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Roundup of articles and publications on the latest innovations in malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis
30 September 2021 – 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 & Treatment
- Kew Gardens discovers South American plants could cure malaria – Link
- Malaria Consortium conducts first ever study to establish acceptability and feasibility of SMC outside the Sahel – Link to article | Link to paper
- Plasmodium falciparum is evolving to escape malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Ethiopia – Link to article | Link to paper
Data
- Modeling the levels, trends, and connectivity of malaria transmission using genomic data from a health facility in Thiès, Senegal – Link
Drug and Vaccine Development
- New vaccine platform can better induce anti-malaria immunity in the liver – Link to article | Link to paper
- Assessing the immunogenicity of three different inactivated polio vaccine schedules for use after oral polio vaccine cessation, an open label, phase IV, randomized controlled trial – Link
- New proteasome inhibitors show antimalarial promise – Link to article | Link to paper
- Novartis drug raises hope of tackling malaria drug resistance – Link
- Calls for fast-track malaria vaccine approval to save hundreds of thousands of lives – Link
Drug Resistance
- Resistance to front-line malaria drugs confirmed in Africa – Link to article | Link to paper
Immunisation
- National polio immunization drive continues – Link
- Polio vaccination drive ongoing in Balochistan on third day – Link
- Serum institute to supply inactivated polio vaccine to centre for universal immunisation programme – Link
- Polio vaccination drive begins across Pakistan – Link
Elimination Progress
- Africa: From coast to coast – African countries commit to ending all forms of polio – Link
- China eliminated malaria. Could it be a model for the rest of the world? – Link
- Papua New Guinea steps up efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis – Link
Surveillance
- IPC re-designated as WHO collaborating centre for pharmacovigilance in public health programmes in LMIC – Link
Outbreak
- Health confirms 15 cases of malaria on the border with Nicaragua – Link
Other
- Researchers quantify the risk of children suffering severe outcomes from malaria – Link
- Create volunteers to encourage MDA for filaria-free Bihar: Health minister – Hindustan Times – Link
- The wider societal benefits of surgical interventions for lymphatic filariasis morbidity management and disability prevention – Link
- Neglected tropical diseases: 2020 preventive chemotherapy treatment coverage declines due to COVID-19 disruptions – Link to article | Link to paper
- Innovation & Inequity – Link to report
- Rethinking malaria in the Context to COVID-19 – Link
- Implementation of mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases in Guinea during the COVID-19 pandemic – Link
- Assessing factors influencing communities’ acceptability of mass drug administration for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Guyana – Link
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