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Leading Science for a Malaria-Free World. At the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
A study published in @MalariaJournal finds that, while
#malaria
is in decline in northeast
#India
state of
#Meghalaya
, certain areas are still vulnerable.
themeghalayanexpress.com/malaria-on-t...
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https://themeghalayanexpress.com/malaria-on-the-decline-but-garo-hills-still-vulnerable-study/
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The Hindu's Serena Josephine M reports that south India's huge state of Tamil Nadu is inching closer to eliminating
#malaria
, as 33 of 38 districts had zero cases last year. In 2015, Tamil Nadu reported 5,587 cases; in 2025, that number was 121.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
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Tamil Nadu close to eliminating malaria as 33 districts report nil indigenous cases
Tamil Nadu close to eliminating malaria as 33 districts report nil indigenous cases
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/tamil-nadu-close-to-eradicating-malaria-as-33-districts-report-nil-indigenous-cases/article70505560.ece/amp/
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Hopkins researcher George Dimopoulos says his
#MBA
helped him think differently about his discovery of a bacterium that can kill mosquitoes that carry deadly
#malaria
parasites.
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Successful Research Translation Draws on Collaboration and Counsel | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
In order to see his discovery of an insecticide that targets malaria-carrying mosquitoes evolve into a marketable product, researcher George Dimopoulos uses a business mindset to collaborate with lead...
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/successful-research-translation-draws-on-collaboration-and-counsel
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Jane Carlton, professor at the
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
and director of the school's
#Malaria
Research Institute, tells
@npr.org
that, despite a year full of gloomy public health news, 2025 had some bright spots.
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In a year of steep challenges, there were still shining moments in global health
The Trump administration's deep cuts in U.S. foreign health aid had a devastating impact. Yet there were achievements of note in spite of it all.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/12/30/g-s1-103731/global-health-progress-challenges-vaccines-malaria-hiv
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In 1900, a Plainville, Connecticut company offered "Prior's Ague Cure," promising to "cure malaria in any form or money refunded." Ague, (AYG-yoo) is an antiquated synonym for
#malaria
. The last recorded outbreak in CT was in 1912. The US eliminated the disease in 1951.
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Following the
@who.int
World
#Malaria
Report, Dr. Jane Carlton, director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, spoke with
@gohealio.bsky.social
. Despite funding shortfalls, increases in infections and deaths, and other alarming trends, Dr. Carlton remains hopeful.
tinyurl.com/3rdb5ctz
about 2 months ago
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Statement from
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
#malaria
expert William Moss, MD, MPH on Gavi Vaccine Alliance and
@unicef.org
announcement making vaccines more affordable. Moss calls it "a major step" in the fight against malaria.
2 months ago
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In sub-Saharan Africa, mothers often carry their babies on their backs in colorful cotton wraps called lesu 🦟 Could treating these wraps with insecticide help prevent
#malaria
? 🎙️
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Dr. Yuemei Dong presented her work at last week's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. At the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Dr. Dong works on genetically engineered mosquitoes to find ways to stop transmisison of
#malaria
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3 months ago
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Dr. Shengzhang Dong of the Johns Hopkins
#Malaria
Research Institute engineers transgenic mosquitoes in the quest to produce mosquitoes that don't transmit disease. He presented his latest research at
@astmh.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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Dr. Conor McMeniman of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute studies the molecular and celluar basis of mosquitoes' attraction to humans. He discusses his work on "whole-body volitilomics" as it relates to tools to diagnose
#malaria
faster and more accurately than blood tests.
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3 months ago
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The team at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is excited to collaborate with Dr. Dawit Hawaria of Hawassa University in Ethiopia. Dr. Hawaria tells us about malaria conditions in his country ... and what he and his colleagues are doing to combat the increase in cases of
#malaria
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3 months ago
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It's Day 3 of ASTMH 2025 and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is bringing you highlights. Our friend Dr. Himanshu Gupta from GLA University tells us about his exciting research to see if mRNA can be used as a biomarker for severe
#malaria
. Spoiler alert: it can!
