The Strategic Communications Partner Committee wants to align the global malaria community with key messaging to catalyse action. I speak with Xenya Scanlon, the committee’s manager, at the time of their Annual Meeting.
The SCPC committee meet in Switzerland to discuss global malaria communications, the Anopheline mosquito may have transmitted malaria before human existence and a Chinese scientist claims that the Plasmodium parasite can cure cancer.
WHO fails to recognise ‘socio-cultural’ context of communities in vaccine trials, scientists make genome assembly from DNA of single mosquito and researchers find that a parasite’s genome organisation correlates with its virulence.
Fever Tree increases malaria funding by £1 million, the economic impact of fake antimalarials is quantified and the BBC shares the story of Zanzibar’s malaria control program.
Novel malaria vaccine offers ‘lifetime immunity’, drones offer a solution to Africa’s lack of satellite imagery, the UK’s funding towards global health skyrockets in recent years and to halt malaria, more focus is needed on human behaviour.
The Global Fund seeks $14 billion to fund its disease work, a vaccine against fatal pregnancy malaria shows promising results and the Anopheles Stephensi mosquito is found in Ethiopia.
Indian researchers report cases of artemisinin resistance, a Burundian entrepreneur develops mosquito-repellent cosmetics and ineffective and untreated bed nets stall progress against malaria in Uganda.
The Global Goals are seventeen targets that cover every aspect of life on earth. Organisations and governments have already signed up, the real challenge now is whether the public will join in.
I’m joined by Dr Mark Amos to discuss the accuracy of malaria diagnostic tools. How do RDTs compare to traditional lab testing?
The University of Florida develops ‘spit test’ for malaria, a new study shows that Tafenoquine is ‘safe and effective’ for the prevention of malaria and the threat of antimalarial drug resistance.