Roundup of articles and publications on the latest innovations in malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis

13 February 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.

 

Diagnostic testing and treatment

• RAT-style test to expose malaria that hides in your body – Link
• Infectious Malaria Sporozoites produced without mosquitoes provide ground-breaking progress for malaria vaccines and biology research – Link | Link to Paper

Drug and vaccine development

• Infectious Malaria Sporozoites produced without mosquitoes provide ground-breaking progress for malaria vaccines and biology research – Link | Link to Paper

Drug resistance

• Southeast Asia warned of insecticide-resistant dengue mosquitoes – Link 

Immunisation

• Children under 5 must get polio vaccine in every campaign: WHO – Link

Surveillance

• Freak infection with an eradicated form of polio shows virus’ craftiness – Link 

Elimination progress

• Eight countries eliminated a neglected tropical disease in 2022 – Link
• Global health leaders urge world to be razor-sharp in focus to finish polio once and for all – Link
• Carter Center congratulates Nigeria for interrupting River Blindness in several states – Link
• Eliminating neglected diseases in Africa: there are good reasons for hope – Link

Outbreak

• WHO EMRO Weekly Epidemiological Monitor: Volume 16; Issue no 01; 01 January 2023 – Link

Climate and Health

• How climate change is spreading malaria in Africa – Link
•  New digital tool helps prepare for malaria outbreaks in southern Africa – Link 

Other

• Goodbye Malaria Receive US$24 Million Grant From The Global Fund To Fight Malaria In South Africa, Eswatini And Mozambique – Link
•  Anti-merozoite antibodies induce natural killer cell effector function and are associated with immunity against malaria – Link
•  MOSASWA grant against malaria in Mozambique, South Africa and Essuatíni – Link
• Member States guide direction of polio transition post-2023 – Link
• An insight to better understanding cross border malaria in Saudi Arabia – Link
•  Leveraging innovation technologies to respond to malaria: a systematized literature review of emerging technologies – Link
• Malaria and the incidence of COVID-19 in Africa: an ecological study – Link
• Statement of the thirty-fourth Polio IHR Emergency Committee – Link
• Malaria — Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prevention – Link
• Mozambique: Over a million children to be medicated against malaria in Nampula – Link

 

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