Society for Medical Anthropology

Academic Resources: Topical Resources

• Malaria

general resources

• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  
• GlobalHealthFacts.org -- from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
  
• Tropical Diseases Ring
  
• Malaria: an on-line resource - presented by the Division of Laboratory Medicine at Royal Perth Hospital
  
• Malaria Foundation International -- plus MFI's links to gov't agencies, societies, foundations, organizations, universities...
• Malaria links - maintained by Ahmed A. Abdel-Hameed Adeel, MBBS, MPH, PhD
  
• Malaria site - showcases the malaria control efforts at Mangalore, South India.
  
• MedlinePlus: Malaria
  
• MIMCom Malaria Research Resources
  
• updates -- from the Speical Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO/TDR)
  
• Karolinska Institutet- Links pertaining to Parasitic Disorders

bibliographies/syllabi

• Malaria Bibliography (word doc)
  maintained by Prof. Mark Nichter, University of Arizona

syllabi: anthropology & international health; anthropology & infectious diseases

projects

• Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria
  
• Malaria Centre, London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  
• The Malaria Consortium
  
• Malaria Research Capability Strengthening in Africa (MIM/TDR)
  
• Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa
  
• Medicines for Malaria Venture
  
• Southern Africa Malaria Control
  
• The WHO's Roll Back Malaria initiative

vaccines

• African Malaria Network Trust
  
• Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4)
  
• Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH
  
• USAID Malaria Vaccine Development Program

maps & mapping

• Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa
• the map page itself: http://www.mara.org.za/staticmaps.htm
• Note: Some days it is impossible to download the maps. If you can't download, then click on "Information on maps". Also, look at malaria data from the 2006 UNICEF State of the World's Children Report
  

databases

• from the Partnership for Social Sciences in Malaria Control, available at Malaria Foundation International
  • Meeting database, 1994-2006
  • Publication database, 1994-2005
  • French Publication database, 1994-2006
  • Reports database, 1994-2006
  • Lusophone Reports database, 1994-2006
• WHO/TDR Malaria Database
  NetMark Research on Insecticide Treated Materials (ITMs) 2004

publications

• Bloland, Peter B. and Holly A. Williams, Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters. Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, National Research Council, Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2002.
• Heggenhougen, H. Kristian, Veronica Hackethal, Pramila Vivek, The behavioural and social aspects of malaria and its control: An introduction and annotated bibliography. TDR/STR/SEB/VOL/03.1 (226 pages)
• Lapdap: a new antimalarial for Africa. Tropical Disease Rresearch News, Sept. 2003
• Malaria Journal
• Medical Anthropology, vol. 17:3 - special issue "Malaria and Development", Guest Editor Randall M. Packard
• Nature 419: 6906 (Oct. 3, 2002) -- About half this issue (issue 6906)is dedicated to the
  genetics of plasmodium falciparum but there are also interesting public health and political articles about malaria. Available online free to all until 31/10/2002.
• Williams et al., The contribution of social science research to malaria prevention and control. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002, 80 (3). (pdf)
• publications and downloads from the Malaria Consortium
  medanthro.net's list of journals
  MFI's list of online journals

discussions

• subscribe: to the malaria discussion mail server
  
• join a discussion at the Malaria Foundation International discussion center

for students

• Malaria and Drug Resistance -- Special Study Module Project Report created by Titus Bradley, MBChB, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leicester