MALARIA: Africa Fighting Malaria Updates and Events November 2013

Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) seeks to raise awareness of the huge burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and promote sensible policies for long-term solutions.

The demographics of human and malaria movement and migration patterns in East Africa   The quantification of parasite movements can provide valuable information for control strategy planning across all transmission intensities. Mobile parasite carrying individuals can instigate transmission in receptive areas, spread drug resistant strains and reduce the effectiveness of control strategies. The identification of mobile demographic groups, their routes of travel and how these movements connect differing transmission zones, potentially enables limited resources for interventions to be efficiently targeted over space, time and populations.    Read More Other News Malaria elimination and insecticide resistance: Interview - Hilary Ranson... Sterile males are latest buzz in malaria battle... Drug-resistant malaria a cause for deep concern: WHO... Events and Information November, 12: RBM Communication Community of Practice (CCoP) meeting, United States, Washington DC  November, 13-17: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting, United States, Washington DC November, 20-22: 25th RBM Partnership Baord Meeting, TBD Check out the book "The Excellent Powder: DDT's Political and Scientific History". Africa's malaria drug 'for phase I trial next year'   The global malaria medicine chest could be boosted with a new drug researched and developed in Africa. MMV390048, a drug compound developed in Africa to combat malaria, is expected to go on phase I clinical trials within the first six months of next year, delegates attending the 6th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African malaria conference in Durban, South Africa, were told early this month (8 October). The phase I trial in about 20 to 80 healthy volunteers will take place at the University of Cape Town's (UCT's) Groote Schuur Hospital.     Read More Drug-resistant malaria in GMS could undo progress toward disease control The World Health Organization issued a warning on Thursday that emerging drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion could undo progress toward malaria control without urgent funding and action. Resistance to artemisinin, the front-line anti-malarial drug, was first confirmed on the Thailand-Cambodia border in 2008. The drug was also detected in Vietnam and Myanmar.   Read More Also on FightingMalaria.org News AFM Articles Research About AFM Contact Us Donate to AFM Please email Africa@fightingmalaria.orgfor more information.