The Duke Global Health Institute announces a postdoctoral fellowship, to start as early as June 1, 2015, for a minimum of one year, and renewable for an additional 2 years contingent upon performance and funding availability. The fellowship will focus on implementation science to address the problem of presumptive treatment of fevers with antimalarials.
Driving the Best Science to Meet Global Health Challenges
The 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health in Basel, 6 - 10 September 2015
The Roll Back Malaria Vector Control Working Group (RMB VCWG) held its 10th Annual Meeting in Geneva, 28-30 January, 2015. Around 200 participants from endemic countries, research & academia, private sector and multilateral agencies attended the meeting.
Three MESA-funded projects in Cambodia, Kenya and Tanzania looked at what can be done to reduce efficacy decay of malaria interventions in different settings, and the feasibility of clearing parasites from asymptomatic people. As the projects wrap-up, the research groups are sharing findings with National Malaria Control Programmes, Ministries of Health, as well as national research networks.
On the UK Parliament's 750th birthday, the All Party Parliamentary Group met to discuss collaborative initiatives in malaria research.
In the historic setting of the Palace of Westminster, on January 20th, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) met to discuss collaborative initiatives in malaria research. Last year, the UK Government pledged to increase funding for the fight against malaria up to £500 million every year, a goal the APPMG hopes to see achieved in 2015.
Thanks to a collaboration with ASTMH, presenters and ImageAV, MESA has posted a selection of ASTMH webcasts on malaria elimination online. The webcasts are freely available here.
Sessions from ASTMH 2014 include
In early 2015, the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) team will update the global P. vivax endemicity map (see 2010 map here) and use this to generate global estimates of clinical cases. The maps and case estimates have widespread policy and advocacy use, so it is important to make these as robust and up-to-date as possible.
We invite you to collaborate with the MAP team to ensure that the map is fully comprehensive by sharing any parasite rate surveys you have.
In collaboration with ASTMH, ImageAV & presenters, MESA brings you this webcast from malaria elimination session at ASTMH in New Orleans.
In collaboration with ASTMH, ImageAV & presenters, MESA brings you this webcast from malaria elimination session at ASTMH in New Orleans.
