| In the programme Home management of fever in children in Ghana 2 surveys were conducted to determine prevalence of malaria and respiratory infections; information materials for the population and co-workers, questionnaires and instruction materials were developed and village health workers were selected and trained. The intervention with Artemisinin Combination Treatment (ACT) alone versus ACT plus amoxicilin will start early 2007. The WOTRO funded integrated programme on the diagnosis of fevers in Vietnam was closed on Dec 31. Data are being analyzed. Work on dengue and other fevers in Vietnam continues. The WOTRO funded program "Prevention, detection, monitoring and epidemiology of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and mixed infections in Vietnam , using QT-NASBA" ran into delay because of declining incidence of malaria. We participate in the MMV study: A Randomised, Multi-Centre, Phase III, Controlled Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of a fixed dose, orally administered combination of pyronaridine and artesunate (PA) in adult patients with acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria (location Vietnam) Multidisciplinary studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis in military patients from Afghanistan started. We participate in the Interact programme, (funding by Naccap and EuropAid) and participation in several of the research activities in Rwanda and Uganda. A randomized, double-blind placebo controlled trial of a probiotic product (Ebologic travel) for the prevention of traveller's diarrhoea was started. |
