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.
Recent News
Related Fogarty News and Information
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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
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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
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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
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Tracking antimalarial drug resistance in Uganda
May / June 2022 Global Health Matters
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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
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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
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Scientists in Tanzania show bacterial zoonoses, not malaria, often the cause of febrile diseases
Nov / Dec 2020
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Profile: Fogarty Fellow Jillian Armstrong studies novel malaria detection device in Cameroon
Jan / Feb 2020
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Poor quality drugs for treating malaria, pneumonia, hypertension and other diseases pose “public health emergency,” study says
Mar / Apr 2019
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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
Other Online Resources
Updated August 29, 2022