Severe Malaria Observatory

ASTMH Symposium #86: Severe Malaria: improving the continuum of care

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Join our session on Protecting adolescent girls against malaria tomorrow 17th November at 3:45 PM Geneva time / 2:45 PM GMT.

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The Severe Malaria Observatory: Experience. Evidence. Guidance.

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Featured resources

01 Mar 2015

Comparaison de l’efficacité de l’artémether et de la quinine dans le traitement du paludisme grave chez les enfants à Bangui, République centrafricaine

Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique

Peer-reviewed article

01 Jan 2012

Traitement pré-transfert par l’artésunate rectal dans le paludisme infantile : manuel de formation pour les agents de santé communautaire pour l’évaluation des signes de danger et l’administration d’un traitement préalable au transfert immédiat vers une s

World Health Organization

Guide

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

Severe malaria rapid assessment reports

28 Oct 2011

Injectable artesunate field testing report

Wellsense

Severe malaria rapid assessment reports

Events

Dec

2020

18ème Sommet de la Francophonie

Tunis, Tunisia

Dec

2020

International Migrants' Day

Latest news

2020 World Malaria Report highlights the need for a stronger push to increase IPTp coverage of pregnant women

30 Nov 2020

Severe Malaria Observatory launches French website

The Severe Malaria Observatory is pleased to announce the launch of its French website. This website will be a welcome addition which will assist the malaria community and communities impacted by malaria in French speaking countries to access information on severe malaria prevention, treatment as well as national and international policies and guidance. The French website can be found at www.severemalaria.org/fr

19 Nov 2020

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International Day of the Girl Child: Get up, speak out and save adolescent girls from malaria

Her Excellency Rebecca Akuffo Addo, First Lady of the Republic of Ghana entreats all African leaders to fully commit to protecting young girls, so they do not die from malaria.

13 Oct 2020

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

Publications

19 Jun 2020

A Rapid Assessment of Severe Malaria Case Management Practices and Constraints in Angola

This study aimed to identify existing gaps in knowledge about severe malaria case management in Angola by collecting information at different health service levels and through different study populations

Medicines for Malaria Initiative

Severe malaria rapid assessment reports

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.

Knowledge sharing for severe malaria

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Featured resources

Comparaison de l’efficacité de l’artémether et de la quinine dans le traitement du paludisme grave chez les enfants à Bangui, République centrafricaine

Traitement pré-transfert par l’artésunate rectal dans le paludisme infantile : manuel de formation pour les agents de santé communautaire pour l’évaluation des signes de danger et l’administration d’un traitement préalable au transfert immédiat vers une s

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

Injectable artesunate field testing report

Events

18ème Sommet de la Francophonie

International Migrants' Day

Latest news

2020 World Malaria Report highlights the need for a stronger push to increase IPTp coverage of pregnant women

Severe Malaria Observatory launches French website

International Day of the Girl Child: Get up, speak out and save adolescent girls from malaria

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

Publications

A Rapid Assessment of Severe Malaria Case Management Practices and Constraints in Angola

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

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

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

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