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Malaria Treatment & Prevention: Community Home

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the malaria community. We'd like to invite you to become a member, add resources (such as clinical guidelines and protocols or web links), ask questions, and exchange experiences on topics ranging from malaria policy issues to diagnostic and treatment challenges. Also feel free to post your feedback and ideas for this community in a new discussion.

Thank you.


–Moderators Johanna Daily, Joel Breman, Kileken ole-MoiYoi, and Prashant Yadav

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Treatment Bias

That was a good observation, the scenario is the same here in rongo- kenya, nets are trading at less than a dollar a piece, but…
1 replies, latest by DUNCAN ARUNDA on Aug. 23, 2010

RDTs vs. Presumptive Treatment: Medical Science vs. Pragmatism/ Economics

Hi Elliott and all, Thank you for continuing this great discussion. Elliott’s comment on presumptive treatment and the difference…
6 resources attached to this discussion
20 replies, latest by Anat Rosenthal, PhD on Aug. 17, 2010

Artemisinin market (in)stability

When ACTs were first introduced to the global malaria community in 2001, there was a perceived shortage of artemisinin, the key…
1 resources attached to this discussion
By Kileken ole-MoiYoi on July 13, 2010

Supply chain improvements could decrease under 5 malaria mortality by 37%

Two recent articles published in the Malaria Journal raised some concerns regarding access to artemisinin-based combination…
1 resources attached to this discussion
2 replies, latest by Kileken ole-MoiYoi on June 22, 2010

Latest

Seeking study coordinator for a malaria operational research study in Tanzania

We looking for a field study coordinator for one of our projects in Tanzania. Someone who has past experience of coordinating a…
1 resources attached to this discussion
By Prashant Yadav on Aug. 3, 2010

Parasite to Prevention 2010 Conference: opportunity to apply for a grant to attend

Hi All, The conference "Parasite to prevention: Advances in the understanding of malaria" will take place at the Edinburgh…
By Sophie Beauvais on July 29, 2010

Malaria and Malnutrition

It is clear mal-nourished children have worse outcomes when they contract malaria compared to well nourished ones. I think,…
1 resources attached to this discussion
1 replies, latest by Timothy Archampong on June 4, 2010

private sector distribution chain for malaria treatment: literature review

A new article on private sector distribution chain for malaria treatment by my colleagues Edith Patouillard, Kara Hanson and…
By Prashant Yadav on Feb. 13, 2010

ACT procurement still remains a bottleneck

Reporting from Kigali,Rwanda after a few days of discussions and deliberations at the national malaria control program best…
By Prashant Yadav on Feb. 13, 2010

Moshi, Tanzania

Hi Bola, Thank you for your comment. Your research sounds very interesting and I look forward to hearing more about your findings!…
2 replies, latest by Mitsuru Toda on Jan. 27, 2010