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Roundup of articles and publications on the latest innovations in malaria, polio, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis
31 October 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
- Target malaria’s scientists are working to rid Africa of an ancient plague – Link
- Genetically derived mosquitoes help in slow down the growth of spreading Malaria – Link
Diagnostic testing and treatment
- Report of the third meeting of the WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases: virtual meeting, 3 June 2021 – Link
- Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria – Link to Paper
- Historical 8-Aminoquinoline Combinations: not all antimalarial drugs work well together – Link
Data
- Lancaster University to be part of building malaria modeling capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa – Link
Drug and vaccine development
- Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa – Link
Drug resistance
- Polio strain resistant to oral vaccine detected in Israel – Link
Immunisation
- Zimbabwe begins polio vaccination drive as neighboring country records new cases – Link
- A polio vaccination campaign is protecting millions of children in Malawi – Link
- CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak – Link
Surveillance
- No suspected polio case is too hard-to-reach for investigation and follow up in Ethiopia – Link
- Malaria surveillance and case management in remote and indigenous communities of Panama: results from a community-based health worker pilot – Link
Elimination progress
- Tanzania: Zero malaria in Zanzibar by 2027, realistic? – Link
- The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio? – Link
Outbreak
- Polio cases confirmed in African countries – Link
- Just one case of polio is a global threat – Link
- Malaria – Pakistan – Link
- Wild polio returns to Africa: How the GPEI is helping stop an outbreak from becoming an inferno – Link
Climate change
- WHO and WMO launch a new knowledge platform for climate and health – Link
- COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world – Link
- COP27: Climate change threatening global health – report – Link | Link to Paper
- Most diseases worsened by climate change, new research reveals. Here’s what we can do about it – Link | Link to Paper
Other
- Pakistan is working with Rotary to eradicate polio – Link
- NTDs: High R&D investment need of the hour – Link
- Prevalence, probability, and characteristics of malaria and filariasis co-infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis – Link
- GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary’s message on the outcomes of the 2022 pledging moment – Link
- How many lives will the UK’s aid budget reduction really cost? – Link
- World Polio Day 2022: History, Significance, Theme and More – Link
- WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific – 24 October 2022 – Link
- A decade of innovation to deepen the understanding of infectious diseases of poverty and foster their control and elimination – Link
- World Polio Day: Joint statement by Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Jutta Urpilainen and Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Dr Andrea Ammon – Link
- Temporal trends in the burden of non-communicable diseases in countries with the highest malaria burden, 1990–2019: Evaluating the double burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases in epidemiological transition – Link
- Amazigo, Nigeria’s Public Health Specialist Bags Another International Award – Link
- WHO Director-General’s remarks at the World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond event – 21 October 2022 – Link
- Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum infection among symptomatic patients presenting to a major urban military hospital in Cameroon – Link
- A cross-sectional study of Simulium damnosum sensu lato breeding sites and species distribution in Sudan savanna, mixed savanna–forest and rainforest regions in Cameroon – Link
- WHO: Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio – Link
- Polio eradication is in sight. Don’t stop funding it now – Link
- Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to end polio as virus stages a comeback – Link
- Poliovirus spreads across the US – Link
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