Severe Malaria Resources

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17 Dec 2024

World malaria report 2024

Each year, the World malaria report serves as a vital tool to assess global progress and gaps in the fight against malaria. This year’s report provides a critical and up-to-date snapshot of efforts to control and eliminate the disease in 83 countries worldwide.
WHO
Policy document
30 Nov 2024

WHO Malaria Guidelines 2024

WHO
27 Nov 2024

Prevalence and factors associated with placental malaria in Lira District, Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Malaria has a stable perennial transmission across Uganda. Placental malaria is associated with adverse maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of placental malaria and to determine its associated factors among parturient women in Lira District, Uganda.
Malaria Journal
Peer-reviewed article
22 Nov 2024

Urgent action needed to combat antimalarial drug resistance

The recent emergence and spread of ACT drug resistance in Africa. This article calls on donors to take action in response to the call from malaria-endemic countries to make ACTs available and affordable for all.
Article
22 Nov 2024

The need for urgent action to address anti-malarial drug resistance

In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Strategy for the response to antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. The aim of the strategy is to improve detection of resistance, ensure timely responses and minimize the impact of drug resistance through evidence-based interventions.
WHO
Guide
14 Nov 2024

Partial artemisinin resistance in Ugandan children with complicated malaria

The study assessed partial artemisinin resistance, Pfkelch13 variations and malaria recrudescence in Ugandan children with complicated malaria. Results showed partial artemisinin resistance in children aged 6 months to 12 years in Uganda.
11 Nov 2024

Factors associated with severe malaria-related mortality among hospitalized children under five years of age in Eastern Province of Rwanda

Malaria Journal
Article
09 Nov 2024

Cost of treating severe malaria in children in Africa: a systematic literature review

Malaria is a major cause of ill health and death in children in Africa. The disease also imposes a severe social and economic burden on households and health systems and is strongly associated with poverty. This study summarizes the most up-to-date cost of treating severe malaria in children in Africa.
Malaria Journal
Peer-reviewed article
16 Oct 2024

13th Annual RBM Case Management Working Group Meeting (Kigali); Presentations

RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Information note
07 Oct 2024

Quality of care and post-discharge morbidity among children diagnosed with severe malaria in rural Uganda: A prospective cohort study

Kniss JM, Kibaba G, Baguma E, Bhattarai Chhetri S, Hendren C, Ntaro M, et al.
PLOS Global Public Health
Peer-reviewed article
03 Oct 2024

Safety and pharmacokinetic properties of a new formulation of parenteral artesunate in healthy Thai volunteers

The study compares the safety and pharmacokinetic properties of the currently available versus a newly developed parenteral formulation of artesunate in healthy Thai volunteers. The novel formulation offers improved solubility and stability and allows for rapid, single-step reconstitution, unlike the current method, which requires multiple steps.
Malaria Journal
Peer-reviewed article
27 Sep 2024

Risk factors for death among children with severe malaria, Ivukula sub-county, Namutumba district, Eastern Uganda, September 2021– February 2022

Malaria Journal
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Malaria ministerial conference documents