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Photo: Anna Wang/MMV

This World Malaria Day, let's protect pregnant women with IPTp

Photo: Anna Wang/MMV
Photo: Elizabeth Poll/MMV

This World Malaria Day, let's support Malaria research

Photo: Elizabeth Poll/MMV
Photo: Antonio Pinto

World Malaria Day: protect children with Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention

Photo: Antonio Pinto
Photo: Alara Elvis/Swiss Malaria Group

This World Malaria Day, Zero Malaria Starts with Me

Photo: Alara Elvis/Swiss Malaria Group

Featured resources

The First Lady of Ghana advocates for more efforts towards Malaria on World Malaria Day

First of Ghana, Madam Rebecca Akuffo-Addo, is a leading international advocate for malaria. On World Malaria day, she entreats everyone around the world to join the global fight against malaria.
Photo: Maud Majeres Lugand / MMV
11 Nov 2019

Évaluation de la prise en charge des cas de paludisme grave en RDC

La présente étude a été réalisée pour identifier les obstacles et les opportunités rencontrés dans la prise en charge du paludisme grave afin de réduire la mortalité associée à cette maladie en RDC.  

Severe Malaria Observatory
Report
Photo: Anna Wang/MMV
04 Nov 2019

A rapid assessment of severe malaria management in Liberia

This report summarises the findings of a rapid assessment of severe malaria case management in Liberia. 

Report
Photo: MMV
4 Feb 2020

Injectable Artesunate Assessment Report

Severe Malaria Observatory
Report
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Events

16th June 2020

International Day of the African Child

20 August 2020

World Mosquito Day

24 - 28 Aug 2020

70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

Lomé, Togo
7 - 11 September 2020

73rd session of WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

Thailand
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Latest news

Photo: MMV

MMV and LSTM collaborate to fill data gap on use of antimalarials during pregnancy

On this International Women’s Day, the Swiss-based Product Development Partnership, MMV and LSTM announce a collaboration to establish a pregnancy registry in malaria-endemic countries in Africa to help fill the data gap on the use of antimalarial medicines during pregnancy. 

08 Mar 2020
Photo: MMV

World Malaria report 2019 launched

The World malaria report 2019 provides a comprehensive update on global and regional malaria data and trends.

04 Dec 2019
Photo: Anna Wang/MMV

Country leaders pledge to boost malaria innovation and access to new and existing antimalarials

Pledge comes as researchers and programme delivery experts come together to celebrate Medicines for Malaria Venture’s 20th anniversary.

11 Nov 2019
Photo: Antonio Pinto/MMV

Intramuscular injection of artemether recommended by WHO as an alternative treatment option in absence of injectable artesunate

Intramuscular injection of artemether is recommended by the WHO as an alternative treatment option when injectable artesunate is not available.

17 Oct 2019
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Publications

20 Mar 2020

Blood group and size dependent stability of & P. falciparum & infected red blood cell aggregates in capillaries.

For related malaria (B50), one of the outstanding host factors for the development of severe disease is the ABO blood group of malaria patients, where blood group O reduces the probability of severe disease as compared to individuals of groups A, B, or AB.

Biomicrofluidics
Peer-reviewed article
16 Mar 2020

Preparedness is essential for malaria-endemic regions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Africa needs to be prepared to deal with COVID-19, given the infectious potential of the disease and its capacity to undermine malaria control efforts.

The Lancet
12 Mar 2020

Malaria Case Fatality Rate among Children under Five in Burkina Faso: An Assessment of the Spatiotemporal Trends Following the Implementation of Control Programs.

The findings of this research highlighted locations in Burkina Faso that are most in need of targeted interventions and the necessity to sustain and strengthen the launched health programs to further reduce the malaria deaths in Burkina Faso.
11 Mar 2020

Imported Malaria in Countries where Malaria Is Not Endemic: a Comparison of Semi-immune and Nonimmune Travelers.

The continuous increase in long-distance travel and recent large migratory movements have changed the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria in countries where malaria is not endemic (here termed non-malaria-endemic countries).

Clin Microbiol Rev
Peer-reviewed article

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