Medicine

The road to echinococcosis control in Peru: A workshop to review and synthesize the evidence

09/11/2018

Cara Macfarlane

Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic disease of medical, veterinary and economic importance. I attended a workshop to see how Peru… Read more »

Parasites: meal or squeal?

12/10/2018

Tom Pennance

Members of the public were introduced to parasites that can infect us via the food we eat during an evening event at the Natural… Read more »

Precision Mapping-Tackling a major obstacle on the road towards the elimination of schistosomiasis

28/09/2018

Perpetua Png

Schistosomiasis affects over 200 million people, yet it is a highly focal disease, with the likelihood of re-infection… Read more »

One Health and the community – the AfyaData tool

25/09/2018

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

In the second part of our interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo, we focus on the importance of community-based surveillance,… Read more »

One Health and the community – interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo

21/09/2018

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Community is central to the One Health concept. In a two part interview, we talk to Professor Esron Karimuribo from the Southern… Read more »

Switching on the production of malaria sexual stages

14/09/2018

Hilary Hurd

A new study sheds further light on the transcription factor that acts as a master switch that turns on the production of sexual… Read more »

The future looks bright for trachoma elimination

31/08/2018

Cara Macfarlane

With elimination of trachoma as a public health problem targeted for 2020, it is timely to reflect on the progress made so far and… Read more »

Repackaging malaria to refresh & drive motivation towards elimination

20/07/2018

Vera Unwin

A brief overview of the 1st Malaria World Congress in Melbourne July 1-5th