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

14 November 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.

 

Drug resistance

• Countries can hold the line against antimalarial resistance in Africa – but we must act now – Link
• First evidence of how the Asian malaria mosquito is spreading drug-resistant malaria in Africa – Link | Link to Paper
• Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in a context of high presumed sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance: malaria morbidity and molecular drug resistance profiles in South Sudan – Link

Immunisation

• Africa’s polio certification commission calls for increased action in 2024 to rebuild immunity and end polio – Link

Elimination progress

• RTS,S vaccine pilot: 13% mortality reduction fuels hope for malaria control – Link
• Malaria – Link
• Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2022–2023 – Link
• Community collaborators – On the frontlines of malaria elimination in Panama – Link
• PAHO announces Malaria Champions of the Americas 2023 – Link

Outbreak

• Tropical diseases move north – Link

Climate and Health

• The 2023 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown – Link
• Barriers to climate change and health research in India: a qualitative study – Link
• We must fight one of the world’s biggest health threats: climate change – Link

Other

• Urban malária – Link
• Feasibility and safety of integrating mass drug administration for helminth control with seasonal malaria chemoprevention among Senegalese children: a randomized controlled, observer-blind trial – Link
• Kenya manufacturer is first in Africa to get WHO approval for malaria drug – Link
• Accelerating vaccine development for global health impact – a WHO initiative to prioritize key endemic pathogens – Link
• For Yemen’s children, the path to a polio diagnosis starts with a remarkable road trip – Link
• Community health workers on the front lines In the fight against polio – Link
• Knowledge and perceptions of lymphatic filariasis patients in selected hotspot endemic communities in southern Ghana – Link
• The Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE): working together to see onchocerciasis GONE – Link
• Phastar offers pro bono help MDGH with its mission to cure river blindness – Link
• A systematic review of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Myanmar – Link

 

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