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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · Sep 1

📬 MESA August NWL 👀

▶ We explore the evolving landscape of vector control research 🦟
▶ 5 featured projects 🗺️
▶ Important September deadlines 📆
▶ @who.int updated guidelines and field manual 📖 Malaria Vector Selection Atlas 🧬

🔗 Read it here: shorturl.at/oWlVl

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 7h

Fighting malaria through modeling & innovation 🦟💡

💬 The @ammnetwork.bsky.social Insights brings together experts to advance malaria modeling, bioinformatics, & vector-borne disease control

🗓️ 10–11 Oct 2025, SAU Sylhet

🎙️ Speakers from icddr,b, BAEC & SAU

🔗 shorturl.at/0JYTu

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 1d

Tomorrow, join #ColumbiaMSPH for POPTALKS: “Ivermectin – Global Health Miracle and Focus of Medical Disinformation” 💊

🗓️ Oct 8, 2025 | ⏰ 5:45 PM CET
💻 Open online | 🏫 In-person for Columbia affiliates
🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/seaRW

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 2d

📢 Apply for the #LeadersofAfrica Research Communication Program 2025 💬

💡 Research briefs, policy memos, media engagement & more
🛠️ LaTeX, Canva, WordPress, OBS, CapCut...
🎓 Impact Scholarship: covers most tuition
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Oct 2025

👉 Apply now: shorturl.at/YexYH

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 2d

🏥 Health for all means tests for all.

@who.int ’s new guidance helps ensure rapid diagnostic tests are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Launch webinar:
🗓 7 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 2–3 PM CET

🔠 Captioning & International Sign Language provided.

🔗 shorturl.at/4id8W

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 5d

📢 EU Commission Call for Applications!

🤝 Co-funding for Indian-EU partnerships within MSCA Staff Exchanges (Horizon Europe).

🔹 Supports mobility & training of researchers
🔹 Strengthens EU–India cooperation

🗓️ Application deadline: 8 Oct

👉 shorturl.at/Sly0h

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 6d

🚨 Join us for the next @ammnetwork.bsky.social Seminar!

📊 Childhood Malaria Trends in Northern Ghana – Impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention

🗓️ 7 Oct 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 UTC
🌍 Online (Zoom)

🔈 Speaker: Abdulzeid Yen Anafo

👉 Register now! 🔗 shorturl.at/hWaAB

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 7d

🌍 Tomorrow: Strengthening Africa’s clinical research future 🔬

🔹 Africa Regulatory Conference Webinar Series
🗓️ 2 October
⏰ 13:00 CEST | Online
💡 Free & open to all

👉 Register today & join the dialogue! shorturl.at/NJDW4

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 8d

📢 #AREF invites early-career African researchers to apply for the Essential Grant Writing Programme 2026 ✍🏾🌍

💻 Fully online, 19 Jan – 23 Mar 2026
🎯 Build skills to win competitive research funding

⚠️ Deadline: 3 October

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/xdtkX

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 12d

🤖 Save the date: The 2nd Annual AI in Health Africa Conference

📅 6–7 Nov 2025
📍 Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
💡 Focus: AI for healthcare in Africa & Global South

📢 Call for speakers: deadline 30 Sept 2025
👉 shorturl.at/jRU2N

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 12d

📢 The 2nd edition of @who.int ’s Malaria Surveillance, M&E Manual is out!

🔑 Highlights:
• Making surveillance a core intervention in all settings
• Using data for decision-making & resource allocation
• Strengthening planning for control & elimination

👉 mesamalaria.org/resource-hub...

