172 items related to 'Resistance management'
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Q&A :
Q&A with our experts: SDG 3 progress on maternal and child health
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place in New York from 8 to 17 July 2024. This annual gathering brought together world leaders, policymakers and stakeholders to…
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Resources: Project report :
Monitoring and evaluating insecticide-treated net campaigns in Ondo and Anambra states
Malaria Consortium has worked with national and state malaria elimination programmes in Nigeria to distribute and evaluate nets treated with a pyrethroid insecticide and synergist combination that…
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Resources: Poster :
Insecticide resistance status of Anopheles gambiae complex in Ondo and Anambra states, Nigeria
Continuous surveillance of malaria vectors’ resistance to public health insecticides is vital for effective malaria control interventions.
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Thought leadership :
How can we achieve a malaria-free world?
This blog was written collaboratively by Shana Warren, Associate Director of Path-to-Scale Research & Research Scientist at Innovations for Poverty Action, a research and policy NGO, and…
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Thought leadership :
Re-evaluating approaches to malaria elimination in Africa: Prioritising partnerships for progress
With over 20 years’ experience in healthcare delivery, public health and operational research on communicable diseases in Africa and Asia, I recognise the inherent complexity of malaria. The disease…
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International summit calls for AMR accountability in public health interventions
The UK-Africa Health Summit took place this week, uniting global health leaders in antimicrobial stewardship to tackle this increasing threat ahead of the 2024 High-level Meeting on antimicrobial…
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Resources: Journal article :
Anti-malarial resistance in Mozambique: Absence of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 (K13) propeller domain polymorphisms associated with resistance to artemisinins
Although the results of this cross-sectional study do not show the emergence of artemisinin resistance in Mozambique, the high number of novel, non-synonymous mutations identified highlights the need…
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Resources: Journal article :
Co-designing community-based interventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR): what to include and why
This commentary presents seven key concepts that are integral to tackling behavioural drivers to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through community engagement.
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completedCommunity engagement for antimicrobial resistance
To date, effective and sustainable community engagement (CE) interventions that address the contextual drivers of AMR through a One Health approach have not been evaluated and scaled up. To close…
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Resources: Poster :
Resistance markers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Burkina Faso
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine remain effective after eight years of SMC implementation in Burkina Faso.
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Resources: Poster :
Development and evaluation of a novel protocol to assess the efficacy of seasonal malaria chemoprevention using sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine and amodiaquine in an area of high drug resistance in Nampula, Mozambique
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention with SPAQ is preventing clinical disease but is not preventing new sub-patent infections over 28 days despite therapeutic drug levels, suggesting prevention of…
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Genetic interventions to combat obstinate mosquito-borne scourges
This piece was written for Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research and republished here, authored by Leo Braack, Co-Chair of APMEN Vector Control Working Group; Senior Vector Control Specialist from…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Strengthening the health system response to pneumonia and other childhood illnesses
Early diagnosis and treatment at all levels of the health system could prevent more than two-thirds of pneumonia deaths.
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Genomic surveillance used to improve malaria treatment in Mozambique
Health workers in Mozambique are collecting samples for genomic surveillance of malaria to monitor malaria transmission intensity and resistance to antimalarial drugs and diagnostics. Mozambique has…
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Blog :
Eliminating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Around 15 years ago, worrying news from Asia made international headlines. There was evidence that new strains of the malaria parasite were developing resistance to artemisinin-derivatives. Used in…
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Resources: Feature :
Eliminating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion is on track to eliminate malaria by 2030. How did this region become an exemplary model for beating malaria for good?
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Resources: Project brief :
Implementing a quality-assured genomic data and sample collection system in Mozambique
This project supports decision-making for malaria control and elimination by monitoring the genetic markers of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.
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Resources: Project brief :
Monitoring and evaluating insecticide-treated net campaigns in Nigeria
We are collaborating with partners to implement a universal coverage insecticide-treated nets replacement campaign in Ondo and Anambra states, Nigeria.
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completedAccelerated Malaria Elimination - Elimination of P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria in an area of multidrug antimalarial resistance
In Preah Vihear and Stung Treng Provinces in the North-East of Cambodia, the Accelerated Malaria Elimination Project was carried out based on strengthened passive case detection and active case…
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Resources: Journal article :
Drug resistance markers within an evolving efficacy of anti-malarial drugs in Cameroon: A systematic review and meta-analysis (1998–2020)
This review determines the prevalence and distribution of Plasmodium falciparum medicine resistance markers within an evolving efficacy of anti-malarial medicines.