Eliminating malaria in the Greater Mekong SubregionPosted on 5 September 2022Approx reading time: 1 min Around 15 years ago, worrying news from Asia made international headlines. There was evidence that new strains of the malaria para......read more
International Women’s Day 2022Posted on 8 March 202222 August 2022Approx reading time: 1 min Diseases expose health inequalities, particularly across parts of Africa and Asia where women, girls and young children are dispro......read more
Mobilising the younger generation in disease responsePosted on 5 July 20218 July 2021Approx reading time: 4 mins An estimated nine-tenths of people aged between 10 and 24 worldwide are living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)......read more
The power of a role model in fighting diseasePosted on 16 October 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins In communities where diseases like malaria and pneumonia are highly prevalent, small, positive changes in behaviour can make a hug......read more
In conversation with Janice Apilado, Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance Secretariat (APLMA) / Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN)Posted on 3 July 202017 August 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins In the first of our In Conversation with series, we spoke to Janice Apilado, Communications Manager at APLMA/APMEN. The series aim......read more
A new online portal for vector biologistsPosted on 17 December 201917 December 2019Approx reading time: 4 mins Dr Paul Russell, a malaria specialist who served in the Second World War, once said: "Man ploughs the sea like a leviathan, he soa......read more
Training entomologists to tackle malaria in Asia PacificPosted on 17 December 201917 December 2019Approx reading time: 2 mins The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network, in partnership with Kasetsart University, ran the 2nd International Training Course ......read more
Trained volunteers improve their communities’ health service in rural MyanmarPosted on 27 July 201714 November 2017Approx reading time: 2 mins During a one-year pilot project in Myanmar’s western Sagaing region, malaria volunteers from 90 selected communities received co......read more
MC in the news: DenguePosted on 4 October 20166 October 2016Approx reading time: 4 mins Last week Malaria Consortium Myanmar was in the news with a story about dengue. We worked with Oliver Slow, a journalist to talk a......read more
Resistance in the fight against malariaPosted on 10 April 201322 June 2015Approx reading time: 4 mins A growing public health risk originating in Asia, drug resistance, is threatening to undermine gains in malaria control Signifi......read more