6 June 2024 – Below we feature a compilation of headlines, scientific articles, and technical reports on innovations, R&D and elimination progress towards polio, malaria, onchocerciasis, and lymphatic filariasis. We will be publishing these updates bi-weekly and hope they are useful.
Vector Control
- Mvolo County, an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in Western Equatoria State, South Sudan: An Entomological Study to Prepare for a “Slash and Clear” Community-Based Vector Control Intervention – Link
Drug and vaccine development
- Why it’s so challenging to develop vaccines for parasitic diseases – Link
Immunisation
- Shipment of R21 malaria vaccine to Central African Republic marks latest milestone for child survival – Link
Elimination progress
- Wild poliovirus spreads across Pakistan and Afghanistan – Link
- Michael & Akosua Essien visit Liberia to champion Polio eradication in West Africa – Link
- Polio eradication initiative – Link
Climate and Health
- Climate crisis creates a health crisis, WHO reports – Link
- Climate change and lack of data are hobbling India’s fight against elephantiasis – Link
- Strengthening our response to malaria and neglected tropical diseases in a warming world – Link
- WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the strategic roundtable: climate change and health: 1 June 2024 – Link
- Climate change threatens progress against malaria, countries warn at World Health Assembly – Link
Other
- Sustaining the gains achieved by national neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs: How can we build NTD program country ownership and sustainability? – Link
- Community readiness and acceptance for the implementation of a novel malaria vaccine among at-risk children in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol – Link
- Keeping gender in mind to stop wild polio in southern Africa – Link
- Perspectives of healthcare professionals on training for quantitative G6PD testing during implementation of tafenoquine in Brazil (QualiTRuST Study) – Link
- Remember the children’, minister urges concerted action on malaria – Link
- Guiding principles for prioritizing malaria interventions in resource-constrained country contexts to achieve maximum impact – Link
- Investment in R&D for Neglected Diseases Delivers an outstanding societal return on investment – Link
- Joint malaria, lymphatic filariasis, leishmaniasis and dengue programme review 2024, Sri Lanka – Link
- 75 years’ journey of malaria publications in English: what and where? – Link
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