The FDA’s approval of GSK’s new malaria drug Tafenoquine (Krintafel) provokes a mixed response and a research team from the ANU and The University of Queensland make a ‘small fragment of human protein’ that kills the microbial parasite that causes malaria.
In this episode of Five Minutes, we speak with Thomas Stewart, a Programme Manager from The Mentor Initiative. He tells us about his work in malaria control and why it’s now more important than ever to eliminate malaria.
Yale University researchers develop new malaria vaccine in mice models, the FDA endorses GSK’s single-dose drug tafenoquine and warns consumers about expired test kits, the video game ending malaria and Nelson Mandela’s birthday.
We speak with Professor Jake Baum of Imperial College London. He has been thrust in the spotlight for what the ‘Independent’ is calling a ‘major malaria breakthrough’. His team is working on trying to find a set of compounds that stop mosquitoes from contracting malaria when they bite an infected person.
Anti-malaria drug Tafenoquine comes under fire after claims of neuropsychiatric side effects, NIH researchers block parasites entering the bloodstream, Jigawa distributes 3.5 million mosquito nets, Nigeria loses 300 billion Naira to malaria and the Malaria World Congress calls on the global community to work together.
The PMI VectorLink Project is equipping countries to plan and implement sustainable Indoor Residual Spraying programs and other life-saving malaria control interventions. I wanted to know what’s changed in the malaria field and what they are currently doing to end malaria.
Australia hosts Malaria World Congress, Cheryl Cole thanks the NHS for saving her life when she contracted malaria in Tanzania, how dams increase malaria transmission and a new drug to reduce malaria deaths in Papa New Guinea.
The Malaria World Congress comes to an end, the Statement of Action is announced, Olivia Ngou Zangue discusses the role of communities in achieving sustainable health and Peter Sands talks on the urgent need to step up the fight against malaria.
Malaria Researcher, Rima Shretta, estimates the cost of malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific, Unitaid invests in better tools to prevent the misdiagnosis of childhood fevers, more information on the collaborative platform for malaria researchers and WHO shares the need to improve surveillance systems.
‘Gene-Drive’ technologies are put on show, the Business Alliance Against Malaria presents at Congress, The Civil Society Declaration is shown, calling on governments to do more and a new collaborative platform is launched to accelerate access to new innovations.