{"id":415731,"date":"2026-04-24T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/415731\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:57:15","slug":"world-malaria-day-2026-turning-momentum-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/415731\/","title":{"rendered":"World Malaria Day 2026: Turning Momentum into Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SoEMalaria_2022_Halima-Mwenesi-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Halima Mwenesi at Science of Eradication Malaria 2022\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tHide caption<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tShow caption<\/p>\n<p>\tHalima Mwenesi at Science of Eradication Malaria 2022 <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Through the lens of this year\u2019s theme\u2014\u201cNow We Can. Now We Must.\u201d\u2014Regina Rabinovich shares perspectives on how research, partnerships, and real-world engagement are accelerating progress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWP_Gina-Rabinovich_FFHS_IMG_0688-crop-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH, Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at ISGLOBAL at the University of Barcelona and Scholar in Residence, Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.\" class=\"wp-image-111350082841\"  \/>Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH, \u00a0Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at ISGLOBAL at the University of Barcelona and Scholar in Residence, Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Through the lens of World Malaria Day 2026\u2019s theme, \u201cDriven to End Malaria: Now we can. Now we Must,\u201d what is one emerging opportunity or approach that gives you the most optimism for the future of malaria elimination?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">An emerging near-term approach is the potential for synergies in delivery across existing and emerging tools. Vaccine programs increasingly need to coordinate with malaria,\u00a0NTD, and water programs. The global health community has learned hard lessons about purely vertical approaches: these are neither efficient in terms of human resources nor are they sustainable in terms of financial resources\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">The University\u2019s malaria research efforts date back to the Harvard Expedition of the 1920s, where malaria was documented and studied in Liberia and the Belgian Congo.\u00a0What\u2019s one lesson from the past that continues to shape our work today? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">An evergreen lesson in malaria is that innovation is critical. \u00a0Historically, in the 1950s, the global health community\u00a0launched a global eradication program with a\u00a0single\u00a0drug and a\u00a0single\u00a0insecticide. This limited approach, coupled with lessons learned from the successful eradication campaign (e.g., Smallpox and the current Polio effort), has\u00a0taught us key lessons: the risk of resistance, the need to improve tools, and the challenges unique to the last mile. Both biological resistance and financial gaps are constant challenges to these programs. Innovation remains a key step in confronting both of these problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">What\u2019s one thing everyone should know about Harvard\u2019s Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe Initiative?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Harvard\u2019s Defeating Malaria Initiative is far from an ivory tower project \u2013 it is deeply grounded in practice, engaging with country leaders, innovators, and implementers to create linkages and support leaders to push the frontiers of scientific and public health innovation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated<\/p>\n<p>April 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest public health news<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-block-animation has-fly-in-animation\">Stay connected with Harvard Chan School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hide caption Show caption Halima Mwenesi at Science of Eradication Malaria 2022 Through the lens of this year\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-415731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}