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3 months ago
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In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, mothers carry their young children on their backs in colorful cotton wraps called lesu. 🦟 Could treating these cloths with insecticide reduce
#malaria
transmission?
publichealth.jhu.edu/malaria-rese...
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3 months ago
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Ogechi Nwankwoala studies medicine at Boston University. She earned her undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2023. This year, she co-authored a paper with her Hopkins mentor, Dr. Matthew Ippolito of the Johns Hopkins
#Malaria
Research Institute.
#ASTMH
#IAmTropMed
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Johns Hopkins' very own Dr. George Dimopoulos explains his work engineering
#mosquitoes
so that they no longer transmit
#malaria
-- or that the parasite that causes the disease actually kills the mosquito when it infects.
#iamtropmed
#astmh
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3 months ago
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We ran into an old friend in Toronto! Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa, director of the
#Malaria
Program at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe! Dr. Mharakurwa helped start the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute nearly 25 years ago.
#IAmTropMed
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Dr. Melissa Conrad of the Johns Hopkins hashtag#Malaria Research Institute talks about her work tracking a dangerous gene mutation from Southeast Asia to the African continent. Follow all the amazing science with us from the
#ASTMH
Annual Meeting in Toronto.
#Iamtropmed
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Dr. Jason Hendry of the Max Planck Institute of Infection Biology in Berlin talked about drug resistance to malaria ... and how to monitor it.
#Iamtropmed
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Stay with the Johns Hopkins
#Malaria
Research Institute today and all week for the latest from the @ASTMH Annual Meeting in Toronto!
#iamtropmed
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ASTMH
3 months ago
Say cheese! Visit our Selfie Station next to registration sponsored by Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @jhmrimalaria.bsky.social Share your pics using
#TropMed25
- you can share them on the app's photo gallery as well!
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We're at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's 2025 Annual Meeting in SNOWY Toronto! Stay with us all week for interviews with
#malaria
experts from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and from around the world!
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The
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
#malaria
team is excited for the
@astmh.bsky.social
annual meeting next week, Nov 9-13. Follow us here for updates and interviews with researchers from Johns Hopkins and other institutions devoted to eliminating malaria!
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Too much can kill the mosquito — too little can also kill it. But the right amount can strengthen the mosquito’s defenses and stop
#malaria
transmission 🦟 Listen to learn more about the Goldilocks dose with Emma Camacho.
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3 months ago
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PODCAST: Feeding mosquitoes L-DOPA can either strengthen their def🦟ences against
#malaria
or shorten their lifespan — showing that in vector control, the dose makes the difference 🦟
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5 months ago
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How do you turn information into insight? In today's podcast, Bryan Greenhouse discusses a series of “hackathons” bringing together scientists from around the world to tackle one of the biggest challenges in
#malaria
research: analyzing parasite genetics 🧬
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5 months ago
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In Kwale, in Kenya, where bed nets alone can’t stop
#malaria
, researchers are testing
#ivermectin
, a ‘wonder drug’ commonly used to treat parasitic infections that can also kill mosquitoes 🦟🎙️
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6 months ago
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A new study in Kenya shows that mass drug administration of
#Ivermectin
safely reduced malaria cases by 26%, offering a promising supplement to insecticide-based prevention 🦟 Listen now on the Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute:
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6 months ago
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Cerebral
#malaria
and severe malarial anemia have very different clinical presentations 🦟 But new research using omics approaches finds that both types may begin with a common inflammatory trigger.
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6 months ago
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Although severe
#malaria
presents in different clinical forms – such as cerebral malaria or severe malarial anemia – a new study reveals that all severe cases have one thing in common: a shared inflammatory signature.
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Why does Johns Hopkins entomologist Chris Kizito oversee the production of 2.6 million mosquitoes a year? His work is part of the Malaria Research Institute's efforts to knock out
#malaria
in countries like Kizito's native Uganda.
