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YouTube film Science to accelerate us to malaria eradication

July 17, 2014 - 19:30 -- MESA Alliance
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A great new science lecture is available on the MESA YouTube channel: 'Science to accelerate us to malaria eradication',  presented by Lee Hall at the Keystone Symposium 2014.
 
Lee presents some key concepts on the vibrant biomedical R&D agenda which we need to support progress towards global malaria eradication. In his lecture, he poses the question of how the changing epidemiology of malaria impacts on research and interventions and highlights five challenges:
 

Review of 'what works' in elimination advocacy

June 19, 2014 - 18:55 -- MESA Alliance
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Malaria Journal publishes an Open Access timely review of 'what works' in elimination advocacy. The authors identify 7 key advocacy elements for disease elimination:
 
  1. A global elimination plan, supported by international health bodies.
  2. Thorough costings and tools to support the business case.
  3. An approach that is positioned within a development framework.
  4. Core elimination advocacy messages.
  5. Provision of advocacy tools for partners.
  6. Extensive and effective community engagement.
  7. Strong partnerships

Publication: Planning meeting for operational research on malaria elimination. WHO Meeting report May 2014

June 2, 2014 - 15:50 -- MESA Alliance
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Number of pages: 9
Publication date: 2014
Languages: English
WHO reference number: WHO/HTM/ GMP/2014.5

Main objectives: reviewing the malaria operational research landscape; identifying operational challenges, bottlenecks and priority research questions in the transition from malaria control towards elimination; and reaching agreement among the meeting participants on the next steps, roles and responsibilities.

New publications from WHO GMP

May 13, 2014 - 08:30 -- MESA Alliance
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Safety review of 8-aminoquinoline antimalarial medicines
 
Written by external authors, this document reviews published and unpublished studies about the safety of primaquine and its precursors, with particular attention to haemolytic anaemia in G6PD-deficient individuals. The study was prepared for and discussed at a 2012 meeting of the WHO evidence review group on the safety and effectiveness of single-dose primaquine as a P. falciparum gametocytocide.
 
Elimination scenario planning
 
WHO has published a manual to help malaria-endemic countries to assess the feasibility of moving towards elimination. The new guide provides a comprehensive framework to assess different scenarios and timelines for reducing the disease burden and moving towards elimination, depending on programme coverage and funding availability.

Launch of the MESA Alliance YouTube channel

May 6, 2014 - 09:33 -- MESA Alliance
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The MESA Alliance YouTube Channel highlights great lectures, R&D, and lessons from malaria programmes from all over the malaria community. The channel adds another tool to MESA's function of highlighting great science from the community to the community. Browse the various playlists from 'Basic Science' to 'Eradication Strategies', and subscribe to the channel so you receive notifications when new content is posted.  Please send video suggestions to MESA@isglobal.org.

New: MESA operational research grants start activities

April 10, 2014 - 22:15 -- MESA Alliance
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MESA, grants, malaria

New operational research projects in malaria elimination will start this April, after being selected for funding through MESA. The MESA operational research portfolio includes: proof-of-concept of novel vector control and diagnostic tools, use of mapping technologies for surveillance and tailored response, and mobile phone applications for hard to reach populations. Urban, rural and forest settings are addressed. The projects are summarised here.

Free International Innovation publication with special focus on malaria

March 20, 2014 - 18:00 -- MESA Alliance
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MESA; malaria; parasites

International Innovation, has recently published an edition called 'Parasites of poverty: how international research is tackling the global threat of tropical disease'. In this edition there is a special focus on malaria: 'break the life cycle stop the spread."

Imperfect tools applied to control malaria may still lead to remarkable results

February 9, 2014 - 20:31 -- MESA Alliance
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mesa; keystone; malaria

'The science of malaria eradication' Keystone Symposia

Wednesday  Feb 5th

The third day at the Keystone Symposium on The Science of Malaria Eradication was an action packed day of exciting discussions on vaccines and tools to measure transmission, with an interlude to the Mayan ruins of Mayapan, where the malaria community rhetorically climbed the 'Mayan pyramids' of eradication.

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