Navigating the last miles of malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The Annual Scientific Forum united scientific experts and partner from five NMCPs to tackle malaria elimination. Highlights included P. vivax genetics, P. falciparum strategies, and Anopheles genomics, strengthening collaboration and innovation to support sustainable malaria control in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
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Meeting CMPE to discuss next phase of project in Laos
Laos has made enormous progress towards malaria elimination and is on track to eliminate malaria by 2030. In the next phase, GenRe-Mekong hopes to support CMPE to integrate genetic surveillance into their elimination activities, and will work towards bringing the sequencing in country as CMPE have a new molecular laboratory facility built with support from the Australian government.
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The prototype of grcMapper web app has launched!
This interactive web-based tool allows you to quickly explore and visualize malaria genetic epidemiology maps using published genetic data from 17,000+ Pf samples.
GenRe-Mekong data on WHO’s Malaria Threat Map
The latest GenRe-Mekong data on antimalarial drug efficacy and resistance is now accessible through the WHO's Malaria Threats Map. This interactive platform offers users a comprehensive global overview of key biological threats to malaria.
GenRe-Mekong stories featured on RAI website:
Battling malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The GenRe-Mekong project's tailormade support
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Pre-print of GenRe-Mekong latest paper is now online!
Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum reveals rapid population changes following first-line treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion
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GenRe-Mekong held its the annual GenRe-Mekong Scientific Forum in Eastin Grand Hotel Phayathai Bangkok and online. The 24 onsite attendees, who included representatives from four regional National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCP), funders and scientific partners from the GMS, Australia, UK and Mozambique, were joined via webinar by 81 online attendees from 21 countries across five continents, all working collectively towards the goal of malaria elimination.
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GenRe-Mekong team enhancing a strong collaboration in Vietnam
The GenRe-Mekong team received an invitation to participate in a meeting hosted by the National Malaria Control Programme and scientific partners in Vietnam. The meeting took place in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, bringing together control programme officers with the primary goal of addressing the current situation of antimalarial drug-resistance and advancing elimination efforts in the Middle-Central Highlands region of Vietnam.
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📰 News
12-23 June 2023
The GenRe-Mekong team, in collaboration with Dr. Malika Imwong’s lab, and the Sanger Institute organized an amplicon sequencing workshop for building the necessary capacity for genetic surveillance of malaria, which would aid Thailand malaria elimination efforts by detecting any emergence of drug resistance.
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📰 News
23 April - 5 May 2023
GenRe-Mekong Team Visits Partner Sites in Southern Laos
The GenRe-Mekong team visited 63 partner sites in Savannakhet, Salavan, Sekong, Attapue, and Champasak provinces in southern Laos. The purpose was to strengthen partnerships and provide retraining on collection of dried blood samples for antimalarial resistance analysis. Retraining was essential to maintain high standards with new healthcare professionals and sites.
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The GenRe-Mekong team, in collaboration with Dr. Malika Imwong’s lab, and the Sanger Institute had organized an amplicon sequencing workshop for building the necessary capacity for the genetic surveillance of malaria, which would aid Thailand malaria elimination efforts by detecting any emergence of drug resistance.
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📰 News
8-9 May 2023
GRC Data Analysis Training Workshop Strengthens Malaria Surveillance and Collaboration
The GenRe-Mekong team organised the first GRC Data Analysis Training workshop in Bangkok. Twenty-two representatives from research institutes and NMCPs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam participated. The workshop aimed to develop in-country expertise in using genetic epidemiological data, specifically antimalarial resistance data from the genetic report cards (GRC), and strengthening existing collaborations in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
GenRe-Mekong team enhancing a strong collaboration in Vietnam
The GenRe-Mekong team received an invitation to participate in a meeting hosted by the National Malaria Control Programme and scientific partners in Vietnam. The meeting took place in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, bringing together control programme officers with the primary goal of addressing the current situation of antimalarial drug-resistance and advancing elimination efforts in the Middle-Central Highlands region of Vietnam.
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