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Wits University Collaborating Centre for Multi-disciplinary Research on Malaria

Wits University Collaborating Centre for Multi-disciplinary Research on Malaria

The Collaborating Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Research on Malaria, based at Wits University, focuses on research programmes that use parasite and mosquito surveillance to strengthen South Africa’s National Malaria Control Programme.

Key focus areas

  • Assess the presence of markers (commonly found in certain resistance treatments) in the human malaria species - P. falciparum;
  • Investigate P. falciparum cultures and how they interact with and respond to treatments;
  • Inform malaria treatment policy; and
  • Compare different methods of collecting mosquitos for surveillance.

 

Director
  • +27 82-807-3559
  • Maureen.coetzee@wits.ac.za