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Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases

The program aims to support evidence-based policy-making at all levels for the reduction of malaria and other parasitic diseases in high-burden areas, and to expand our current scientific understanding of the most relevant parasitic diseases affecting humans, and their host-vector interactions. We focus on malaria, Chagas and neglected tropical parasitic diseases such as soil transmitted helminths and leishmania with the ultimate goal of advancing towards disease elimination wherever feasible.

We apply methods which include epidemiology, intervention trials with drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools and basic molecular biology and immunology. Capacity building is included at all levels. Our efforts range from local, national and global, with a focus on the highest burden areas of the world. The diverse program has international leadership in the development and evaluation of tools for malaria control in vulnerable populations, Chagas clinical care, parasite biology and immunity to malaria infection and vaccination.

Leadership

Quique Bassat ICREA Research Professor, Head of the Malaria Programme

Principal lnvestigators of the Programme

Julio Alonso Padilla Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Chagas Initiative
Alba Maria Antequera Associated Researcher
Cristina Ballart Associated Researcher
Azucena Bardají Associate Research Professor
CARLOS CHACCOUR Assistant Research Professor. BOHEMIA Co-PI and Chief Scientific Officer
Alfred Cortes Closas
Hernando A. Del Portillo ICREA Research Professor
Carlota Dobaño Research Professor
Carmen Fernández Associate Research Professor
Xavier Fernàndez Busquets
Montserrat Gállego Associated Researcher
Quim Gascon Research Professor, Head of the Chagas, Parasitic and Imported Diseases programme, and Director of the Chagas Initiative
Caterina Guinovart Senior Advisor for Research and Implementation on malaria elimination
Luis Izquierdo Associate Research Professor
Alfredo Mayor Research Professor
Clara Menéndez Research Professor, Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Programme
Gemma Moncunill Assistant Research Professor
Jose Muñoz Associate Research Professor
Krijn Paaijmans Associated Researcher
Claudio Parolo Assistant Research Professor
Regina Rabinovich Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative
Davide Rasella Associate Research Professor and Head of the Health Impact Assessment Group
Ana Requena Assistant Research Professor
NATALIA RODRIGUEZ Associated Researcher
Elisa Sicuri Associate Research Professor

Helen Nwanosike

Confronting Anopheles stephensi, A Rapidly Emerging Threat

Anopheles stephensi: A malaria spreading mosquito species that thrives in urban spaces and is resistant to multiple insecticides. ...

Research, Malaria Elimination 18.08.2023

Kamija Phiri, Rebecca Pwalia and Yaw Bediako

Murchana Roychoudhury

Conversations on Country Ownership in Malaria Research

With Kamija Phiri, Rebecca Pwalia and Yaw Bediako My good-humoured African colleague recently shared a thought-provoking observation,...

Malaria Elimination 27.06.2023

Murchana Roychoudhury

From Lab to Field: 12 Ways in which ISGlobal is Leading the Scientific Effort against Malaria

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health is a state-of-the-art research center that focuses on enhancing global health through scientific...

Research, Malaria Elimination 25.04.2023

Children in the Tres Palmas community in Paraguay's Chaco region

Aleix Cabrera

Paraguay vs Chagas: A Diverse Team Is Born to Win a Centenary Match

Can you imagine a game that lasts more than a hundred years, in which the 400,000 square kilometres of Paraguay is one of the playing fields? A...

Research, Chagas 14.04.2023

Francisco Javier Sancho

The Bogotá Manifesto: Will You Join Us in the Fight to Eliminate Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem?

The Bogotá Manifesto to eliminate Chagas disease brings together six commitments to end a global health problem that affects seven million...

Research, Chagas 11.04.2023

Maria Tusell Rabassa

From Knowledge to Action: Towards Enhanced Malaria Elimination Strategies

What to do when you know that an intervention is useful and valuable, but you are not sure what strategy to use so that it reaches everybody in...

Research, Malaria Elimination 11.05.2022

Francisco Javier Sancho

The Impact of Professional Internships on Chagas Disease Management

The training and exchange programme for health professionals from Paraguay, Spain and Bolivia—financed by the European programme ...

