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.

Related Fogarty News and Information

Angiogenic and angiostatic factors present in the saliva of malaria patients, co-authored by Fogarty Fellows Celia Lekpor and Felix Botchway
Malaria Journal, July 14, 2022
Hotspots and super-spreaders: Modelling fine-scale malaria parasite transmission using mosquito flight behaviour, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Robert McCann
PLOS Pathogens, July 6, 2022
Spatial distribution of incident pediatric Burkitt lymphoma in central and northern Malawi and association with malaria prevalence, co-authored by Fogarty Fellow and current grantee, Katherine Westmoreland, and NCI’s Center for Global Health Director Satish Gopal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, June 22, 2022
Tracking antimalarial drug resistance in Uganda
May / June 2022 Global Health Matters
Spatio-temporal modelling of malaria mortality in India from 2004 to 2013 from the Million Death Study
co-authored by Fogarty grantee Dr. Prabhat Jha
Malaria Journal, March 17, 2022
Blood-feeding patterns of Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Malawi: implications for malaria transmission and effectiveness of LLIN interventions
co-authored by Fogarty grantees Dr. Don Mathanga and Dr. Miriam Laufer
Malaria Journal, March 3, 2022
Scientists in Tanzania show bacterial zoonoses, not malaria, often the cause of febrile diseases
Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
Profile: Fogarty Fellow Jillian Armstrong studies novel malaria detection device in Cameroon
Jan / Feb 2020 Global Health Matters
Poor quality drugs for treating malaria, pneumonia, hypertension and other diseases pose “public health emergency,” study says
Mar / Apr 2019 Global Health Matters
Scientists in Tanzania show bacterial zoonoses, not malaria, often the cause of febrile diseases
Nov / Dec 2020 Global Health Matters
Profile: Fogarty Fellow Jillian Armstrong studies novel malaria detection device in Cameroon
Jan / Feb 2020 Global Health Matters

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

U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI)

U.S. President's Malaria Initiative's Annual Report to Congress

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Malaria
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Malaria

Other Online Resources

World malaria report 2022
WHO, December 2022

Updated April 26, 2023