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Check out the February issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

Dr. Ally Olotu On February 7, 2022, the UCSF Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) hosted a virtual presentation and Q&A with medical research scientist Dr. Ally Olotu on malaria vaccine…

A newly released investment case for the Guyana Shield by the MEI, in collaboration with the Global Fund and the Ministries of Health for Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, provides evidence that a…

The Malaria Elimination Toolkit of the Malaria Elimination Initiative was developed based on gaps identified by national malaria programs and with the objective of strengthening and accelerating…

Members of the Zambezi Regional AIDS Coordinating Committee strategize plans for establishment of the country’s first subnational Malaria Elimination Task Force.

The MEI and the Centre for Economic Governance and Accountability in Africa (CEGAA) have released a new online training series that strengthens budget management and advocacy skills among country-…

During the last 14 years, the Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) at the UCSF Institute of Global Health Sciences has pushed the boundaries of what was believed to be possible in malaria elimination.

A letter from Sir Richard Feachem This month the Malaria Elimination Initiative starts a new phase of its work to accelerate progress towards a world free of malaria; with new leadership, new…

Allison Tatarsky, Director of the MEI Colleagues and Friends,

On October 16, 2020, malaria stakeholders published a letter to the Government of the United Kingdom in The Times, a British national newspaper. The group of 20 signatories, comprised of malaria…

For the past 4 years, the DiSARM project has been focused on building spatial analysis tools to support malaria programs in southern Africa. Initially, this included building a user facing mobile and…

Check out the August issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

The MEI would like to congratulate the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) on an incredible fifteen years of impact. Since 2005, PMI has worked with countries at the frontlines of the fight…

Malaria can have devastating consequences for the mother resulting in babies being born with a low birthweight, which makes them vulnerable during the first year of life. A novel study was published…

A new consortium of partners is working to prevent malaria transmission by reducing human exposure to mosquito bites outdoors.

Check out the June issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

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Check out our World Malaria Day issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

Emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic can cause significant disruptions to health systems, interrupting the delivery of lifesaving interventions, reducing health seeking behavior, increasing illness…

This year’s World Malaria Day, April 25th, occurs as countries around the world continue to battle the spread of COVID-19. The occasion is an important reminder that while good progress has been made…

Check out our April issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

Countries around the world are battling the devastating spread of COVID-19. At the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), our infectious disease researchers, frontline healthcare providers,…

Applying next-generation sequencing to track falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.