Malaria news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease causing fever, chills and flu-like illness that can be fatal. Despite an increased focus on malaria, it still claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year, most of them children in Africa. Poor quality antimalarial drugs, which lead to
drug resistance and inadequate treatment, are also a growing concern, posing an urgent threat to vulnerable populations.
Fogarty has supported a wide range of efforts to combat malaria, including the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, an international effort to identify and address malaria research priorities.
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, a joint NIH - National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, funds malaria-related projects in Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Belize and more. Through the
Global Infectious Disease program, Fogarty has supported research training efforts that advance scientific discoveries, while developing local malaria research capacity in places where it's needed most.
Fogarty's
epidemiology division studies malaria transmission patterns, drug resistance and other related topics, modeling malaria's prevalence and impact.
Recent News
- Molecular Confirmation of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes in the Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, 2021 and 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2024
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Prognostics of multiple malaria episodes and nutritional status in children aged 6 to 59 months from 2013 to 2017 in Dangassa, Koulikoro region, Mali, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Seydou Doumbia and Fogarty trainees Soumba Keita, Mahamoudou Toure, Daouda Sanogo and Mahamadou Diakite
Malaria Journal, June 13, 2024 -
NIAID Raises Awareness to Malaria-like Diseases in W. Africa
NIAID Now blog, June 6, 2024 -
Antibody reduces risk of malaria in children
NIH Research Matters, May 7, 2024 -
Experimental NIH malaria monoclonal antibody protective in Malian children
NIH/NIAID news, April 26, 2024
NIH News and Resources
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Malaria Topic Page
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)'s MedlinePlus on Malaria
Other US Government Resources
Other Online Resources
Updated July 12, 2024