7.05.2012
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RBM partners strengthen community involvement in malaria control in Africa through behavior change communication [RBM] — (English)
Representatives of more than 13 RBM partner organizations are in Accra this week to collectively review the latest best practices and lessons learned in behavioral change communication in endemic countries. The meeting is the final step towards outlining a 5-year Global Strategic Framework for social and behavior change communication (SBCC) on malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment. RBM has been systematically investing efforts in developing an SBCC strategy to create an enabling environment for sustainable positive change in malaria control practices...
Last week Roadmaps Updates [RBM] — (English)
Zambia, The Gambia et al....
Paludisme : du sang, de la sueur et des larmes [RBM] — (English)
Une exposition du photographe Adam Nadel du 18 mai au 2 juin 2012...
U.S. Advancements in Science and Technology in Malaria [Malaria Policy Center] — (English)
On Wednesday, April 25, World Malaria Day was celebrated on Capitol Hill in a two-part event entitled, "U.S. Advancements in Science and Technology in MalarDr. Brian Grimberg Giving Presentationia: A Showcase of Domestic Research & Development to Save Lives and Keep Americans Safe," with the co-chairs of the Senate Working Group on Malaria and Congressional Caucus on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases as honorary hosts...
PMI Sixth Annual Report - April 2012 [PMI] — (English)
Since 2006, there has been substantial progress in malaria control in the PMI focus countries...
Lancement du Canal 2 de l'Initiative 5% : France Expertise Internationale (FEI) lance deux appels à projets [The Global Fund] — (English)
L'Initiative 5%, contribution indirecte de la France au Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme, vise à répondre aux besoins des pays francophones bénéficiaires de subvention du Fonds mondial en expertise technique, pour les appuyer dans la conception, la mise en œuvre, le suivi évaluation et la mesure de l'impact des programmes du Fonds mondial....
Global Fund Names Seth Faison as Director of Communications [The Global Fund] — (English)
Gabriel Jaramillo, General Manager of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, today named Seth Faison as Director of Communications as part of an effort to better inform the Global Fund's partners about how it is investing the world's money to save lives...
Malawi 2012 [RBM SARN] — (English)
SARN mission report...
EARN extended ECC-NMCP Managers meeting [RBM EARN] — (English)
Meeting report...
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya: Malaria Atlas Project-Africa, Policy & Practice Manager [KEMRI] — (English)
Application deadline: 17 May 2012....
Public Health Institute: Malaria Research Advisor and Senior Malaria Vector Control Advisor [Public Health Institute] — (English)
Application deadlines: 8 and 15 May 2012..
MMV: Associate Director, Drug Development and Formulation and Medical Director (specialized in clinical pharmacology) [MMV] — (English)
Application deadline: 13 May 2012...
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Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 Block 2 in Sites of Contrasting Altitudes and Malaria Endemicities in the Mount Cameroon Region [Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86:764-774; doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0433 ] — (English)
The present study analyzed the relationship between the genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum and parasitologic/entomologic indices in the Mount Cameroon region by using merozoite surface protein 1 as a genetic marker...
Active Case Detection with Pooled Real-Time PCR to Eliminate Malaria in Trat Province, Thailand [Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86:789-791; doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0617 ] — (English)
We conducted contact tracing and high-risk group screening using pooled real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to support malaria elimination in Thailand...
Next Generation Sequencing to Detect Variation in the Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein [Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86:775-781; doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0478 ] — (English)
The malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01, based on immunogenic regions of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP), has partial efficacy against clinical malaria in African children...
Distribution of Drug Resistance Genotypes in Plasmodium falciparum in an Area of Limited Parasite Diversity in Saudi Arabia [Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86:782-788; doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0520] — (English)
There was a limited multiplicity (5%), mean number of clones (1.05), and two dominant multilocus genotypes among infected individuals in Jazan. A pattern consistent with limited cross-mating and recombination among local parasite was apparent...
Unexpected fold in the circumsporozoite protein target of malaria vaccines [PNAS] — (English)
Circumsporozoite (CS) protein is the major surface component of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites and is essential for host cell invasion...
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests [Clin Infect Dis. (2012) doi: 10.1093/cid/cis228 ] — (English)
This review will focus on the malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) for detecting malaria parasitemia, both in terms of performance characteristics of MRDTs and how they are used under field conditions...
Using a Geographical-Information-System-Based Decision Support to Enhance Malaria Vector Control in Zambia [J Trop Med. 2012; 2012: 363520 doi: 10.1155/2012/363520] — (English)
he GIS-based DSS provides opportunity for rational policy formulation and cost-effective utilization of limited resources for enhanced malaria vector control...
Coartem®: a decade of patient-centric malaria management [Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (doi:10.1586/eri.12.51)] — (English)
Working towards malaria elimination, innovative strategies using AL, such as treatment of asymptomatic carriers, will be of interest. AL has the potential to continue playing an important role in saving lives...