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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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