Link

Surveillance

  • WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa – Link
  • Genetic surveillance reveals low but sustained malaria transmission with clonal replacement in Sao Tome and Principe – Link
  • Adjusting vector surveillance for human behaviors reveals Anopheles funestus drove a resurgence in malaria despite IRS with clothianidin in Uganda – Link 

Elimination progress

  • Polio Eradication in Ghana: past, present and the future – Link
  • The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive – Link
  • Advancing the fight against malaria: Rwanda’s bold steps on World Malaria Day – Link
  • PAHO’s 2024 annual report details health security achievements in the Americas – Link

Outbreak

  • Outbreak of variant type 1 polio in Madagascar declared over – Link
  • Characterization of malaria outbreak in Marsabit County, Kenya, March 2024 – Link

Climate and Health

  • Spatiotemporal patterns and climate-induced macroeconomic burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa – Link
  • WHO climate and health tools support national action on resilience and sustainability – Link
  • A UN Dialogue on Climate and Health: Making the Case – Link
  • WHO-WMO Climate and Health Programme is strengthened – Link
  • Setting priorities for climate and health adaptation – Link
  • The health care cost of a warming climate – Link

Other

  • Africa: It takes a village to end malaria – – and behavioural science can guide it – Link
  • Initiative to mainstream behavioural insights concludes in four African pilot countries – Link
  • Honoring Sebastião Salgado A tribute to a visionary who captured the humanity behind polio eradication – Link
  • Can partnerships and pooled funding drive NTD elimination? – Link
  • African Nations unite to eliminate a deadly neglected tropical disease and boost cross-border collaboration. – Link
  • Subnational tailoring of malaria interventions for strategic planning and prioritization: Experience and perspectives of five malaria programs – Link
  • NYUAD research explains why malaria hits certain groups less severely – Link | Link to Paper
  • African Union and World Health Organization renew strategic partnership to drive impact and strengthen health systems in Africa – Link
  • Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 210 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event – Link
  • Polio this week as of 21 May 202 – Link
  • Spatial and temporal variation of malaria incidence in children under 10 years in a pyrethroid-resistant vector area in southern Benin – Link
  • A shared inflammatory signature across severe malaria syndromes manifested by transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses – Link
  • Malaria parasite found to evade the immune system by shutting down key genes – Link | Link to Paper
  • Approaches to increase access to community-based infectious disease control for ethnically, racially, and religiously marginalised populations: a scoping review – Link
  • The psychosocial and emotional burden of lymphatic filariasis: A systematic review – Link
  • Breaking the cycle: Restoring trust in polio vaccination in Nigeria – Link
  • International collective action is required to address global health security threats – Link
  • WHO warns of slowing global health gains in new statistics report – Link