The first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, developed by GlaxoSmithKline The first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, entered into clinical trials at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1992. Since then, much progress has been made toward developing malaria vaccines, yet there is currently no licensed malaria vaccine on the market. This [...]
By Jim Moore, Malaria Partners International Board Member. Global Grant GG2095385 project that will train and equip 1,055 community health workers (CHWs) to provide basic health care at the household level for 550,000 people in three districts of the Copperbelt Province was launched on May 17th in Mufulira, overcoming all of the challenges [...]
Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia is a $6 million grant to train, equip and deploy 2,500 Community Health Workers in Zambia’s Central and Muchinga provinces. The Rotary-led partnership will train Community Health Workers to test, diagnose, and treat malaria and other diarrheal diseases in 10 of the most affected districts in the 2 [...]
Malaria Partners International is collaborating with the Rotary Club of Kisaasi Kyanja in conjunction with the Rotary District 9211 that have organized a bicycle ride event on the 25th of April 2021, World Malaria Day. The event comes at the end of the District Conference for Uganda and Tanzania from April 23rd to April 25th. Bicycle riding [...]
What a gift to have a New Year in which we can focus on making the world a better place! As I write this, we have 350 days left to put Service Above Self, to live by the Four Way Test, and to remember that, to whom much is given, much is expected. [...]
When COVID-19 arrived in Zambia, staff at all levels of the health system adapted global guidance to ensure safe delivery of essential malaria services. The malaria community adjusted implementation of key interventions, such as integrated community case management (iCCM), while also leveraging existing malaria communication and service delivery mechanisms in the COVID-19 response. In [...]