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The Mosquito Maker | The Insectary
The Insectary at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute produces 50,000 mosquitoes weekly. Chris Kizito, the Insectary manager, is from Uganda. He expl...
https://youtu.be/xarI2UFGUAg?si=VnbY-LILO-QLe5me
7 months ago
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After more than 70 years of eradication efforts, Suriname has eliminated malaria, according to the World Health Organization. The South American country becomes the 46th nation/territory — and the 12th in the region of the Americas — to be certified malaria-free by the WHO. 1/2
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All of us at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute celebrate Suriname, its people and its Ministry of Health on this monumental achievement! Congratulations, Suriname! No more
#malaria
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7 months ago
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On today's podcast, Dr. Alexandra Probst (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) discusses a breakthrough in
#malaria
prevention: bed nets coated with anti-parasitic drugs that stop transmission by curing infected mosquitoes 🦟
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7 months ago
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On today's Malaria Minute podcast, how next-generation bed nets could stop
#malaria
by killing the parasites inside mosquitoes, not just the mosquitoes themselves 🦟
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8 months ago
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In our latest podcast, Lemu Golassa explains how parasite diversity in Ethiopia could limit the effectiveness of current
#malaria
vaccines 💉
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8 months ago
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"The malaria map is shrinking. With vaccines, gene editing, and African nations stepping up, we can eliminate
#malaria
. But urgency is critical; retreating now would waste decades of progress." JHMRI Director Jane Carlton reflects on
#malaria
progress in SciDevNet.
www.scidev.net/global/opini...
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Q&A: Malaria gene research at risk in ‘catastrophic’ US cuts
US funding cuts spell disaster for malaria prevention and threaten genomic research, says Jane Carlton, director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/qa-malaria-gene-research-at-risk-in-catastrophic-us-cuts/
8 months ago
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A recent study in Ethiopia reveals that local
#malaria
parasite strains differ genetically from those targeted by current vaccines, potentially reducing their effectiveness 💉
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9 months ago
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025
#WorldMalariaDay
Symposium, Building a Better Mosquito! 🦟 Stay tuned for Vector Encounter—our upcoming two-day event on arthropod disease vectors impacting human health.
publichealth.jhu.edu/malaria-rese...
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Events | Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Malaria Research Institute
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/malaria-research-institute/events
9 months ago
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The last talk of the day, Dr. Stephanie James (Gene Convene) discusses the roadmap for gene drive technologies, and their potential to transform
#malaria
public health
9 months ago
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Continuing our session on
#genedrives
, Dr. Laura Norris (Gates Foundation) shares insights into how scientists and policymakers can collaborate to shape the gene drive ecosystem for impact
#WorldMalariaDay
9 months ago
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Kicking off our final session, Ana Kormos presents the University of California Malaria Initiative’s community engagement around genetically modified mosquitoes 🦟
9 months ago
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Dr. Conor McMeniman (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) shows a close-up of his finger being used for lunch by an Anopheles mosquito. His research investigates how mosquitoes smell humans 🦟
#malaria
#WorldMalariaDay
9 months ago
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Now at our
#WorldMalariaDay
symposium, Dr. Tony Nolan (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) presents an insightful talk on the genetic barriers to gene drives for
#malaria
vector suppression
9 months ago
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George Dimopoulos wraps up his informative talk on how to engineer a mosquito that dies when infected with
#malaria
parasites
#WorldMalariaDay
9 months ago
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Thrilled to welcome Dr. Abdoulaye Diabaté from Burkina Faso — the last speaker of the morning session — exploring the potential of gene drive technology to help eliminate
#malaria
in Africa 🦟
#WorldMalariaDay
9 months ago
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At our
#WorldMalariaDay
symposium, Dr. Kelly Matzen of Oxitec delivers insights into their groundbreaking work on the biological management of malaria vectors
9 months ago
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This
#WorldMalariaDay
, meet our collaborator Dr. Delenasaw Yewhalaw, and read our publication describing the first P. vivax reference genome from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
tdr.who.int/newsroom/fea...
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Professor Delenasaw Yewhalaw
A pioneering entomologist and malaria researcher in Ethiopia, Delenasaw Yewhalaw received a pivotal research grant from TDR early in his career, setting the stage for his groundbreaking contributions…
https://tdr.who.int/newsroom/feature-stories/item/delenasaw-yewhalaw
9 months ago
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Mark World Malaria Day by signing up for this free online course in malaria genetics for surveillance from
#PlasmoGenEpi
.
www.plasmogenepi.org/OnlineCourse
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