World Malaria Day April 25, 2021
Background and expert service
In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the World Malaria Day as an annual international day of action. Its purpose is to remind that more than three billion people in the world are at risk from malaria. The WHO and other organizations are working to roll back this infectious disease at great financial and logistical expense. This has led to a reduction in new cases in recent years. However, for the first-time last year, the WHO recorded an increase to around 230 million malaria cases worldwide, of which more than 400,000 were fatal. Children under the age of five in Africa account for more than two-thirds of the deaths. Our interview partners for journalists can be found below.
You can find our interview partners for journalists below.
In 2000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched World Malaria Day as an annual international day of action. Its purpose is to remind people that more than three billion people in the world are at risk from malaria. The WHO and other organisations strive to push back the infectious disease with great financial and logistical effort. This has led to a reduction in new cases in recent years. However, last year, for the first time, the WHO registered an increase to about 228 million malaria cases worldwide, of which more than 400,000 were fatal. More than two thirds of the deaths are among children under the age of five in Africa.
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg devotes a considerable part of its work to malaria research and works closely with the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) in this field. The spectrum ranges from molecular studies of the malaria parasite to research into its spread and clinical course to vaccination and drug studies in Africa. For example, in order to be able to test a malaria therapy with a next-generation triple combination, the BNITM is conducting a multicentre clinical trial in four African countries (Ghana, Mali, Gabon and Benin) together with the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). The focus here is on the efficacy and safety of malaria treatment, which is vital especially for children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Read more about malaria in the context of COVID-19 and Global Health on our Day of Action website here.
BNITM expert service on the occasion of World Malaria Day 2021
On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the scientists listed are available for interviews free of charge to members of the press today and on April 25:
Prof. Dr. Egbert Tannich
Chair Board of Directors; Parasitology and Diagnostics
Tel.: 0049-40-42818-260
E-Mail: tannich(at)bnitm.de
Prof. Dr. Jürgen May (BNITM) / Dr. Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré (KCCR)
Epidemiology; Malaria in Africa; Medication development
Tel.: 0049-40-42818-369
E-Mail: may(at)bnitm.de
E-Mail: maiga(at)bnitm.de
Prof. Dr. Michael Ramharter
Clinical research of Malaria; Treatment; Prophylaxis, Vaccination studies
Tel.: 0049-40-42818-1330, -264
E-Mail: presse(at)bnitm.de
Dr. Tobias Spielmann
Milestones in laboratory research
Tel.: 0049-40-42818-486
E-Mail: spielmann(at)bnitm.de
Prof. Dr. Egbert Tannich
Vorstandsvorsitzender, Parasitologie, Diagnostik
Tel.: 0049 40 42818-260
E-Mail: tannich(at)bnitm.de
Wir bitten, bei Nennung in Texten und Interviews sowie bei der Verwendung von O-Tönen in TV- und Online-Beiträgen als Quelle das Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin zu erwähnen.
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