A new research agenda to accelerate malaria elimination and eradication
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A world free of malaria would present enormous benefits in terms of health, equity and economy. The WHO has set ambitious goals for reducing the burden of malaria, and 21 countries have been identified as having the potential to eliminate local transmission of malaria by 2020. However, there is no easy path to achieving a malaria-free world and there is a real need for innovation. MalERA Refresh sets out a research agenda to meet the challenges, achieve these goals and, in the long-term eradicate it globally.
"The value of malERA Refresh is that it focuses on problems that need to be solved, not only the technologies that could be developed" states MESA chair Dr.
The key messages highlighted in the introductory paper of the malERA Refresh collection can be summarized as follows:
To update the agenda, six panels with over 180 experts from different disciplines and countries engaged in a collaborative process to address progress made and main challenges in the following areas: basic science and technologies; insecticide and drug resistance; characterising the reservoir and measuring transmission; diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and vector control; combination interventions and modelling; and health systems and policy research.
"A critical recognition of the malERA Refresh is that eradication efforts perturb the ecological balance of disease transmission. This changing landscape requires ongoing research to understand the impact of this perturbation, and the resulting need to change tactics. This iterative process is the core of the malERA Refresh effort," says Professor
Each panel was guided by a chair and co-chair(s) who are renowned experts in their respective fields. The whole process was overseen by a
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The malERA Refresh collection is considered a complement to the WHO 'Global Technical Strategy for Malaria' (GTS) and the Roll Back Malaria 'Action and Investment to defeat Malaria' (AIM). Pedro Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme, underlined the importance of the updated agenda as a key pathfinder for the
Keywords for this news article include: Technology, Heparin Therapy, Drugs and Therapies, Health and Medicine, Protozoan Infections, Mosquito-Borne Diseases - Malaria,
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