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

31 July 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

• Effectiveness of indoor residual spraying on malaria control: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
• Operationalizing stakeholder engagement for gene drive research in malaria elimination in Africa—translating guidance into practice – Link

Diagnostic testing and treatment

• Etramp5 as a useful serological marker in children to assess the immediate effects of mass drug campaigns for malaria – Link

Data

• AI learns how to recognise the species of splatted mosquitoes – Link | Link to Paper
• Geospatial modeling of pre-intervention nodule prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Ethiopia as an aid to onchocerciasis elimination – Link
• Spatiotemporal dynamics of malaria in Banmauk Township, Sagaing region of Northern Myanmar: characteristics, trends, and risk factors – Link

Drug and vaccine development

• Malaria vaccine in clinical trials could reduce deaths by 75 percent – Link
• Targeting a parasite’s DNA could be more effective way to treat malaria: Research – Link
• Africa prepares rollout of world’s first malaria vaccine – Link
• Testing malaria vaccines in the clinic is just as rigorous as natural exposure – Link
• Continuous innovation needed to eliminate malaria – Link

Drug resistance

• Malaria Burden and Associated Risk Factors in an Area of Pyrethroid-Resistant Vectors in Southern Benin – Link

Surveillance

• qPCR in a suitcase for rapid Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax surveillance in Ethiopia – Link
• Assessing Thailand’s 1-3-7 surveillance strategy in accelerating malaria elimination – Link

Elimination progress

• Guatemala Moves Closer to Eliminating Malaria by 2025 with IDB’s Support – Link
• Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin – Link
• Karnataka to be malaria-free by 2025: Minister – Link
• Preplanned Studies: Plasmodium vivax in the Elimination Phase — China, 2013–2020 – Link

Outbreak

• Polio case confirmed in New York state, health-care providers told to look for more infections – Link

Climate change

• Conflict and climate change thwart progress on SDGs – Link
• Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action – Link
• Extreme Heat & Climate Change Increase Risk of Malaria, other Health Threats – Link

Other

• DOLF Project’s role in effort to eliminate tropical disease recognized – Link
• BACATMA commences massive campaign on malaria, target 2 million under 5 children – Link
• Opinion: Preventing malaria in pregnancy to sow seeds of success in Africa – Link
• Hypnozoite depletion in successive Plasmodium vivax relapses – Link
• Malaria chemoprevention efficacy study protocol – Link
• Community-based house improvement for malaria control in southern Malawi: Stakeholder perceptions, experiences, and acceptability – Link
• A mixed-methods exploration into the resilience of community drug distributors conducting mass drug administration for preventive chemotherapy of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda – Link
• Telling our own story in global health–experience from Nigeria – Link
• Standard operating procedures for supply chain management of health products for neglected tropical diseases amenable to preventive chemotherapy – Link
• Cameroon and the Mectizan Donation Program sign historic agreement to end neglected tropical diseases – Link
• Edo, Centre strengthen advocacy on treatment, prevention of NTD – Link

 

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