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WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN)
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Latest malaria research, news and events from WWARN, part of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO).
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A cross-sectional survey of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in India using rapid diagnostic test and microscopy across 12 sites of varying transmission, 2023–2024
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A cross-sectional survey of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in India using rapid diagnostic test and microscopy across 12 sites of varying transmission, 2023–2024 - Malaria Journal
Background In India, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax remain in circulation. Accurate detection of the parasite species remains crucial for prompt initiation of treatment and reducing…
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December 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Learn more about our #malaria research, work to inform optimal malaria treatments, policy and tracking #antimalarial #DrugResistance
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December 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Are you a malaria researcher? Use the freely available WWARN Clinical Trials library developed to support global #malaria research efforts. The library is a comprehensive living systematic review of clinical efficacy studies from 1946 to the present day.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
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Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analyses of Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles gambiae reveal key developmental stages, processes and factors in parasite–mosquito interactions and identify potential…
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December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Have you viewed our open-access #malaria tools recently? Use them to visualise molecular markers of resistance by location and year www.iddo.org/wwarn/tracki...
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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🎥 Watch Dawit Getachew Assefa #DillaUniversity #Ethiopia talk about how his year with IDDO/WWARN - through the @who.int #TDRnews Postgraduate Research Fellowship - how it has positively impacted his career, his institution and his students.

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Dawit Getachew Assefa’s Fellowship reflections | Infectious Diseases Data Observatory
Dawit Getachew Assefa, based at Dilla University, Ethiopia, joined IDDO in 2024 for a 12-month placement as part of the WHO/TDR Postgraduate Research Fellowship.  He worked on projects across…
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December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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📝 Read blog by Dr Nathalie Beloum, one of our new WHO/TDR Fellows!
She shares insights into the application process, her upcoming projects, first impressions and hopes for the placement.
@who.int #TDRnews

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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🎉 Big news! Our website just got a makeover - cleaner navigation, fresh layout and a brand-new blog section.
Take a look and tell us what you think! 👀✨
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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Patterns of patent and sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections in household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso
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Patterns of patent and sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections in household members of children under seasonal malaria chemoprevention coverage in the health district of Nanoro, Burkina Faso - Malaria Journal
Background Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) has been adopted since 2014 in Burkina Faso to reduce malaria burden in children under 5 years. However, the intervention’s expected potential has…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Researching #malaria in pregnancy? Check out the malaria in pregnancy library, an ¬online resource to search published and unpublished literature www.iddo.org/wwarn/malari...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Microhaplotype deep sequencing assays to capture Plasmodium vivax infection lineages
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Microhaplotype deep sequencing assays to capture Plasmodium vivax infection lineages
Dormant liver stages of Plasmodium vivax complicate malaria elimination efforts by causing relapses that obscure the efficacy of antimalarial treatments. Here, the authors develop a high-throughput amplicon...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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📢Attention researchers 📢use the freely available #malaria clinical trials toolkit to design and run your clinical trial. Access resources for each stage in a step-by-step guide 👉https://www.iddo.org/wwarn/tools-resources/malaria-clinical-trials-toolkit
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Discover our surveyors created to track #malaria drug resistance. These #InteractiveMaps provide researchers and policy-makers with changes in molecular markers over time and location to help monitor the emergence and spread of resistance
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November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Controlled human malaria infection studies: insights into recent advances and key immunological and ethical implementation lessons
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Frontiers | Controlled human malaria infection studies: insights into recent advances and key immunological and ethical implementation lessons
Controlled human infection studies offer a unique opportunity to study the efficacy of novel interventions, mechanisms of infection and disease, as well as d...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Thanks for a great week at #TropMed25, if you missed our poster sessions or presentations or want to find out more about our work, please get in touch with us [email protected]
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Learn more about our #malaria research, work to inform optimal malaria treatments, policy and tracking #antimalarial #DrugResistance
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November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Are you a malaria researcher? Use the freely available WWARN Clinical Trials library developed to support global #malaria research efforts. The library is a comprehensive living systematic review of clinical efficacy studies from 1946 to the present day.
www.iddo.org/wwarn/wwarn-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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🚨 New research from ICMR - National Institute of Malaria Research & IDDO researchers highlights issues with the accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for #vivax #malaria infections
📍 The study across 12 sites in India found RDTs often missed vivax malaria
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November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Dr Abel Kakuru, of IDRC Uganda & Co-Lead of WWARN Malaria in Pregnancy Theme will co-chair session #194 The Paradox of IPTp: Balancing Malaria Control & Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes Nov 13 11.30am CET Room 715 @astmh.bsky.social @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Are you researching #malaria? The datasets we host harmonise tens of thousands of individual patient data, enabling researchers to answer new questions from existing data. Learn more www.iddo.org/wwarn/workin...
#DataReuse #DataForGood
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Stop by stand #200 today at #TropMed25 to find out more about our #DataReuse platforms to advance research in #NTDs #malaria #EmergingInfections #GlobalHealth @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @astmh.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Join symposium ‘Innovation in countering substandard & falsified medicines’ on Wed, Nov 12, 12.45pm CET @astmh.bsky.social Hall F/G (Level 800) talks by Prof Paul Newton, Prof Marya Liberman, Dr Carla Perez Mon, Professor Heather Hamill, Sean Cavany, Stella Nanyonga
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM