1. Encouraging news on intermittent preventive therapy in infancy (IPTi) for malaria
(Journal Club/Malaria)

This study is a meta-analysis, and finds clinically significant effectiveness of IPTi. The study I'm dying to see is the effect of IPT in HIV-infected infants and children. Is it something that

2. Epidemiology of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a multi-centre study
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

An important article to better understand prevalence and significance of congenital malaria. Read the whole article if you can. Abstract Objective To determine the burden of congenit

3. A protective antibody against falciparum malaria
(Journal Club/Malaria)

"Since these antibodies have been found to achieve parasite killing under in vitro and in vivo conditions, and since they can be readily elicited by immunisation in naïve volunteers, our i

4. Staff supervision and financial incentives improve in-hospital mortality in childhood malaria
(Journal Club/Pediatrics)

Bottom line: In this government hospital in Guinea-Bissau, mortality from childhood was reduced by 50% in an intervention that monitored and supervised staff supervision to guidelines, and also provid

5. Malaria vaccine -- some encouraging news
(Journal Club/Malaria)

This week's Lancet reported the success of a phase I/IIb trial of a malaria vaccine, when tested in 214 young infants in a highly endemic area. The vaccine was given at 10, 14, and 18 weeks of age. T

6. NOW® malaria rapid test performs well -- it least in Italy
(Journal Club/Malaria)

"In the present, multi-centre study, the performances of a rapid diagnostic test (NOW® Malaria) and several, commercial, PCR-based assays (...) were compared against the results of microscopi

7. IPTp/SP gives added benefit beyond treated bednets in pregnancy
(Journal Club/Malaria)

Received treatment of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp/SP) in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy was associated with reduced incidence of anemia, low