ASTMH 2013 – Establishing Malaria-Free Zones in Zanzibar and Zambia

In November 2013, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s Annual Meeting featured a discussion on Establishing Malaria-Free Zones in Zanzibar and Zambia. An audio recording of the session, chaired by Dr. Richard Steketee, PATH Macepa, and Professor Anders Björkman, Karolinska Institute, which discussed progress and next steps, is now available.

Experts convene in Barcelona for 2013 Science of Eradication: Malaria Course

The second edition of the Science of Eradication: Malaria leadership development course took place in Barcelona, Spain, from May 5-10, 2013. Hosted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, fifty-nine participants from thirty-two countries convened at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB) for a 6-day intensive training course on malaria control and eradication. The […]

Genetics and Global Health – Lecture

Dyann Wirth is a major leader in the area of malaria research. Her work has provided completely new insights into how the malaria parasite has evolved, specifically in the areas of population biology, drug resistance, and antigenicity. A Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, she is also Director […]

Save the Date – Science of Eradication: Malaria 2014

The 2014 edition of the Science of Eradication: Malaria leadership development course is scheduled for June 1-10, 2014 and will be hosted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, Switzerland. Details of this event will be made available in Fall 2013.

Save the Date – Keystone Symposia

The 2014 Keystone Symposium, titled The Science of Malaria Eradication will take place February 2-7, 2014 at Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The event is part of the Keystone Symposium and will be organized in collaboration with the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA). Travel awards will be supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More information: […]

Evaluating Progress Toward Elimination

Major advances have been made in reducing malaria cases and deaths in recent decades, but the scientific community has set itself a much more ambitious goal: to eradicate the disease completely. To do this, however, it is essential to move beyond prevention and control and towards new strategies capable of interrupting transmission of the disease. […]

Harvard Names Regina Rabinovich ‘ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence’

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced today that Dr. Regina Rabinovich will be its ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence, where she will focus on innovative strategies to combat malaria. The ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence program is one of several activities under a new cross university initiative called Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe, […]