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Newswise — Ahead of , the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health will host an expert briefing for the media about efforts to control and prevent malaria around the world. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that in 2023 took nearly , the majority being children under age 5 in the . 

In the U.S., the risk of contracting malaria remains low; however, continued vigilance is needed to prevent increases in both domestic cases from foreign travel and, as for the first time in 20 years, locally transmitted cases.

The live briefing will take place from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. EDT (1:00 to 1:30 p.m. GMT // 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Nairobi) on Wednesday, April 9, via Zoom, and will feature two experts from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. , and , will discuss the latest research, the need for sustained investment, why malaria is so challenging to eradicate, and how modifying mosquitoes may be a way to combat the disease.

The two experts will also discuss:

• The current state of malaria.
• The need for global commitment to malaria prevention, control, and research.
• Advancing diagnostics and therapeutics.
• Current mosquito vector control methods and their limitations.
• The need for an integrated approach to malaria control.

Experts:

• , PhD, is director of the at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the School. Her research focuses on using genomics—the interdisciplinary study of an organism’s complete set of genes and DNA—and genomic sequencing to further understand the biology and evolution of malaria parasites and their mosquito vectors. 
  
  
• , PhD, MBA, is a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He studies vector-borne diseases and how mosquitoes can be rendered incapable of transmitting human pathogens.

Registration required: Please register by 10:00 a.m. EDT // 2:00 p.m. GMT // 5:00 p.m. Nairobi on Tuesday, April 8, to receive the Zoom link and password for Wednesday’s briefing. Questions for the experts may be submitted via the registration form in advance or via chat during the briefing.

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