Vector Control
  • WHO partners with KSrelief to support national response for malaria and dengue vector control in Yemen – Link
Diagnostic testing and treatment
  • A triple regimen as an alternative treatment for lymphatic filariasis in a non-endemic area in Indonesia: A case report – Link 
Data
  • Introducing researchers involved in vector control to modelling for operational decision-making in Benin: report of the workshop, January 17–18, 2024 – Link
  • Mapping the gaps: The power of data to drive NTD elimination – Link
  • Fixed-dose ivermectin for Mass Drug Administration: Is it time to leave the dose pole behind? Insights from an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis – Link
AI and Innovations
  • Artificial intelligence and infectious diseases: Scope and perspectives
  • New AI-powered app aims to improve tropical skin disease detection – Link
  • Artificial intelligence and infectious diseases: an evidence-driven conceptual framework for research, public health, and clinical practice – Link
  • Artificial intelligence and infectious disease diagnostics: state of the art and future perspectives – Link
Drug and vaccine development
  • Phase 1 trial finds high dose of malaria monoclonal antibody is safe, elicits protection – Link | Link to Paper
  • Molecular docking analysis of N-myristoyl-transferase with small molecules from the ZINC database for screening potential anti-malarial drugs – Link
  • Safety, tolerability, and protective efficacy of a radiation-attenuated, whole sporozoite malaria vaccine in children in Gabon: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial – Link
Drug resistance
  • PSU research offers new hope in the global fight against drug-resistant malaria – Link
  • Genetic study of malaria-carrying mosquitoes tracks evolution of insecticide resistance – Link
Immunisation
  • A standout voice against polio – Link
  • South Sudan launches landmark integrated health campaign, protecting 2.1 million children from Polio and 1.2 million people from Schistosomiasis simultaneously – Link
  • WHO and UNICEF launch polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.3 million children in Government of Yemen-controlled areas – Link
Surveillance
  • Kenya bolsters polio and measles surveillance with cutting-edge KEMRI laboratory – Link 
Elimination progress
  • No evidence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Anopheles species after 10 years without mass drug administration: a molecular xenomonitoring study in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso – Link
  • Suriname: first malaria-free country in the Amazon region – Link
  • A big step forward: Partners gather to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in PNG. – Link
  • GPEI donors and partners reaffirm commitment to end polio – Link
  • Côte d’Ivoire strengthens polio eradication efforts with modern laboratory – Link
Climate and Health
  • Climate change, disability, and water, sanitation and hygiene: A scoping review of evidence and interventions in low and middle-income countries – Link
Other
  • Age is an intrinsic driver of inflammatory responses to malaria – Link
  • Malaria and soil transmitted helminth infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending public health facilities in Dilla town, South Ethiopia: cross sectional study design – Link
  • Strengthening health systems for health emergency preparedness and response in Africa: Integrating building system resilience to achieve universal health coverage and promote health security is a “double win” – Link
  • America First in Global Health: How Africa should respond – Link
  • Estimating malaria risk behaviours and their determinants among at-risk populations in a pre-elimination setting, Sisaket Province, Thailand–Cambodia border – Link
  • With millions of children’s lives on the line, Bill Gates says humanity is at a crossroads – Link
  • PAHO Director’s Annual Report highlights progress in health security, disease elimination, and primary health care – Link
  • Why beating malaria is smart business for America – Link
  • How Malaria Consortium is restoring dignity for people with lymphatic filariasis in Ethiopia – Link
  • From endemic to epidemic: A qualitative district-level assessment of an increase in malaria cases in the Elgon region of Uganda – Link
  • Burden of malaria infection among most vulnerable populations in Ethiopia: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses – Link
  • Global health at risk as funding cuts threaten fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria – Link
  • The Trump Administration’s ‘earthquake’ is why we need the New Public Health Order – Link
  • Webinar: global guidance on the prevention of re-establishment of malaria transmission – Link
  • Knowledge, practices, and perceptions towards malaria prevention and control among residents of Canaanland and surrounding areas in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study – Link
  • Bill Gates: I’m still optimistic about global health – Link
  • UNGA 80 side event: AUC signs MoU with Uniting to Combat NTDs to advocate for the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Perceived efficacy and acceptability of a spatial repellent for malaria control in Western Kenya: Lessons from a qualitative social science study conducted in conjunction with an epidemiological efficacy trial – Link
  • Wellcome’s “Future of Global Health” Initiative: What is the bottom line? – Link
  • GPEI statement – 24th IMB report “The Glass Mountain” – Link
  • A need for new tools for prevention of malaria in pregnancy – Link
  • Status and prospects of seasonal malaria chemoprevention among children in Sahelian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
  • Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus – Link