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Kick-off to the 'The science of malaria eradication' Keystone Symposia

February 3, 2014 - 21:05 -- MESA Alliance
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Sunday Feb 2nd


'The science of malaria eradication' Keystone Symposia celebrated its first day of activities in Merida, Yucatan, with a workshop devoted to students and researchers from endemic countries that received a travel award to attend the meeting.  This workshop offered the opportunity to interact with a group of international experts that discussed the role of a dynamic biomedical research agenda, including aspects relating to therapeutics, vector biology and vaccines to interrupt transmission.

Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations of the September 2013 meeting

January 24, 2014 - 17:07 -- MESA Alliance
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The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization held its fourth meeting in Geneva, Switzerland from 11 to 13 September, 2013. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting. MESA is partnering with Global Malaria Programme to disseminate the report.

Background reading Keystone Symposium The Science of Malaria Eradication, February 2-7, 2014 Mexico

January 22, 2014 - 17:06 -- MESA Alliance
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Find the background reading for the Keystone Symposium here, for those long hours in the plane!

B. Fenton Hall and Anthony S. Fauci (2009)
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009;200:1639–43
 
malERA group: Alonso PL, Brown G, Arevalo-Herrera M, Binka F, Chitnis C, et al. (2011)
PLoS Med 8(1): e1000406
 
Sibao Wang and Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena (2013)
Trends in Biotechnology, March 2013, Vol. 31, No. 3
 
Ashley J. Birkett, Vasee S. Moorthy, Christian Loucq, Chetan E. Chitnis and David C. Kaslow (2013)
Vaccine, Volume 31, Supplement 2, 18 April 2013, Pages B233–B243

Audio: Outstanding ASTMH presentations relevant to malaria elimination: 2

December 16, 2013 - 21:55 -- MESA Alliance
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Did you miss unmissable presentations at this year's ASTMH?
Listen here:
 
 
'Establishing Malaria-Free Zones in Zanzibar and Zambia: Progress and Next Steps'.
 
Chairs: Richard Steketee (PATH MACEPA) and Anders Björkman (Karolinska Institute).
 
 
 
 
 
 
MESA will post other great sessions on malaria elimination for you to listen to and download, watch this MalariaWorld page.

Audio: Outstanding ASTMH presentations relevant to malaria elimination: 1

December 16, 2013 - 16:50 -- MESA Alliance
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Did you miss unmissable presentations at this year's ASTMH?
Listen here:
 
 
Fred L. Soper Lecture held at the 2013 ASTMH annual meeting.
'History of the regional initiative to eliminate river blindness from the Americas'. Speaker Frank O. Richards, The Carter Center.

"If you find Soper interesting, I really enjoyed the book by Prof Stepan, if you get a chance have a look" (Frank O. Richards). 

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Frank O. Richards has provided his slide deck, see attched file (5,7 MB).

MESA will post other great sessions on malaria elimination for you to listen to and download, watch this MalariaWorld page.

WHO/PAHO honours malaria champions in the Americas

November 21, 2013 - 19:20 -- MESA Alliance
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On 6 November 2013, WHO/ PAHO honoured initiatives from three malaria-endemic countries with the ‘Malaria Champions of the Americas Awards’. The Malaria Champions of the Americas awards were given to Colombia (Colombia Malaria Project), the Dominican Republic (National Center for Control of Tropical Diseases), and Brazil (Secretariat of Health of the State of Acre). The Malaria Champions of the Americas was launched in 2008 to identify, celebrate and inspire excellence in efforts to fight the disease.

MESA opens call for proposals

November 4, 2013 - 22:06 -- MESA Alliance
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The MESA grants will support operational research on preventing the spread, or reintroduction, of malaria transmission between neighboring areas, or from hotspots/pockets of transmission. 
 
Proposals must address innovative approaches to reach zero malaria transmission, or to prevent the reintroduction of malaria, in a specific zone which has neighboring areas where transmission still occurs; e.g. within district, at subnational level, between island and mainland, or at cross-border areas.

MESA on MalariaWorld

October 24, 2013 - 19:54 -- MESA Alliance
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We are very excited to be connecting with you through MalariaWorld. The Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance – MESA - will feature the ever growing evidence base in malaria elimination, from science, to lessons learned, and policy.

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