WHO joins partner organizations in promoting this year's World Malaria Day theme, Ready to Beat Malaria. This theme underscores the collective energy and commitment of the global malaria community in uniting around the common goal of a world free of malaria. It highlights the remarkable progress achieved in tackling one of humanity’s oldest diseases.
On 12th and 13th December 2017, the IMPE-Quy Nhon held the workshop on "Assessment of malaria elimination results and surveillance system in Central Vietnam in 2017."
Quantitation of malaria parasite density is an important component of laboratory diagnosis of malaria. Microscopy of Giemsa-stained thick blood films is the conventional method for parasite enumeration. Accurate and reproducible parasite counts are difficult to achieve, because of inherent technical limitations and human inconsistency. Inaccurate parasite density estimation may have adverse clinical and therapeutic implications for patients, and for endpoints of clinical trials of anti-malarial vaccines or drugs. Digital image analysis provides an opportunity to improve performance of parasite density quantitation.
On 7th March 2017, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE Quy Nhon) celebrated the 40th Anniversary (March 8, 1977 - March 8, 2017) in a solemn and warm atmosphere.
Backgrounds: Fascioliasis is a disease of the hepatobiliary system, caused by Fasciola spp that are increasing and threating of public health in the tropic areas (Africa and Asia), including of Central part of Vietnam. WHO estimates that at least 2.4 million people are infected in more than 70 countries worldwide, with several million at risk.No continent is free from fascioliasis, and it is likely that where animal cases are reported, human cases also exist. This study carried out to evaluate several particular clinical aspects in the vulnerable groups with fascioliasis.
On 25 April 2017, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the District Health Department (DHD) and the District People's Committee of Ngoc Hoi (DPC-NH) held the launching ceremony to respond the World Malaria Day in Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province.
A programme on developing human resources serving the health sector in 2011-2016 proved effective, helping the Ministry of Health establish and fortify key foundations of the medical workforce system, heard a review conference in Hanoi on March 22.
The Ghana Malaria Foundation (GMF) has launched a five-year fundraising campaign in partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme to support malaria programming, innovation in service provision and research into alternate means of malaria prevention and treatment in Ghana.
Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Mark Dybul has pledged support to Vietnam to sustainably maintain achievements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
On September 30th 2015, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) held the ceremony ending the course 36 and awarding the intermediate professional education diplomas to 75 full-time students of Medical Laboratory Technology, Course 36 (2013-2015).
From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to withstand the onslaught of global record-breaking temperatures. But the dangers do not end there. Rising heat poses another threat - one that is far less known and studied but could spark disease epidemics across the continent, scientists say.
The parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs in Central highland of Vietnam is an early warning to us that we are losing the most optimal weapons fighting the malaria. The dihydroartemisin plus piperaquine combination and chloroquin, which was listed into the essential antimalarial drugs since 2007 in Vietnam, has been used for 10 years until resistance appears in some Southern, Central of Western highland provinces. The study was conducted to evaluate the first-line drugs' efficacy in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax patients in multicenters;
Two of the most socioeconomically devastating parasitic diseases in tropical countries - malaria and schistosomiasis - may be closely linked in their infection processes, a recent Yale study has found.
Scientists discover that two thirds of the malaria parasite's genes are essential for normal growth, meaning there are many more possible drug targets than previously thought.
In the conditions of global climate change, the emerging and re-emerging diseases tend to increase significantly and threaten high risk of mortality as well as raise burden of diseases. Moreover, some of parasitic diseases and related unicellular can cause some of cancer diseases such as Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis relating to Cholangiocarcinoma, Schitosoma haematobium relating to bladder cancer, or Cryptosporidium parvum relating to colorectal cancer.
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The Party Congress of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) was held on 24 April 2015 with the attendances of comrade Nguyen Ba Tra, Secretary of Party Committee of Provincial Agencies Block (PAC); comrade Le Binh Thanh, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of PAC; comrade Nguyen Huu Loc, Chairman of Party Inspection Committee; comrade Nguyen Van Minh, Head of Propaganda and Instruction Committee, and the Executive Committee of the Institute Communist Party Committee and all Party members of IMPE-QN.
The Trade Union Congress of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) was held on 17 September 2017 with the attendances of Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Van Chuong- Director of IMPE-QN, Dr. Tran Thi Bich Hang- Chairwoman of Vietnam National Union of Health Workers, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Minh Tam, Vice-Chairwoman of Binh Dinh Provincial Union of Health Workers, Mr. Vu Ba Toan, Deputy Director and Chairman of Quy Hoa National Leprosy Dermatology Hospital and 154 unionists of IMPE-QN.
Continuing the success of previous years, this year's 5th Red Journey- Connecting Vietnamese bloodstream was held in July in 28 provinces and cities across the country, including Binh Dinh province, starting from 01 July in Cape Ca Mau and ending in Hanoi capital.
Som Aun contracted malaria after moving to the Thma Baing district of Cambodia's Koh Kong province in 2002. Four years later, two of his children contracted the disease.
Scientists find curbing the overuse of antimalarial drugs often replaced by overuse of antibiotics instead; study also reveals puzzling cases of malaria patients testing positive yet going untreated.
Primaquine, an 8-aminoquinoline drug capable of clearing the intra-hepatic schizonts, hypnozoites of Plasmodium vivax, and holds a unique and unreplaceable radical cure, but the non-compliance with 14 day-course primaquine regimen is a big problem now.
Researchers have demonstrated in a clinical trial that a new vaccine for malaria has been up to 100 percent effective when assessed at 10 weeks after last dose of vaccine.
Malaria is a vector-borne disease by far the world's most important tropical parasitic disease with high mortality and morbidity, especially in tropical Africa and South East Asia. The emergence of artemisinin resistance in Vietnam as big obstacle to reduce the malaria burden and elimination.
Dracunculiasis (commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis- a long, thread-like worm. It is transmitted exclusively when people drink stagnant water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas.
Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg virus disease (MVD), a disease with a case fatality ratio of up to 88%. Marburg virus disease was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, Serbia.
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On September 30th 2015, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) held the ceremony ending the course 36 and awarding the intermediate professional education diplomas to 75 full-time students of Medical Laboratory Technology, Course 36 (2013-2015).
The Party Congress of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) was held on 24 April 2015 with the attendances of comrade Nguyen Ba Tra, Secretary of Party Committee of Provincial Agencies Block (PAC); comrade Le Binh Thanh, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of PAC; comrade Nguyen Huu Loc, Chairman of Party Inspection Committee; comrade Nguyen Van Minh, Head of Propaganda and Instruction Committee, and the Executive Committee of the Institute Communist Party Committee and all Party members of IMPE-QN.
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