Moçambique foi o primeiro país fora da região do Sahel a expandir com sucesso a quimioprevenção sazonal da malária (QSM). Neste documento de aprendizagem, descrevemos as lições decorrentes da aplicação em larga escala da QSM em Moçambique.
Lancet Glob Health 2020 Published Online October 22, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30325-9
Where malaria transmission is seasonal, notably in Africa’s Sahel region, children of all ages most at risk of severe malaria are protected through SMC. This intervention consists of full antimalarial treatment courses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine (SPAQ), administered monthly (28 d...ays) during the high-transmission period (typically the rainy season), generally for up to five months per year. SMC can be deployed relatively easily across a large population and is highly cost-effective at only USD $0.30-0.40/dose,3 making it an important tool for malaria control
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WHO has updated it recommendations for 3 key malaria prevention strategies: seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC – previously known as intermittent preventive treatment in infants, or IPTi) and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPT...p). When given to the young children and pregnant women who are most vulnerable to malaria, preventive chemotherapy has been shown to be a safe, effective and cost-effective strategy for reducing the disease burden and saving lives.
The updated recommendations on SMC, PMC and IPTp, published today in the WHO Guidelines for malaria, will support the broader use of chemoprevention among young children at high risk of severe malaria in areas with both seasonal and year-round transmission and promote expanded access to preventive chemotherapy in pregnancy.
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Relapsing malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax parasites poses a significant challenge to global malaria elimination efforts. About one third of the population remains at risk of contracting P. vivax malaria, and 85% of P. vivax infections stem from reactivated latent parasites, leading to chronic ana...emia and increased morbidity and mortality. In addition to diagnostic tools that can detect the acute, blood-stage of P. vivax, new tools are needed to detect the dormant infections before they reactivate and contribute to morbidity and onwards transmission
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This Implementation Kit (I-Kit) is designed to support SBCC and Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) programme managers in improving their communication strategies, particularly those targeting healthcare workers. It provides practical guidance on four key planning areas and emphasises the significant health ...risks that malaria poses to mothers and newborns. The I-Kit highlights evidence-based WHO interventions and addresses barriers to access, demand and the delivery of MiP services by providers. Despite progress in reducing malaria, uptake of preventive measures remains low, highlighting the need for targeted advocacy and improved SBCC strategies.
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PLOS Glob Public Health 3(7): e0001132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.
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This paper proposes a framework for strategic communications for malaria governance that involves five key elements: knowing the audience, defining the message, designing a medium, identifying a messenger, and ...selecting the timing
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Community led-monitoring is based on the principle that «Nothing that is done for us should
be done without us”. The combination of this principle with evidence shows that community-led
monitoring is an important driver of improved service delivery and health outcomes that needs to
be re-empha...sized. Thus, the community must participate at all stages of the fight against malaria.
This guide will be useful to CSOs working in the field of malaria in the conduct of community-led
monitoring of activities efficiently and allow these CSOs to know their role and responsibilities in this
exercise at each key stage. This guide will also provide CSOs and communities affected by malaria
with templates of monitoring tools adapted to key malaria programs.
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This course will provide basic knowledge about the burden of malaria and effective tools to both treat and prevent malaria, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for taking these interventions to scale.
Le paludisme reste un enjeu majeur de santé publique dans de nombreux pays à faible et moyen revenu. En 2018, l’OMS estimait à environ 228 millions le nombre de cas de paludisme, responsable de 405 000 décès principalement en Afrique subsaharienne. L’utilisation intensive des outils antipal...udiques disponibles a permis de réduire significativement la transmission dans de nombreuses régions endémiques au cours de la dernière décennie. Cependant, l’éradication du paludisme dans les zones à forte transmission reste une perspective lointaine.
Ce MOOC offre aux participants un aperçu complet des diverses disciplines et questions clés de la recherche sur le paludisme. Il aborde notamment la biologie cellulaire et moléculaire des parasites, la recherche clinique sur le terrain et en milieu hospitalier, les technologies génomiques avancées, la recherche translationnelle sur les nouveaux outils de lutte contre les parasites et vecteurs (médicaments, vaccins), l’épidémiologie du paludisme et la recherche clinique en santé publique. Le cours est accessible à toute personne intéressée par le paludisme, à condition de posséder une formation initiale en sciences de la vie.
Ce MOOC fait partie des MOOCs du Diplôme des Maladies Infectieuses de l’Institut Pasteur (DNM2IP).
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Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in the South-East Asia Region, which bears the second highest malaria burden in the world.
Target Malaria is an innovative project that aims to reduce the population of mosquitoes that transmit malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby decreasing disease transmission. As part of its work to combat malaria, Target Malaria has started contained studies at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (U...VRI) in Uganda.
Accessed on 01/07/2025.
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National malaria social and behavior change (SBC) and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) strategies are effective for describing the priorities and focus of a country’s malaria behavior change efforts. The strategy indicates how partners will work to influence specific behaviors and i...mprove malaria outcomes.
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This WHO video presents updated recommendations on two new types of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) designed to combat mosquito resistance: nets containing either pyrethroid and chlorfenapyr or pyrethroid and pyriproxyfen. The video highlights the improved effectiveness of these nets compared to sta...ndard nets and emphasises the importance of their universal use in malaria-endemic areas, particularly for pregnant women and young children where supplies are limited.
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This document outlines the best practices for mosquito control and surveillance in United Nations duty stations affected by mosquito-borne diseases. It sets out an integrated vector management (IVM) approach combining environmental, biological, mechanical, chemical and personal protection strategies... to reduce mosquito populations and the transmission of diseases. Key elements include targeted control of larval and adult mosquitoes, the proper use of insecticides, community engagement, and ongoing surveillance.
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This WHO guidance outlines reactive strategies to interrupt malaria transmission in areas nearing elimination or to prevent re-establishment, triggered by confirmed cases.
Vector control, alongside case management, remains the most effective approach to controlling and eliminating malaria. Key interventions, such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), have significantly reduced malaria transmission in many African countries. This... has enabled some countries to transition from the control phase to the elimination phase.
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La gravité de la récente situation épidémiologique en Amérique latine, marquee par la co-circulation des virus de la dengue, du chikungunya et du Zika, l’émergence d’épizootie de fièvre jaune et l’apparition de cas de microcéphalie et d’autres maladies associées (p. ex. le syndrome... de Guillain-Barré) et l’émergence d’épizooties de fièvre jaune ont amené l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé à déclarer une situation d’urgence dans les Amériques en 2016.1 En l’absence d’un traitement spécifique et de vaccins contre la dengue, le chikungunya et le virus Zika, et compte tenu des limitations des stratégies de lutte antivectorielle, l’OMS a préconisé une meilleure utilisation des alternatives disponibles pour améliorer la lutte contre le moustique vecteur Aedes aegypti, ainsi que des activités complémentaires.
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MSD Manual Consumer Version
The TACT training manuals and patient leaflet were developed as part of the ACT Consortium's initiative to improve malaria case management by promoting the correct use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). The TACT ("Targeting ACTs") initiative aims to ensure that artemisinin-based combination therapies... (ACTs) are used appropriately, treating only confirmed malaria cases and guiding alternative care for other febrile illnesses.
Please download the manuals and leaflets from the website
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