Research on malaria is ongoing in both the civilian and military sectors including:
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Malaria Research including the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research
- A network of independent research centers in malaria-endemic areas around the world created by NIAID to provide the knowledge, tools, and evidence-based strategies for understanding, controlling, and, ultimately, preventing malaria.
- WHO TDR – Malaria
- TDR, the WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases is involved in malaria research.
- The Military Infectious Diseases Research Program (MIDRP)
- MIDRP, which is part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, is responsible for managing the Department of Defense’s research on infectious diseases, including malaria. The program focuses on the development of vaccines, drugs, diagnostic tests, and vector control protection systems designed to prevent transmission of infections by insects, ticks, etc. MIDRP has been involved in the development of most synthetic drugs for preventing and treating malaria that are licensed in the United States. Current research efforts can be found at the following web pages:
- Malaria Drugs
- Malaria Vaccines
- Diagnostic tests - Malaria VecTEST (Malaria (Vector) Dipstick Assays)
- Naval Medical Research Center, Malaria Research Department (Focuses on vaccine research)
- Febrile and Vector-Borne Illness (FVBI) Surveillance Program
- Program is part of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB), Defense Health Agency, and conducts surveillance studies of FVBIs, including malaria, in over 30 countries worldwide. In addition, the three AFHSB overseas military laboratories in Kenya, Peru, and Thailand are coordinating trials to evaluate P. falciparum malaria resistance to artemisinin.