Ironically, blood transfusion helps with severe malaria, but can be dangerous in mild cases. And with severe malaria delay in treatment is a major risk. Malaria parasites can be surprisingly diverse, even in one home. Health system performance, drug quality and patient adherence are key factors in the effectiveness of anti-malarials. Read more on each… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-10-21: perspectives on falciparum, transfusion issues, drug effectiveness
Category: Children
Malaria News Today 2020-10-15
Recent publications in Malaria Journal, The Lancet and eLife tackle several challenges to saving lives and malaria elimination. Problems include low access to bednets for children in Ethiopia, high prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian adults, risk of co-infection with other infectious diseases, and gaps in current interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy and children.… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-10-15
Malaria News Today 2020-10-08: the role of travel, asymptomatic disease and gut microbiome from AJTMH
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has several new articles on malaria. Abstracts are shared. Two articles examine the role of travel in malaria transmission, both cross-border and rural-urban. Another considers the effect on pharmacokinetics of lumefantrine due to gut bacteria. In Uganda indoor spraying has reduced transmission, but asymptomatic cases remain among… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-10-08: the role of travel, asymptomatic disease and gut microbiome from AJTMH
Malaria News Today 2020-09-25: Testing, Surveillance, Elimination
Differentiating malaria parasite species is something science can do today, but in the 1800s the debate was over what actually caused the disease. This ability to test and diagnose gives us an important surveillance tool, the 3Ts. News from Ghana is that malaria deaths are reducing, and Guatemala is focusing on elimination. Read more at… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-25: Testing, Surveillance, Elimination
Malaria News Today 2020-09-15
Malaria Journal released three articles ranging from the relation between malaria and agricultural irrigation, artemisinin resistance on the Myanmar-China border, and efforts at costing malaria elimination interventions. PLoS Medicine examined the quality of malaria clinical management in children. Finally, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology reported on a new drug against malaria and toxoplasmosis. Click… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-15
Malaria News Today 2020-09-12/13 Weekend
Recent news over this weekend included efforts at school and peer education on bednets in Ethiopia, gender inequality effects of COVID-19 and pandemics, a reduction in severe malaria in Rwanda and increased use of home based case management, and the altering of scientific reports by political appointees. Links in these summaries take one to the… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-12/13 Weekend
Malaria News Today 2020-08-31
From time-to-time we will feature a collection of news and abstracts available “today.” Here are five stories available on 31st August 2020. Med-tech on a leash: The many diseases that can be detected by dogs Malaria, a parasitic disease, which is transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes, can also be detected by our canine friends.… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-08-31
African Children and COVID-19
Until recently it was thought that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, was less severe in children. Now as more cases can be studied, that prognosis is less likely to be true. The number of cases overall in Africa is still lower than the rest of the world, with 36,857 cases reported by the Africa CDC as… Continue reading African Children and COVID-19
Preventing Malaria in Mozambique: the 2018 Malaria Indicator Survey Summarized
The Demographic and Health Survey Program has recently released the 2018 Malaria Indicator Survey for Mozambique. Below is a summary of some of the key findings. These focus on access and use of insecticide-treated nets, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy and case management While “82% of Mozambican households have at least one ITN, and half… Continue reading Preventing Malaria in Mozambique: the 2018 Malaria Indicator Survey Summarized
Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection in Rwanda, 2018
The Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection in Rwanda, 2018 was investigated by Aline Uwimana, Noella Umulisa, Eric S. Halsey, Meera Venkatesan, Tharcisse Munyaneza, Rafiki Madjid Habimana, Ryan Sandford, Leah Moriarty, Emily Piercefield, Zhiyong Zhou, Samaly Souza, Naomi Lucchi, Daniel Ngamije, Jean-Louis N Mangala, William Brieger, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Aimable Mbituyumuremyi.*… Continue reading Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection in Rwanda, 2018