Vector Control
  • Contact exposure to ivermectin induces acute mortality and inhibits parasite development in malaria vectors  – Link 
  • Utilization of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention among children in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
  • Anopheles stephensi larval habitat superproductivity and its relevance for larval source management in Ethiopia – Link
  • A costing analysis of an intermittent biolarviciding intervention with limited epidemiological effect in Tanga Region, Tanzania – Link
  • Integrated vector and parasite management for malaria control in high-endemic areas: pummel and pin strategy to prevent malaria setbacks – Link
Diagnostic testing and treatment
  • First field evaluation of novel LDH- and HRP2-based rapid tests for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria diagnosis – Link
Data
  • Hybrid models combining trend and seasonality components with machine learning algorithms provide accurate forecasting of malaria incidence – Link
  • Modelling approaches for predicting the distribution of skin NTDs: A systematic review – Link
  • Hybrid models combining trend and seasonality components with machine learning algorithms provide accurate forecasting of malaria incidence – Link
  • Institutional quality, aid flows, and malaria burden: a geospatial analysis of sub-Saharan Africa – Link
AI and Innovations
  • New study confirms artificial intelligence boosts malaria diagnosis accuracy – Link
  • USF study: AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar – Link 
Drug and vaccine development
  • Strengthening vaccine effectiveness research to rebuild public trust: A call for global participation – Link 
Immunisation
  • Togo introduces the malaria vaccine: a health milestone – Link
  • PAHO highlights 31 years without polio in the Americas and calls to strengthen vaccination efforts – Link
  • Caregivers’ practices and factors associated with malaria vaccine uptake among under-five children in the Tiko Health District, Cameroon: A community based cross-sectional study – Link
  • Measles, polio, tuberculosis: what’s causing spikes in infectious diseases? – Link
  • Self-reported poliomyelitis vaccination and documentation in adults indicates high uptake: a digital German epidemic panel, December 2024 – Link
Surveillance
  • Molecular xenomonitoring highlights post-MDA surveillance priorities for sustained Wuchereria bancrofti elimination in Burkina Faso – Link
  • Evaluating Thailand’s malaria reactive surveillance and response strategies for malaria elimination: a mixed-method study – Link
Elimination progress
  • From burden to blueprint: How Tanzania is paving the way for NTD elimination – Link
  • WHO EMR polio bulletin Issue No.1412, Week 43 – Link
  • WHO and Papua New Guinea reaffirm commitment to ending NTD’s at 76th RCM. – Link
  • ‘Let’s finish the job’ and end polio: WHO – Link
  • Global progress against neglected tropical diseases continues despite challenges, new WHO report finds – Link | Link to Paper
  • One man’s mission to protect Liberia’s children from polio—one vaccine at a time – Link
  • World Polio Day 2025: A global call to finish the job – Link
  • Health leaders redouble their resolve to accelerate polio eradication at the Regional Committee meeting – Link
Climate and Health
  • The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change – Link
Other
  • Roadmap for the implementation of malaria genomic surveillance in Africa – Link
  • Mothers lead the way to a polio-free Somalia – Link
  • Global traditional medicine strategy 2025-2034 – Link
  • Immunogenicity and safety of polio vaccines in infants: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials – Link
  • Estimating rates of treatment delay for malaria fevers among children in Sub-Saharan Africa 2006–2022 – Link
  • Exploring neglected tropical diseases in Somalia: A scoping review of research efforts and gaps – Link
  • Taking down malaria’s bodyguards: scientists target parasite’s secret defence system – Link 
  • The second-round evaluation of financial incentives on malaria prevalence in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: updated study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial – Link
  • Adapting reactive case detection strategies for high-risk populations to increase malaria infection detection in Aceh Province, Indonesia – Link
  • Strengthening global public health through traditional medicine: 3rd World Congress on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine – Link
  • Zoonotic brugian filariasis past and present trends in malaysia: A systematic review and proportionate meta-analysis – Link
  • A standout voice against polio – Link
  • Editorial: Women in malaria research – Link
  • Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network conference – Link
  • Western Pacific countries and areas join forces to prevent cross-border health emergencies – Link
  • Vaccination against Onchocerca volvulus induces IgG-mediated protective immunity dependent on neutrophils and complement – Link
  • Research in brief – Link
  • The Gulf’s investment in global health is a contribution to regional stability – Link
  • Africa after USAID: who will pay the health bill? – Link
  • New insights into malaria could reshape treatment – Link | Link to Paper
  • Assessing health facility capacity for neglected tropical diseases in a refugee settlement in Uganda – Link
  • Mentorship—A critical metric for career development and advancing global health – Link