Technical Exchanges
Chaque année, les membres du SMG se réunissent pour se mettre à jour mutuellement, échanger sur les projets en cours et à venir et pour faciliter et initier d'éventuelles collaborations.
Chaque année, les membres du SMG se réunissent pour se mettre à jour mutuellement, échanger sur les projets en cours et à venir et pour faciliter et initier d'éventuelles collaborations.
This year's Technical Exchange focused on the new malaria vaccines and ways to scale-up work. For decades, the malaria community waited for a safe and effective malaria vaccine. In October 2021, WHO finally recommended the first malaria vaccine for children (RTS,S/ASO1) and two years later, a second vaccine (R21) was approved. Both malaria vaccines can prevent around 75% of malaria episodes when given seasonally in areas of highly seasonal transmission and in combination with malaria chemoprevention. While the malaria vaccines represent an important complementary tool to counter the malaria resurgence in moderate-to-high transmission settings, their real-world effectiveness also depends on achieving a high coverage and on the implementation of complementary interventions. Continue
The theme of this year’s Technical Exchange was “The Swiss contribution to strengthen global health systems” – learnings from Swiss expertise on malaria and beyond. Covid-19 has shown the crucial role of strong health systems in fighting this major pandemic. Providing uninterrupted routine services is crucial during such times, and hence the quality and resilience of health services is even more important during a crisis. Shared knowledge among different sectors and many partners, as well as practical experience are essential to better prepare for future health crises. The goal of this meeting was to pool our Swiss experience in the national and international health sector to identify interventions that contribute to reaching Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year was the first time that the meeting was held virtually. Continue
The new malaria landscape was the topic of this year’s technical exchange on November 28. Hosted by RBM Partnership to End Malaria at the Geneva Global Health Campus. Representatives of Geneva-based global organisations and SMG members have been invited to contribute to the exchange and to present the role of their organisations in the new global malaria landscape. Abdourahmane Diallo, CEO of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria as well as Alexandra Cameron (Unitaid), and Scott Filler (Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria) presented their contribution to the global malaria control effort. These insightful keynotes where followed by an exchange on innovations and new initiatives of Swiss Malaria Group members. Continue
"L'accès au traitement du paludisme et le contrôle des vecteurs" était le thème de l'échange technique du SMG de 2018 dans les locaux de la Croix-Rouge suisse à Berne. Plus de 15 acteurs suisses se sont réunis pour faire de cette rencontre de partage des compétences un succès. Une belle opportunité pour les différents acteurs de la lutte contre le paludisme de présenter leurs dernières recherches et projets. Découvrez ce qu'ils ont à dire : Continue