46 News items related to 'Surveillance'
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World Malaria Report 2025: Drug resistance and funding gaps underscore need for country-led action
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World Malaria Report 2024: Progress underscores need for accelerated, data-driven action
This year's World Malaria Report reflects on gains made — but calls for further action as other threats arise.
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Growing concern about antimalarial drug resistance sparks calls for urgent action
Partial resistance to a life-saving antimalarial drug has been detected in Uganda among children experiencing severe forms of the disease.
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Malaria Consortium partners with Ethiopian government to strengthen critical malaria preparedness and response
Increasing malaria surges in Ethiopia threaten to undo the progress that has been achieved against the disease over the past two decades. In response, the Ethiopian government has launched a…
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World Health Organization scoping review calls for urgent action to tackle the impact of climate change on malaria and neglected tropical diseases
The World Health Organization Task Team on Climate Change, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile, has launched a critical review exploring the effects of climate change on malaria and 20…
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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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Malaria Consortium presents data quality evaluation results to Mozambique’s Ministry of Health at national malaria strategy meeting
Malaria Consortium presented results from an evaluation of data quality for in-hospital malaria deaths to Mozambique’s Minister of Health at the at the 13th meeting of the National Malaria Control…
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WHO urges African countries to join forces to stop the spread of Anopheles stephensi
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new initiative in the hopes of stopping the invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, from spreading further in Africa. Through this,…
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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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Sub-Saharan countries well positioned to pioneer digital molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases as part of an African digital transformation
In a new paper published in PLOS Digital Health, researchers highlight how early adoption of digital molecular diagnostics – small electronic tools that analyse samples and give a diagnosis for…
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Research insight - Shared malaria surveillance expertise has transformative effect on success of surveillance as a core intervention in moderate to high transmission settings
New research suggests that making use of practical experience can have a transformative effect on the success of malaria surveillance as a core intervention (SACI) in moderate to high malaria…
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Annual SMERG meeting drives digitalisation of malaria surveillance
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria hosted its 33rd meeting of the Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation Reference Group (SMERG) from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. Discussions focused on…
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene articles explore effective malaria surveillance systems
The first of three malaria surveillance supplemental issues in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) was published yesterday on World Malaria Day, exploring the importance of…
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21st meeting of WHO's MPAG brings fresh momentum to the fight against malaria in Africa
The 21st meeting of the Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG), part of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Global Malaria Programme (GMP), took place virtually this week, from 23 to 24 March. The…
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New project to boost malaria burden reduction gains in Uganda
To build on and boost gains made in Uganda’s mission to eradicate malaria, Malaria Consortium is implementing a new project – Supporting Uganda’s Malaria Reduction and Elimination Strategy (SUMRES) –…
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World Malaria Report 2021: Maintaining essential services has saved lives but malaria cases continue to rise
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its World Malaria Report for 2021, assessing global and regional malaria trends over the last year and providing an opportunity to reflect on…
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Exciting potential for increased protection against malaria for young children in combining malaria vaccine with seasonal malaria chemoprevention
A seminal paper, published on 25 August in the New England Journal of Medicine, details results from a three-year trial to test the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 E malaria vaccine in combination…
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Malaria Consortium to support Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to reduce malaria burden to pre-elimination by 2025
Malaria Consortium is supporting Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver malaria interventions to help the country reach its goal of reducing the malaria burden to pre-elimination…
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Malaria Consortium highlights vital role of responsive surveillance systems in eliminating malaria
In a new perspective paper published in IntechOpen, Malaria Consortium experts outline the importance of surveillance systems that are able to adapt to changing circumstances as a crucial component…
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New monitoring and evaluation toolkit will help improve SMC implementation and impact assessment
Malaria Consortium welcomes the recent publication of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Toolkit by the SMC Alliance. The toolkit outlines a performance…