Malaria
Call for comments on malaria guideline development groups members
25 August 2020 – In 2019, the Global Malaria Programme held an online consultation process to identify new topics needing malaria policy recommendations and to gather suggestions for the updating of existing recommendations. Following the results of this consultation, the department is forming individual guideline development groups (GDGs) for each of the technical areas identified. The public is currently invited to comment on any perceived conflicts of interest of the experts nominated to serve on the GDG for elimination.
New WHO guidance on how to maintain essential health services during the pandemic
1 June 2020 – The guidance, published today, includes critical information for countries on how to safely maintain essential health services in the context of COVID-19. A dedicated chapter on malaria notes that, in some cases, exceptional measures may be recommended – such as presumptive malaria treatment and mass drug administration – with a view to reducing the strain that malaria places on health systems during the pandemic and rapidly driving down the malaria burden in populations at risk of the disease.
New guidance on community-based health care in the context of COVID-19
7 May 2020 – New guidance from WHO, UNICEF and IFRC addresses the specific role of community-based health care in the context of COVID-19. The document notes that in settings where high-burden endemic diseases have signs and symptoms that overlap with COVID-19 (such as those of malaria), public health messaging will need to be adapted to ensure that people do not delay seeking care for potentially life-threatening illnesses.
WHO cautions against untested COVID-19 herbal remedies
3 May 2020 – WHO is concerned by recent reports touting the benefits of products made from Artemisia plant material as a remedy for COVID-19. As explained in our Q&A;, there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 can be prevented or treated with products made from Artemisia plant material. There is also no scientific evidence to support the use of non-pharmaceutical forms of Artemisia for the prevention or treatment of malaria.
WHO urges countries to move quickly to save lives from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
23 April 2020 – Severe disruptions to insecticide-treated net campaigns, and in access to antimalarial medicines, could lead to a doubling in the number of malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa this year compared to 2018, according to a new modelling analysis released by WHO and partners ahead of World Malaria Day. The analysis supports the WHO call to minimize disruptions to malaria prevention and treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jointly addressing endemic malaria and pandemic COVID-19
9 April 2020 – As COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the globe, there is an urgent need to aggressively tackle the novel coronavirus while ensuring that other killer diseases, such as malaria, are not neglected. This new document provides guidance to Member States on how to maintain malaria services as part of a country’s essential health package while working to control COVID-19.
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