On 4 August, the first Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to draw up a Plan of Action to guide implementation of the goals and objectives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Unite…
Analysis of blood samples collected during the first nationwide Myanmar Malaria Indicator Survey using ultra-sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and serology testing uncovered a low-level national prevalence of asympt…
Hosted by the Government of Vietnam, Malaria Week 2020 (7-11 September) brings together government officials and diverse partners to drive forward the elimination of malaria from Asia Pacific by 2030.
This year’s theme cent…
On World Mosquito Day, Malaria Consortium calls for the international community to reflect on the devasting impact the mosquito has on global health. In 2018, there were over 228 million malaria cases throughout the world and a gl…
A new report to help inform domestic and donor decisions and commitments relating to malaria elimination in the face of increasing challenges, was launched today in Bangkok to mark World Malaria Day on 25 April. Malaria Futures fo…
Malaria Consortium announced the results from its project introducing integrated community case management (iCCM), which includes diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition at a dissemination event t…
Malaria Consortium has officially signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Public Health and Ministry of Health and Sports Myanmar, paving the way for future collaboration and project implementation.
The ag…
To mark ASEAN Dengue Day, Malaria Consortium promoted a short animation called ‘Dengue: A silent issue and a growing problem’.
Dengue is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world, spreading from nine…
Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 (JITMM 2015) from December 2-4. The annual conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, brings together researchers, policymakers, practit…
Last month, Malaria Consortium – in partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/President’s Malaria Initiative …
Early August saw the start of the first nationwide malaria survey of its kind in Myanmar, where the spread of drug resistance to antimalarial drugs is a growing obstacle to the elimination of the disease. The Malaria Indicator Sur…
In partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), and with funding support from the President’s Malaria Initiative, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Three Millennium Development Goa…
“This World Malaria Day, we call for efforts to rid the world of malaria to be stepped up, focusing first on ending all deaths from malaria. This can be done very effectively with the tools we have already, but this will onl…
“The issue of drug resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion is an urgent one. We need to see every case as an emergency and to act quickly. Our most effective drugs are under threat and the only way to address this …
Malaria Consortium gave a number of presentations at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM 2014) and the 8th seminar on Food- and Water-borne Parasitic Zoonoses (FBPZ8) in Bangkok from December 2-4.
This year&r…