Chagas 11.04.2022

Cristina Alonso-vega Alvarez

Theseus in the Labyrinth and the Cure for Chagas Disease

In Greek mythology, Theseus was a hero who entered the Minotaur’s labyrinth using Ariadne’s thread as his guide. After freeing Crete...

Research, Chagas 21.03.2022

The Chagas Challenge within Barcelona CaixaResearch Living Lab comes to an end

Leonardo de la Torre

We Want to Tell Our Own Story

Barcelona CaixaResearch Living Lab organises the #VocesDelChagas campaign For the last fifteen years, people who left their...

17.03.2022

Francisco Javier Sancho

Chagas and a Better Country: Sharing Knowledge and Experience Across Borders to Support the Fight Against the Disease

[This text is written by Javier F. Sancho , coordinator of the Global Chagas Disease Coalition, with the collaboration of Karina Egüez ,...

Research, Chagas 17.02.2022

Mirko Giuliano Rojas Cortez

Adelante 2: Cross-Border Exchange and Training Experience on Chagas Disease Now Underway

Marta Solís was concerned about something that she couldn’t find a clear answer about. She had been affected by Chagas disease . Oddly,...

Chagas 02.11.2021

Gemma Moncunill Piñas

RTS,S Malaria Vaccine: An Imperfect Vaccine that Will Save Thousands of Lives

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us all of the importance and impact of vaccines . In less than a year since the World Health Organization...

Research, Policy & Global Development, Malaria Elimination 07.10.2021

Carolina Batista

ISGlobal in Latin America: Building on Success Stories to Expand Global Health Agenda and Address Public Health Needs

[This post has been written by C arolina Batista , ISGlobal Latin America and the Caribbean Strategic Focal Point, and Leire Pajín...

Policy & Global Development 28.09.2021

Irene Jimeno Maroto

Perception and Active Participation of Families Affected by Chagas Disease Determine Success of Health Care

“Only those who have Chagas perceive the reality of the disease. They are the ones who really understand it, know it and live with...

Research, Chagas 27.08.2021

Quique Bassat

Manhiça: A Love Story

How could I have known, when I first visited the Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça ( CISM ) in Mozambique in the summer of 1998,...

23.08.2021

Fredros Okumu

La compleja vida de los mosquitos: la clave para el control de la malaria

[Este artículo ha sido escrito por Fredros Okumu , Director de Ciencias del Ifakara Health Institute en Tanzania, biólogo especializado en...

Policy & Global Development, Malaria Elimination 19.08.2021

Matiana González

Malaria in Times of COVID-19

[This text has been written by por Matiana González Silva and Regina Rabinovich , coordinator and director, respectively, of the ...

Research, Malaria Elimination 22.04.2021

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Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases

Leadership

Principal lnvestigators of the Programme

Confronting Anopheles stephensi, A Rapidly Emerging Threat

Conversations on Country Ownership in Malaria Research

From Lab to Field: 12 Ways in which ISGlobal is Leading the Scientific Effort against Malaria

Paraguay vs Chagas: A Diverse Team Is Born to Win a Centenary Match

The Bogotá Manifesto: Will You Join Us in the Fight to Eliminate Chagas Disease as a Public Health Problem?

From Knowledge to Action: Towards Enhanced Malaria Elimination Strategies

The Impact of Professional Internships on Chagas Disease Management

Theseus in the Labyrinth and the Cure for Chagas Disease

We Want to Tell Our Own Story

Chagas and a Better Country: Sharing Knowledge and Experience Across Borders to Support the Fight Against the Disease

Adelante 2: Cross-Border Exchange and Training Experience on Chagas Disease Now Underway

RTS,S Malaria Vaccine: An Imperfect Vaccine that Will Save Thousands of Lives

ISGlobal in Latin America: Building on Success Stories to Expand Global Health Agenda and Address Public Health Needs

Perception and Active Participation of Families Affected by Chagas Disease Determine Success of Health Care

Manhiça: A Love Story

La compleja vida de los mosquitos: la clave para el control de la malaria

Malaria in Times of COVID-19

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