International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR)

Population-based Approach to Malaria Research and Control (West Africa)

Dr. Donald Krogstad, PI for the Mali ICEMR.

 

Principal Investigator: Donald Krogstad, M.D.
Lead Institution: Tulane University, New Orleans

Project Leads:

• Seydou O. Doumbia, University of Bamako
• Sekou F. Traore and Mamadou B. Coulibaly, University of Bamako
• Ousmane A. Koita, University of Bamako
• Daouda Ndiaye, Cheikh Anta Diop University

Collaborating Institutions:

• MRC Laboratories, Fajara and Basse, Gambia
• University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
• University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
• Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
• Malaria Immunology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID/NIH

Research Areas

The key initial scientific aim of this Center is to perform prospective studies of the epidemiology and transmission of malaria at field sites in the endemic area. The studies will aim to characterize and understand:

• the heterogeneity of malaria infection, disease and transmission;
• the effects of control strategies on malaria transmission and pathogenesis; and
• the major obstacles to improving malaria control and potentially eliminating malaria, including drug and insecticide resistance.

Regional Impact

Malaria takes an enormous toll across the globe, particularly among children less than five years of age in Africa. The ICEMR will evaluate successes and failures in regional efforts to control and eliminate malaria.

View Associated sites for the Mali, Senegal, The Gambia ICEMR – Mali (Bamako, Kenieroba, Dioro), Senegal (Dakar, Thies), The Gambia (Fajara, Basse) in a larger map

Map description: Associated sites for the Mali, Senegal, The Gambia ICEMR – Mali (Bamako, Kenieroba, Dioro), Senegal (Dakar, Thies), The Gambia (Fajara, Basse)