The 5th International conference on Malaria Vaccines for the World (MVW) was held on May 8-10 at the University of Oxford, UK. The current status of new technologies, vaccine candidates, clinical trials and the RTS,S implementation studies were discussed during three intensive days, and here you can read coverage of each session from the MESA Correspondents.
A potential new tool for child health and improved malaria prevention
The Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center (NTD-SC) at The Task Force for Global Health is currently soliciting proposals for operational and implementation research to improve the effectiveness of interventions used in the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Deadline for submission is July 31, 2019, at 11:59 PM EDT.
LSHTM Malaria Centre, together with the Malaria Consortium and the Wellcome Trust, will host an evening panel discussion as part of this year’s ongoing World Malaria Day campaign on Tuesday 30 April 2019.
On April 23rd, the Government of Malawi launched the world’s first malaria vaccine pilot programme. Together with Ghana and Kenya, which will also introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks, the RTS,S vaccine will be made available to children up to 2 years of age, testing a new promising tool to be added to the already existing tools in an effort to get the malaria response back on track.
The Malaria DREAM Challenge is open to anyone interested in developing computational models to address problems in malaria. The goal is to predict the changing biology of Artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites.
Health Systems Research Initiative Call 6: Providing evidence to strengthen health systems in low and middle income countries. The closing date for the 'foundation grants' is 30 May 2019.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosts this one-day scientific symposium on April 25th, 2019. It includes presentations from leading researchers, a lunch-time poster session and opportunities for trainees to interact with established malaria researchers.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund) has opened a request for proposals (RFP) in Innovative Finance Mechanism for Malaria Elimination. The deadline for applications is April 17th 2019.
Which mosquitoes transmit the parasites responsible for malaria? Is the Asian tiger mosquito vector of the Zika virus? How is the transmission from vectors to humans and from humans to vector? Here are some of the questions that will find answers in the MOOC Pasteur "Medical Entomology", starting March 18th, 2019.
