A newsletter for shared learning
Fighting Malaria Together is a platform for sharing the latest news, research, tools, and events dedicated to controlling malaria. The content for the newsletter is driven by you, the reader, and we welcome submissions and ideas. Please contact macepa@path.org with suggestions.
Malaria epidemic forecasting in Oromia District, Ethiopia
A unique sentinel surveillance project in Ethiopia uses mobile phone technology to collect weekly malaria data at the health post level to quickly detect and respond to potential malaria outbreaks.
by Joe Keating and Josh Yukich, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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WHO launches plan to contain resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies
A WHO action plan outlines critical steps to ensure the effectiveness of the world’s most powerful treatment for malaria.
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Changes in the Global Fund Round 11 grant application process
This year, the Global Fund introduces new application forms and requires consolidation of existing grants.
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Door-to-door bednet distribution in Zambia
Zambia uses community volunteers to help hang millions of bednets in homes to improve utilization rates.
by Cecilia Katebe, Zambia National Malaria Control Centre
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Durable linings–a new malaria prevention intervention?
Insecticide-treated plastic sheeting is being hung in rural homes to prevent the transmission of malaria.
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Tanzania trains malaria focal persons in supervision and monitoring
Tanzania’s National Malaria Control Center strengthens monitoring and evaluation of malaria activities at the regional level.
by Mshuka Kamwela, MACEPA
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Nigeria research provides insights on bednet use–and misuse
Nigeria’s Cross River State Roll Back Malaria team tasked with “finding” 500,000 previously distributed bednets to determine how many are still being used and why.
by Marcy Erskine, IFRC; Dr Toju Maleghemi, WHO Cross River State; Dr Iyam Ugot, Special Advisor to the Governor of Cross River State, Community Health
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Malaria burden assessment on Likoma Island, Malawi
Research teams assess the disease burden and coverage of interventions in Likoma District prior to implementation of universal coverage interventions on the Island.
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May 2011
May 4-7, 2011
Central Africa Regional Network Meeting
Brazzaville, Congo
Global plan for artemisinin resistance containment
Global report on antimalarial efficacy and drug resistance: 2000-2010
Impact of national malaria control scale-up programmes in Africa: Magnitude and attribution of effects
Assessing the impact of malaria interventions on morbidity through a community-based surveillance system
Protective efficacy of interventions for preventing malaria mortality in children in Plasmodium falciparum endemic areas
Field efficacy of pyrethroid treated plastic sheeting (durable lining) in combination with long lasting insecticidal nets against malaria vectors
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Fighting Malaria Together
is a platform for sharing the latest news, research, tools and events dedicated to controlling malaria, and includes a range of voices from experts working at the global, national, and local levels. It is produced with the support of an external advisory board: Nathan Bakyaita, WHO/AFRO; Elizabeth Juma, Kenya National Malaria Control Program; Rory Nedft, UNICEF; Claude-Emile Rwagacondo, RBM West Africa Subregional Network. Suggestions for articles are encouraged. Please email macepa@path.org.
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