WANECAM2 consortium reports positive results from Phase 2b study of novel treatment for children with malaria

WANECAM2 consortium reports positive results from Phase 2b study of novel treatment for children with malaria

New Orleans, 15 November 2024 – The West African Network for Clinical Trials of Antimalarial Drugs (WANECAM2) consortium is pleased to announce positive results from the Phase 2b KALUMI study of the novel, non-artemisinin drug ganaplacide combined with a new once-daily formulation of lumefantrine. KALUMI is a Phase 2 randomized, open-label, non-inferiority study evaluating the…

Engaging the community and general public – WANECAM 2 at the week of community engagement in Bamako – Mali

Engaging the community and general public – WANECAM 2 at the week of community engagement in Bamako – Mali

Context The involvement of young girls at all stages of their lives in Science is a major focus of the WANECAM 2 project, which encourages young girls to study Science in order to promote the female gender. Hence, WANECAM 2  in partnership with the Amazons of the Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-stomatology (FMOS) and the…

MRTC-Parasito PhD workshop for the Thesis Review organised by WANECAM 2

MRTC-Parasito PhD workshop for the Thesis Review organised by WANECAM 2

Context As part of its capacity building activities, the WANECAM 2 project has initiated a pedagogical workshop for MRTC-Parasito PhDs for the review of theses with the aim of better formalizing the follow-up of all PhDs to enhance the quality of human resources that MRTC-Parasito trains locally. Objective This activity took place from 19 to…

Press release

Press release

Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture announce decision to move to Phase 3 study for novel ganaplacide/lumefantrine-SDF combination in adults and children with malaria Basel, November 23, 2022 — As the threat of resistance to current malaria treatments grows1,2, Novartis and MMV announce the decision to progress ganaplacide/lumefantrine- solid dispersion formulation (SDF) into Phase 3 development for the treatment…

The Structural Biology Initiation Workshop co-initiated by BIO-STRUCTURE and WANECAM 2

The Structural Biology Initiation Workshop co-initiated by BIO-STRUCTURE and WANECAM 2

Context : Most African countries do not conduct research in structural biology due to limited resources, lack of trained people and brain drain of qualified scientists. Thus WANECAM 2 and BIO-STRUCT organised a training workshop in Structural Biology in the Bioinformatics Room of DELGEME in Bamako, Mali from 25 to 28 April 2022. The opening…

Workshop for enhancing the PhD research of the Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC-Parasito), organized by WANECAM 2

Workshop for enhancing the PhD research of the Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC-Parasito), organized by WANECAM 2

Context As part of its capacity building activities, WANECAM 2 initiated a workshop for its PhDs students and extended to all MRTC-Parasito PhDs to review their thesis work. This in order to better formalize their supervision and enhance the quality of human resources trained locally at MRTC-Parasito. Objectives This activity took place from 19 to…

Engaging the community and general public – WANECAM 2 at World Malaria Day in Bamako – Mali

Engaging the community and general public – WANECAM 2 at World Malaria Day in Bamako – Mali

Malaria is frequently mentioned in symposia, seminars and meetings, is at the centre of our concerns and the international community remains mobilized to combat this disease through research and other initiatives.  Still, every minute a child under the age of five dies of malaria in the world.  In the face of this reality, challenges to…