30 May 2023 – 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

  • Ivermectin metabolites reduce Anopheles survival – Link

 Data

  • Lymphatic filariasis endgame strategies: Using GEOFIL to model mass drug administration and targeted surveillance and treatment strategies in American Samoa – Link

Drug resistance

  • New gene linked to Malaria parasite’s chloroquine resistance – Link | Link to Paper

Immunisation

  • Africa’s largest polio vaccination drive since 2020 targets 21 million children – Link
  • Polio eradication campaign deploys needle-free vaccinations – Link
  • Sub-national immunization campaign launched to reach 23 million children – Link

Surveillance

  • Poor performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Plasmodium malariae among returned international travellers in China – Link
  • Analytical approaches for antimalarial antibody responses to confirm historical and recent malaria transmission: an example from the Philippines – Link

Elimination progress

  • One world: coming together, to achieve one common goal – Link

Climate and Health

  • Regional initiative to tackle health impacts of climate change in Africa launched – Link
  • Addressing climate change: supplement to the WHO water, sanitation and hygiene strategy 2018-2025 – Link
  • WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems – Link
  • Global Initiative Funds nine winning projects from eight countries to advance climate-infectious disease research for COP28 showcase – Link

Other

  • Seasonal malaria chemoprevention with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine in children: a field guide – Link
  • Africa Day: Celebrating progress in Africa on neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Polio eradication is a global challenge – Link
  • Perceptions and acceptability of the controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) model in The Gambia: a qualitative study – Link
  • Peshawar: Two environmental samples test positive for poliovirus  – Link
  • Seeing malaria through the eyes of affected communities: using photovoice to document local knowledge on zoonotic malaria causation and prevention practices among rural communities exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Northern Borneo Island – Link
  • Attention to skin-related neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Burden and factors associated with onchocerciasis transmission among school-aged children after more than 20 years of Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin in Ulanga district, Tanzania: A school-based cross-sectional study – Link
  • Global health progress has stagnated, putting countless lives at risk, WHO warns – Link
  • In Zamfara, a polio survivor leverages experience to mobilize support for vaccination against the virus – Link
  • Contribution to the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) for the Third Phase – Link
  • Nagasaki Outcome Statement” to accelerate progress on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) for G7 Health Ministers – Link
  • Stakeholders Commit to a rewed strategic framework on Polio transition – Link
  • Polio: As of today, the world’s only public health emergency of international concern – Link
  • The Global Fund commits nearly US$1 million in emergency funding to help avoid malaria surge in Mozambique – Link
  • G7 Health Ministers call for global support to achieving lasting polio-free world by 2026 – Link

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