Research Projects

#01. Project:
Control of malaria vectors by the autodissemination of insecticides.

Description:
This project will assess a novel and efficient vector control technique, involving the auto-dissemination of potent larvicides by adult mosquitoes. It will be developed, evaluated and optimised for the control of malaria vectors in rural Africa. The overall purpose is to enable the local elimination of malaria and contribute to the eradication of this disease.
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#02. Project:
Improving Access to Effective Malaria Treatment and Care through Strengthened Healthcare Services and Patients’ Resources .

Description:
Based on ACCESS Phase I research findings, a continuation of the Project (ACCESS Phase II) was proposed with the aim to pursue and further strengthen the achievements of ACCESS towards improved health outcomes in the Kilombero and Ulanga Districts, especially with regard to a reduction in malaria-related morbidity and mortality. ACCESS enhances access to quality health care by tackling both supply-side and demand-side factors affecting the health seeking process. On the supply-side, the project strengthens interventions aimed at improving quality and availability of care, while on the demand side the project pursued interventions aimed at strengthening households’ resources for accessing healthcare and improved health outcomes.
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#03. Project:
Malaria Transmission Consortium

Description:
Evidence from a number of field trials has demonstrated the protective efficacy of malaria control interventions (i.e., insecticide treated nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), intermittent presumptive treatment of pregnant women (IPTp) and infants (IPTi), use of timely diagnosis and correct treatment, etc), providing the rationale for support of malaria control programs by the Global Fund, the President’s Malaria Initiative and other major funding partners. Often overlooked, however, is the limited range of epidemiological environments in which these trials were conducted and the paucity of information on the impact of combinations of these interventions in areas of differing intensities of transmission. Moreover, the ability of control program managers to make decisions about program design is severely limited by the difficulty of accurately measuring rates of malaria transmission and of monitoring the impact that interventions have on transmission. Such information is critical to enable malaria control professionals to decide on the optimal and most cost-effective malaria control strategies to use across the full range of transmission conditions.
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#04. Project:
Encouraging Safe Sexual Practices Among Youth Using Rewards: A Randomised trial in the Kilombero/Ulanga Districts, Tanzania

Description:
In Tanzania, the awareness of HIV prevention methods in the youth population is high but has not fully translated into safer sexual behaviours. Almost 80% of young people know that using condoms reduces the risk of contracting HIV, but fewer than half reported using a condom the last time they had sex (DHS and ORC Macro, 2005).
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#05. Project:
Economic Evaluation of Malaria in Pregnancy Preventive Alternative Drugs – Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Mefloquine as Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy (Malaria in Pregnancy Preventive Alternative Drugs -MiPPAD) in Tanzania

Description:
MiPPAD trials offer the opportunity to undertake a cost-effectiveness analysis based on efficacy and effectiveness of preventive interventions addressed to HIV infected and HIV non-infected pregnant women in comparison to SP.
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