Vector Control

  • Field trial finds promising evidence on Spinosad: a bio-larvicide for mosquito control in urban settings in Bengaluru, India – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan – Link
  • Beyond malaria: can intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine reduce the number of small vulnerable newborns globally? – Link
  • Merck Commemorates 5 Billion Mectizan® Treatments Donated Over 38 Years – Link 
  • Malaria rapid diagnostic test ‘not fit for purpose,’ international study claims – Link | Link to Paper
  • New malaria treatment holds promise against rising drug resistance – Link 
  • Paediatric drug optimization for malaria: meeting report, 24-26 June 2025 – Link

Data

  • WHO in Africa launches geodatabase to empower data-driven health decisions – Link
  • Effects of environment and globalization on the double and triple burdens of infection symptoms among under-five children across low-middle income countries using machine learning algorithms – Link

AI and Innovations

  • AI and citizens detect invasive mosquitoes in Madagascar – Link 
  • Artificial intelligence in epidemic watch: revolutionizing infectious diseases surveillance – Link

Surveillance

  • EMR Polio Bulletin Issue No. 1416, Week 47 (ending on 23/11/2025) – Link
  • Mobile app-based malaria surveillance and vector control integration: a scoping review of evidence from endemic settings – Link

Elimination progress

  • Nepal accelerates lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts through MDA campaign in Kapilvastu – Link
  • Global and national experts concur: ending polio in Pakistan – and the world – is within reach – Link
  • KFF Dashboard: Progress toward global malaria targets in PMI countries – Link
  • Imported malaria: a silent and forgotten threat in malaria free zones? – Link
  • Tanzania records gains in NTD prevention – Link
  • Fighting filariasis: India’s grassroots approach to eliminating elephantiasis – Link
  • WHO Declares Suriname and Timor-Leste Malaria-Free in Major Global Health Milestone – Link

Outbreak

  • Indonesia announces closure of polio outbreak – Link

Climate and Health

  • Innovation meets impact: Fighting malaria in a warming world – Link
  • Climate change and malaria in Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe: emerging evidence and pathways towards malaria prevention – Link

Other

  • Health-related quality of life among pregnant women exposed to malaria in an endemic region of Colombia – Link
  • Community-level determinants of RTS,S/AS01 vaccine acceptance in a hyperendemic Ghanaian Region: A Bayesian multilevel analysis from Kpando Municipality, Ghana – Link
  • Some high-flying tropical mosquitoes carry disease-causing pathogens long distances, study finds – Link | Link to Paper
  • Tulane researcher awarded $1.6 million grant to advance oral polio vaccine – Link
  • Vitamin A and D levels in patients with filarial lymphedema and healthy volunteers in Puducherry, India – Link
  • Controlling and eliminating devastating but preventable neglected tropical diseases – Link
  • Gavi, UNICEF sign deal to cut malaria vaccine price – Link
  • Discovering how malaria parasites survive and multiply – Link | Link to Paper
  • Over 2,000 in ENB get treatment  – Link
  • Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk – Link
  • MacArthur Foundation awards $100M to outbreak surveillance network, a boost amid global health cuts – Link
  • Patient journeys for neglected tropical diseases in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review – Link
  • The Netherlands Reaffirms Commitment to Global Health – Link
  • New global analysis of over 12 million documents reveals how academic research shapes sustainable development policy – Link
  • Three facilities holding poliovirus achieve full containment certification – Link
  • Gut bacteria associated with life-threatening complications in African children with severe malaria – Link