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University of Notre Dame — Eck Institute for Global Health

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The University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health develops new approaches to malaria prevention, surveillance, and elimination.

8
Endemic countries
1
U.S. states
9
Products and programs
About

What they do

The University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health develops new approaches to malaria prevention, surveillance, and elimination.1 Its work includes spatial repellents and other vector-control tools, novel diagnostics, entomological surveillance and decision-support systems, emerging malaria vectors and insecticide resistance, automated mosquito identification, non-falciparum malaria in Africa, and molecular surveillance of parasite drug resistance and diagnostic-escape mutations.1 Its U.S. R&D is based in Notre Dame, Indiana.1 The work spans the discovery, development, and delivery stages, from laboratory research and field evaluation to operational implementation, including research that has informed WHO policy on detecting malaria infections and tracking parasite mutations that can make some diagnostic tests less effective.1

In the United States
Products and programs

In the field and in development

Spatial emanators / spatial repellents2,1
Entomological surveillance and decision-support systems1
Human-vector exposure and residual-transmission research1
Emerging-vector and insecticide-resistance surveillance, including Anopheles stephensi1
Automated mosquito identification and next-generation entomological surveillance1
Mosquito-control chemistry / GPCR-targeted insecticide discovery3,1
Development, field-testing, and WHO prequalification of novel diagnostic tools1
P. falciparum hrp2/3 deletion surveillance across multiple countries (including Ethiopia, Burundi, Chad, and Ghana) and parasite drug-resistance surveillance4,1
DREAM of Malaria5,1
Where they work

Partnerships in 8 endemic countries

Product testingPrograms and deliveryResearchSurveillance and genomics
Ethiopia
Africa
  • Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), University of Gondar, Hawassa University · malaria/vector surveillance and emerging-vector research4,1
Ghana
Africa
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) · malaria diagnosis1
Indonesia
Asia-Pacific
  • Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) and Hasanuddin University · malaria/vector-control research1
Kenya
Africa
  • Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) · malaria and vector-control research, field evaluation, and implementation research2,1
Mali
Africa
  • Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC) · malaria and vector-control research, field evaluation, and implementation research1
Tanzania
Africa
  • Ifakara Health Institute · malaria and vector-control research1
Thailand
Asia-Pacific
  • Kasetsart University, AFRIMS, Mahidol University · malaria/vector-control and entomological research1
Zambia
Africa
  • Macha Research Trust · malaria and vector-control research1
U.S. partners

Who they work with in the United States

Sources

Where this comes from

  1. 1Confirmed by the organization
  2. 2globalhealth.nd.edu
  3. 3globalhealth.nd.edu
  4. 4globalhealth.nd.edu
  5. 5globalhealth.nd.edu