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 elimination in high-transmission settings: the synergy of concurrent vector control and chemotherapy – Link 

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • PAHO urges expanded access to malaria diagnosis and treatment to accelerate elimination in the Americas – Link

Data

  • Spatial distribution and geospatial modeling of potential spread of secondary malaria vectors species in Nigeria using recently collected empirical data – Link
  • Researchers develop AI model to detect malaria using NVIDIA – Link
  • Collaborative engagement with vector control stakeholders is key to enhance the utility of vector-borne disease models – Link
  • Dynamics analysis of a malaria transmission model with the influence of temperature and Wolbachia  – Link 

Drug and vaccine development

  • Recent perspectives in clinical development of malaria vaccines – Link
  • To eradicate polio once and for all, we need a new vaccine – that’s what we’re working on – Link

Immunisation

  • Uganda launches largest malaria vaccine introduction to date – Link
  • Malaria vaccination sees child deaths drop in Kenya’s lake region – Link
  • Local immunization champions leading the way: Building trust, one conversation at a time – Link

Surveillance

  • Community-based surveillance system structures and knowledge level of community-based surveillance volunteers on priority diseases in Ghana – Link
  • Integrated serological surveillance for neglected tropical diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and arboviruses in Samoa, 2018 – Link
  • Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana – Link
  • Incorporating community case management in risk-based surveillance for malaria elimination in the Dominican Republic – Link
  • Monitoring individual rice field flooding dynamics over a large scale to improve mosquito surveillance and control – Link 

Elimination progress

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years and prevalence of lymphatic filariasis from 1990 to 2021:A trend and health inequality analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021 – Link
  • Eliminating malaria in ASEAN: lessons from Egypt – Link
  • Learning from China’s journey to achieve malaria elimination – Link
  • Mass drug administration coverage and its determinants for the elimination of onchocerciasis in Ulanga District, Tanzania – Link
  • Global trends and burdens of neglected tropical diseases and malaria from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 – Link
  • Asymptomatic malaria reservoirs are the last challenge in the elimination in Cambodia – Link
  • Malaria – Link
  • Building momentum for a malaria-free India – Link

Climate and Health

  • Climate change drives infectious disease shifts through air, water, and mosquitoes – Link
  • Building the foundation of climate science – Link | Link to Paper
  • Thematic integration brief: climate, DRR and environment …and the health sector – Link | Link to Paper

Other

  • A WHO director on the future of polio eradication – Link
  • Task Force welcomes Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) – Link
  • Could malaria vaccination reduce childhood cancer rates in Africa? – Link | Link to Paper
  • WHO calls for revitalized efforts to end malaria – Link
  • PAHO and CAF sign agreement to strengthen malaria response in Amazon border regions – Link
  • The path to defeating malaria passes through water – Link
  • Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of epidemiologic studies – Link
  • African health experts commit to accelerate efforts to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases – Link
  • A roadmap of priority evidence gaps for the co-implementation of malaria vaccines and perennial malaria chemoprevention – Link
  • Africa: integrating mental health and person-centred approaches in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases – Link
  • Statement of the forty-first meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee – Link
  • Poliovirus-essential facility in Belgium awarded world’s first Certificate of Containment – Link
  • Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions – WHO – Link
  • Eliminating worm infections as a key strategy for HIV/AIDS prevention – Link | Link to Paper
  • Genetic diversity of malaria parasite challenges one size fits all strategies – Link
  • Malaria progress in jeopardy amid foreign aid cuts – Link
  • Performance of rapid diagnostic tests, microscopy, and qPCR for detection of Plasmodium parasites among community members with or without symptoms of malaria in villages located in North-western Tanzania – Link
  • Cameroonian blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) harbour a plethora of (RNA) viruses – Link 
  • Lesotho integrated master plan for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) 2024 – 2030 – Link
  • Community-led strategies for communicable disease prevention and management in low- and middle- income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review of health, social, and economic impact – Link
  • Current perspectives in the epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis – Link
  • Telemedicine in the clinical care of Neglected Tropical Diseases: a scoping review – Link
  • Africa CDC annual report: 2024 a year of innovation, response, and resilience – Link
  • Improving neglected tropical disease services and integration into primary healthcare in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region, Ethiopia – Link
  • Global meeting calls for stronger partnerships to tackle skin NTDs – Link
  • Co-morbidity of malaria and soil-transmitted helminths in Nigeria: a joint Bayesian modelling approach – Link
  • The transdisciplinary research process and participatory research approaches used in
  • the field of neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review – Link