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TOMORROW: Media Briefing on the Global State of Malaria: New Research, Evolving Risks, and Silver Linings
8-April-2025 | by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Newswise —Ahead of World Malaria Day, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health will host an expert briefing for the media about efforts to control and prevent malaria around the world. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that in 2023 took nearly 600,000 lives in 83 countries, the majority being children under age 5 in the WHO African Region.
In the U.S., the risk of contracting malaria remains low; however, continued vigilance is needed to prevent increases in both domestic cases from foreign travel and, as occurred in 2023 for the first time in 20 years, locally transmitted cases.
The live briefing will take place from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. EDT (1:00 to 1:30 p.m. GMT // 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Nairobi) on Wednesday, April 9, via Zoom, and will feature two experts from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jane M. Carlton, PhD, and George Dimopoulos, PhD, MBA, will discuss the latest research, the need for sustained investment, why malaria is so challenging to eradicate, and how modifying mosquitoes may be a way to combat the disease.
The two experts will also discuss:
- The current state of malaria.
- The need for global commitment to malaria prevention, control, and research.
- Advancing diagnostics and therapeutics.
- Current mosquito vector control methods and their limitations.
- The need for an integrated approach to malaria control.
Experts:
- Jane M. Carlton, PhD, is director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the School. Her research focuses on using genomics—the interdisciplinary study of an organism’s complete set of genes and DNA—and genomic sequencing to further understand the biology and evolution of malaria parasites and their mosquito vectors.
- George Dimopoulos, PhD, MBA, is a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He studies vector-borne diseases and how mosquitoes can be rendered incapable of transmitting human pathogens.
Registration required: Please register here by 10:00 a.m. EDT // 2:00 p.m. GMT // 5:00 p.m. Nairobi today, April 8, to receive the Zoom link and password for Wednesday’s briefing. Questions for the experts may be submitted via the registration form in advance or via chat during the briefing.
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Source: Newswise
https://www.newswise.com/articles/tomorrow-media-briefing-on-the-global-state-of-malaria-new-research-evolving-risks-and-silver-linings/
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