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Understanding Malaria

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NIAID Malaria Research Program

More than one million people die of malaria every year, mostly infants, young children and pregnant women, and most of them in Africa. Finding effective ways to control and eventually eradicate the disease is a high priority of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). For the latest in NIAID-supported malaria research, please see the Recent Scientific Findings.

NIAID Strategic Plan for Malaria Research (PDF)

NIAID Research Agenda for Malaria (PDF, 2MB)

	Malaria Research at NIAID

	NIAID's Role Basic Biology Prevention and Control Strategies Strategic Partnerships and Research Capacity NIAID Labs Services for Researchers

News and Events

World Malaria Day: Counting on Research to Eradicate Malaria—April 24, 2009

Scientists Decode Genome of Parasite that Causes Relapsing Malaria—Oct. 8, 2008

World Malaria Day - Global Research Needed to Address a Disease without Borders—April 25, 2008

NIAID Media Availability: Early Promising Results in Malaria Vaccine Trial in Mali—Jan. 22, 2008

All Malaria News and Events

NIAID Malaria Webinar for Reporters, April 16, 2009 (transcript)

Transcript of the NIAID Webinar for Science and Medical Reporters held April 16, 2009, titled “NIAID Malaria Research: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.” (Word) Speakers included Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID Director, and six other NIAID malaria experts: Drs. Martin John Rogers, Adriana Costero, Rick M. Fairhurst, Thomas E. Wellems, Susan K. Pierce, and B.F. “Lee” Hall. If you would like a copy of the PowerPoint presentations, please send your request by e-mail to niaidnews@niaid.nih.gov.

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		Research Feature

		African children under the age of five are the hardest hit by severe malaria. Read about recent malaria research critical to developing malaria vaccines for pregnant women and children.