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 13d

📢 Call for Applications: Implementation Research Leadership Fellowship 2025/26

📍 Univ. of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra
💡 Fully funded (stipend, travel, insurance, fieldwork support)
⏳ Deadline: 29 Sept 2025

👉 shorturl.at/hfodj

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 14d

📢 The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) invites early-career African researchers to apply for the Essential Grant Writing Programme 2026 ✍🏾🌍

💻 Fully online, Jan–Mar 2026
🎯 Build skills to win competitive research funding

📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/h3nLn

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 15d

💻 Join the #H3D Foundation webinar: Embedding African Genetics in Global R&D: Enter the Humble Cell

🗓️ 25 September
⏰ 12PM SAST
💻 Online

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Janine Scholefield
🔗 Register now! shorturl.at/9xTR6

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 15d

🦟🌍 Join the APMENxChange webinar with WHO: Prevention of Re-establishment of Malaria Transmission: Global Guidance

📅 25 Sept 2025
🕣 8:30 AM CET | 2:30 PM SGT
📍 Online

Learn how countries can prevent malaria resurgence & apply new WHO guidance 🌐

👉 shorturl.at/k0Df3

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 16d

🚀 Apply for "la Caixa" Foundation Junior Leader Postdoctoral Fellowships!

🔬 20 fellowships in Spain & Portugal
💶 Up to €320,100 over 3 years
🌍 Open to all nationalities

⏳ Deadline: 25 Sept 2025, 2PM CEST

Check it out! 👉 shorturl.at/P9EqF

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 18d

📢 New @who.int Free Academy Course!

Malaria: Harnessing the power of routine health facility data 🦟📊

💻 Self-paced (English)

🎯 Learn to analyze indicators, improve data quality & use routine data for decision-making

📅 Available until 1 July 2026

👉 shorturl.at/yNJuq

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 19d

📢 Join TDR Webinar: Communicating research findings for evidence-informed decision-making 🏥

📅 25 Sept 2025 | 🕒 3–4 PM CET
📍 Zoom

🔹 Learn research communication skills
🔹 Hear real-world success stories
🔹 Discover TDR’s new MOOC

👉 Register here: shorturl.at/O1HeA

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 19d

📢 Early bird registration!

The 74th @astmh.bsky.social Annual Meeting brings together global health & tropical medicine leaders 🩺

📅 Nov 9–13, 2025
📍 Toronto, Canada
🔹 Deadline: 23 Sept

👉 shorturl.at/wEhqr

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 21d

🧪💡 Join the H3D Foundation Webinar:

The use of free drug concepts to guide compound optimisation in antimalarial drug discovery projects 💊

📅 2 Oct 2026
⏰ 12 PM (SAST)
🎤 James Duffy, Sr. Director of Drug Discovery, MMV

🔗 Register now! shorturl.at/gKXrv

@h3dcentre.bsky.social

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 22d

🚨 Apply for the Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship 2026–2027 🌍🩺

📍 12-month NIH-supported training in global health research
👩‍🔬 Open to US & LMIC postdocs + US doctoral/professional students

📅 Deadline: 1 Oct, 5 PM ET

👉 shorturl.at/KW5Tu

#StanfordCIGH

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 23d

🌍 Register now for the @pha4ge.bsky.social Conference 2025!
Data for Action: Overcoming Challenges & Seizing Opportunities in Public Health Genomics 🧬

📅 27–29 Oct 2025
📍 Cape Town, South Africa
⏳ Registration deadline: 28 Sept 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/Wnfpb

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 26d

📢 Training Alert!

Join the Procurement Analytics & Contract Management Workshop by Asset Africa Institute.

📍 Nairobi, Kenya
💲 USD 675 per participant
🎓 Practical, interactive learning + free follow-up coaching
📅 22–27 Sept 2025

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/O0MQh

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 27d

🦟 Join the next @acreme.bsky.social webinar!

📊 Topics:
• Modelling SP resistance through dhfr & dhps haplotypes - Imke Botha
• Spatio-temporal agent-based modelling of malaria - Md Nurul Anwar

🌐 Online
📅 18 Sept 2025 | 07:00–08:00 CEST
🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/lVt4s

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 28d

📢 Join this event by @lshtm.bsky.social Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response

🎙️ Hear experts share their understanding of global health misinformation challenges
📍 Online & LSHTM, London
📅 15 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–17:00 (UK)

🔗 Register: shorturl.at/Eo6ca

MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 29d

🚀 Call for Applications!
Young researchers in Switzerland: Apply now for BRIDGE Proof of Concept grants 2025.

🔹 Up to CHF 130k/year
🔹 12-month projects
🔹 From lab to market & society

📅 Deadline: Sept 15, 2025
👉 Details: shorturl.at/bVJst

@bridge-funding.bsky.social