“This project will improve malaria prevention strategies for both children, pregnant women and families as a whole as the study is being conducted in families which will raise awareness of malaria prevention. Furthermore, the proposed strategy can reduce the high risk estimated by the WHO that deaths from malaria double as a result of the interruption of interventions due to the Covid-19 pandemic “, are the words of the evaluators appointed by the European Commission (EDCTP) to examine the INTEGRATION project proposal.
Trusting in a positive outcome, the consortium of African and European researchers who developed the project proposal (Mali, Burkina Faso, France, U.K. and Italy) is now committed to providing further information and clarification to the assessors, who will complete the evaluation in January 2021.
Tag: Malaria in Pregnancy
INTEGRATION, an intervention research to protect pregnant women from malaria
Pregnant women, babies and children under 5 years of age are the most vulnerable to malaria. In 2018, around 11 million pregnant women and 24 million children got malaria. Furthermore, the WHO estimates that due to Covid-19 there will be disruptions in the fragile national health systems that could lead to a doubling of malaria mortality this year, from 400,000 to about 800,000 deaths, more than those from Covid-19 itself.
INTEGRATION project is an intervention that strategically integrates malaria prevention treatments for pregnant women and children to change African national health prevention policies and protect millions of pregnant women from malaria every year.
INTEGRATION project has been developed by a consortium of universities, research institutes and NGO from 2 African countries (Burkina Faso and Mali) and 3 European countries (France, England and Italy), which submitted this research project to the European Commission (EDCTP).
Donne in gravidanza, neonati e bambini sotto i 5 anni di età sono i più vulnerabili alla malaria. Nel 2018, circa 11 milioni di donne in gravidanza e 24 milioni di bambini si sono ammalati di malaria. Inoltre, l’OMS stima che a causa del Covid-19 ci saranno disfunzioni nei fragili sistemi sanitari africani che potrebbero portare quest’anno a un duplicarsi della mortalità per malaria, passando da 400.000 a circa 800.000 morti, ben di più di quelli causati dal Covid-19 stesso.
INTEGRATION è un intervento che integra strategicamente i trattamenti di prevenzione della malaria per donne in gravidanza e bambini, in modo da potenzialmente cambiare le politiche di prevenzione sanitaria in Africa e proteggere dalla malaria per milioni di donne in gravidanza ogni anno.
INTEGRATION è nato da un consorzio di università, istituti di ricerca e ONG di 2 paesi africani (Burkina Faso e Mali) e 3 paesi europei (Francia, Inghilterra e Italia), che hanno presentato questo progetto al bando di ricerca alla Commissione Europea (EDCTP).