17 Apr 2026 Roundup of articles and publications on the latest innovations in malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis
Vector Control
Adaptive intervention strategies for malaria vector control in western Kenya: a cluster, sequential, multiple-assignment, randomised, open-label trial – Link
Malaria incidence rose following the introduction of neonicotinoid-based IRS in selected districts in northern Ghana: An observational analysis – Link
Diagnostic testing and treatment
A better treatment for river blindness is available, but its rollout is complicated – Link
Advancing climate services for health: New milestones from the WHO–WMO accelerator – Link
Ivermectin to control malaria — a cluster-randomized trial – Link
Data
Modeling the impact of community information dissemination on the transmission dynamics of lymphatic filariasis – Link
Association of climate variables with Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in Mandoto, Madagascar: A Statistical modeling study – Link
AI and Innovations
Artificial intelligence to support cross-disciplinary climate change research – Link
The use of artificial intelligence based modelling techniques in One Health-related infectious disease studies in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review – Link
Artificial intelligence and public health data in emergencies: A critical issue in the middle East – Link
Drug resistance
National genomic profiling of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance in Zambian children participating in the 2018 malaria indicator survey – Link
Experimental hut evaluation of mosquito shield, a transfluthrin spatial emanator, for control of wild pyrethroid resistant malaria vectors in Benin – Link
Immunisation
Sub-national immunization days: Cameroon steps up efforts to protect every child against polio – Link
Where trust turns into protection: The school at the heart of Malawi’s polio breakthrough – Link
Malaria vaccines scale up in Africa amid new threats – Link
The 2026 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: narrowing window for decisive health action – Link
Health and climate change at the 79th World Health Assembly – Link
Addressing climate change impacts on vector-borne infectious diseases: Can artificial intelligence help? – Link
Other
Molecular characterization and transmission indices of malaria vector in a rural community in Osun State south-west Nigeria – Link
Impact of mass drug administration with Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole in elimination of lymphatic filariasis in five districts of Nepal – Link
Africa CDC launches African high-level ministerial committee to shape global health architecture reform – Link
Plasmodium uses its own PI3K to suppress eat-me signal and evade host immune clearance – Link
Further, faster, stronger to zero: How integrating health services is closing the gap on polio – Link
Malaria funding crisis and drug resistance compel African investment – Link
New chapter for Africa’s malaria response through accountability and sovereignty – Link
Protective immunity against malaria by a nanoparticle CIS43-based junctional vaccine alone or in combination with R21 – Link
Accelerating action to end malaria: A test of Africa’s health security and sovereignty – Link
World Malaria Day 2026: Message from Shenaaz El-Halabi, WHO representative in South Africa – Link
We are worried’: Malaria mounts a comeback after slashed US funding – Link
Global Fund launches regional malaria grant for Southern Africa, bolsters response to rising risk from extreme weather events in Mozambique – Link
Africa: Strengthening malaria prevention efforts in the Sahel #WorldMalariaDay – Link
Malaria shaped the distribution of early humans across Africa – Link
Cutting edge reviews: Battling one Neglected Tropical Disease after another – Link
Severe malaria may affect children’s cognitive abilities more than a decade later – Link
Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease – Link
Beyond 2030: The future of Sustainable Development Goals will be decided at the last mile – Link
Integrated malaria service delivery and its determinants among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Multi level analysis of 2021/22 National Service Provision Assessment Survey – Link
Funding cuts challenge malaria vaccination initiatives – Link
Impacts of seasonal mass drug administration in school-aged children on chronic malaria infections in Burkina Faso – Link
Malawi Hosts Africa’s meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases #NTDs – Link