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Roundup of articles and publications on the latest innovations in malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis
18 April 2022 – 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
- Oxitec expanding GMO mosquito trials in bid to control the spread of malaria – Link
- New frontiers in vector control – Link
- Genuine intersectoral collaboration is needed to achieve better progress in vector control – Link
Diagnostic testing and treatment
- A new role for anti-Wolbachia therapy of lymphatic filariasis – blocking the transmission of the parasite through mosquitoes. – Link | Link to Paper
- Local plant may hold potential for new anti-malaria drug – Scientists at KNUST declare – Link
Drug and vaccine development
- Hunting the ‘perfect protein’ for malaria mRNA vaccine – Link
Drug resistance
- Host-directed therapy’ could treat infectious diseases – including COVID – and limit drug-resistance – Link
Immunisation
- Tanzania gears up for second round of mass polio vaccination end of April – Link
Elimination progress
- Ghana is aiming at having no malaria deaths by 2025 – Link
- Reaching the malaria elimination goal in Brazil: a spatial analysis and time-series study – Link
- Could 2022 be the endgame for polio? – Link
Outbreak
- Jerusalem polio cases put Israel back on WHO ‘outbreak countries’ list – Link
Climate change and Environment
- Agriculture is linked with malaria in complex ways: Evidence from 16 African countries – Link
- Malaria surges in the Amazon as wildcat mining devours Indigenous land – Link
- Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases – Link
Other
- Re-orienting anti-malarial drug development to better serve pregnant women – Link
- Kenya, global firm seek partnership to fight malaria – Link
- “March to Kigali” campaign launched to raise fund to eliminate NTDs Elephantiasis is still endemic in Ghana – GHS – Link
- Scientists make breakthrough in malaria infection study of humans, apes – Link | Link to Paper
- Mobilizing communities to help prevent and control malaria in Cameroon – Link
- Could a culturally and age-appropriate song contribute towards malaria prevention in primary school learners? – Link
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