13 May 2013 -- Three WHO departments have jointly developed a policy brief to provide further information on the administration, scale up and monitoring of the WHO policy recommendation on IPTp-SP.
25 April 2013 -- A new mapping tool – created in collaboration with the Medicines for Malaria Venture – is now available online, allowing users to create customized maps using data from WHO’s World Malaria Report.
25 April 2013 -- Launched on 25 April in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, this new framework aims to strengthen efforts to contain artemisinin resistance in South-East Asia’s Greater Mekong subregion.
23 April 2013 -- This publication will guide National Malaria Control Programmes in their routine collection, analysis, management and sharing of data on mosquito resistance to insecticides.
18 April 2013 -- The WHO Global Malaria Programme is inviting letters of interest for grants under the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) 2015 Programme to strengthen integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in children in Nigeria’s Niger and Abia States. The deadline to submit proposals has been extended from 6 May to 13 May 2013.
15 April 2013 -- The third edition of Management of Severe Malaria – A Practical Handbook provides new and revised guidance on the diagnosis and management of severe malaria, a condition most commonly caused by infection with P. falciparum malaria.
12 April 2013 -- The WHO Global Malaria Programme has updated the lists containing the positions of manufacturing companies and national regulatory authorities on the production and marketing of oral artemisinin-based monotherapies.
15 March 2013 -- The latest three-day meeting of the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee has concluded. The full agenda and all documentation can be consulted on the dedicated MPAC meetings page. The report of the meeting will be published in the Malaria Journal within two months.
8 April 2013 -- WHO’s malaria pages have been restructured and updated to allow users easier access to the organization’s policy guidance on malaria. New features include expanded content on all technical areas and an improved search function.
11 January 2013 -- The WHO Global Malaria Programme is inviting proposals for the monitoring and evaluation of activities carried out by grantees of the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) 2015 project in five African countries.
3 January 2013 -- The WHO Global Malaria Programme is saddened to hear of the passing of a former colleague and friend, Dr Peter F. Beales. Dr Beales devoted his life to improving the health of people in developing countries. He joined the World Health Organization in 1956.
