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Newsletter May 2014

19 Feb 2015
WWARN Published Date
  • Image removed.WWARN partners have set up a new study group to understand the affects artemisinin-based combination therapies can have on haemoglobin levels and malaria-related anaemia.
  • Researchers have worked together to build a comprehensive open-access database that provides an insight into the global scale and severity of falsified and substandard medicines. 
  • The WWARN QA/QC team are working in partnership with 48 labs from 26 different countries to strengthen the output of data on antimalarial treatment programmes during clinical trials.
  • VecNet and WWARN are exploring the opportunity to share summarised data on drug efficacy and measures of resistance to antimalarials in a specific area. This combined information could be used in simulation models that might inform future vector and drug strategies.
  • On April 25 2014, people from across the world supported World Malaria Day (WMD), a day dedicated to raising the profile of the global effort needed to control and eventually eradicate malaria.