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

30 Sep 2024 – 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

  • Stable introduction of Wolbachia wPip into invasive Anopheles stephensi for potential malaria control – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

  • Scientists design new drug to fight malaria – Link | Link to Paper
  • Designing of a chimeric multiepitope vaccine against bancroftian lymphatic filariasis through immunoinformatics approaches Link

Drug resistance

  • Whole-genome sequencing of major malaria vectors reveals the evolution of new insecticide resistance variants in a longitudinal study in Burkina Faso Link

Immunisation

  • Ghana expands malaria vaccine rollout Link 
  • The Taliban suspends polio vaccine campaign in Afghanistan – here’s the likely impact Link

Elimination progress

  • Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem – Link
  • Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Report from the Inter American Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) 2023 – Link
  • The Philippines: Supporting country- and community-led efforts to end malaria – Link 

Climate and Health

  • Temperature dependence of mosquitoes: Comparing mechanistic and machine learning approaches Link

Other

  • African leaders at UN warn against dwindling malaria funding Link
  • Attitudes and perceptions towards epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic region of Tanzania: a mixed approach to determine the magnitude and driving factors. Link
  • Tackling malaria in countries hardest hit by the disease: ministerial conference report, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6 March 2024 Link 
  • GPEI welcomes 23rd annual report from the independent monitoring board Link
  • Functional antibody responses associated with effectiveness of RTS,S malaria vaccine in children: new insights and implications Link
  • GPEI welcomes Canada’s pledge of CAN $151 million to achieve global eradication of polio and build stronger health systems worldwide Link
  • PfSPZ vaccine shows efficacy against P Falciparum and malaria in women who become pregnant Link | Link to Paper
  • Why becoming a positive deviant for malaria prevention and control: a sequential explanatory mixed methods study in Bugesera district, Rwanda Link
  • Expanding the roles of malaria post workers in Thailand: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives Link
  • Rapid malaria tests tied to better fever control, more antibiotics in African children Link | Link to paper
  • Africa: Malaria Consortium partners with Ethiopian Government to strengthen critical malaria preparedness and response Link
  • Prospective acceptability of mass drug administration for malaria in Kedougou region in Senegal: a mixed method study Link

 

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