Project BITE | The Malaria Elimination Initiative

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Tools under evaluation to prevent outdoor malaria transmission include spatial repellents, topical repellents, and insecticide-treated clothing. Project BITE (Bite Interruption Toward Elimination) is funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the <a href="https://www.ivcc.com">Innovative Vector Control Consortium</a> as part of their <a href="https://www.ivcc.com/vector-control/indopacificinitiative">Indo Pacific Initiative</a>. Project BITE partners include the University of Notre Dame, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Thailand, Kasetsart University in Thailand, and Cambodia’s National Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, among others.</p> <div class="fl-left one-half"><img alt data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="38d19fb0-ee23-4360-8c2b-ae16e513df67" height="420" src="/sites/default/files/images/our-work/project-bite-woman-walking.jpg" width="420" loading="lazy"></div> <p>Despite significant progress in the fight against malaria, 239,000 cases were reported in the Greater Mekong Subregion in 2019 with the majority of cases reported in Cambodia. Multidrug-resistant malaria remains a threat to regional elimination goals and global health security, and mobile and migrant populations including forest-goers and forest rangers remain at highest risk for malaria. Moreover, many of the malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in the region bite and rest outdoors, yet the availability of effective protection against outdoor-biting mosquitoes is severely limited. Project BITE will assess the epidemiological and entomological protective efficacy, as well as the acceptability, durability, and cost, of a curated forest pack of bite prevention tools compared to standard of care among high-risk forest ranger and forest-going populations in Cambodia, following evaluations of the same tools through semi-field studies in Thailand. Ultimately, the goal of Project BITE is to inform scale-up of effective outdoor bite prevention tools across Cambodia, the Greater Mekong Subregion, and the Asia Pacific region to support near-term malaria elimination goals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <aside role="contentinfo"> <div> <div id="block-meitoolkit"> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div> <div class="text-content"><div class="mei-toolkit"> <h2>MEI Malaria Elimination Toolkit</h2> <p><a class="button" href="/toolkit">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div class="footer"> <div id="block-footer-logos"> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div> <div class="text-content"><div class="ighs-logo"><a href="https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/"><img alt="UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences logo" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c543bf7f-96dd-4ed2-ba12-a4018ba0f94f" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/ucsf-ighs-logo.png" width="1792" height="558" loading="lazy"></a></div> <div class="mei-logo"> <p><a href="http://www.shrinkingthemalariamap.org/">The Malaria Elimination Initiative</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-footer-navigation-menu" id="block-footer-navigation"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-footer-navigation-menu">Footer navigation</h2> <div class="flex-footer-nav"> <div class="flex-footer-nav-one"> <h2>About</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/about/bold-vision">A Bold Vision</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/mei-team">The MEI Team</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/advisory-board">Advisory Board</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/mind-gap-fellowship-program">Fellowship Program</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/how-we-work">How We Work</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/our-impact">Our Impact</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about/careers">Careers</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="flex-footer-nav-two"> <h2>Our Work</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/our-work/surveillance-and-response">Surveillance and Response</a> </li> <li> <a href="/our-work/vector-control">Vector Control</a> </li> <li> <a href="/our-work/drugs-and-diagnostics">Drugs and Diagnostics</a> </li> <li> <a href="/our-work/program-management">Program Management</a> </li> <li> <a href="/our-work/advocacy-financing-and-sustainability">Advocacy, Financing, and Sustainability</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="flex-footer-nav-three"> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/resources/featured-resources">Featured Resources</a> </li> <li> <a href="/resources/publications-database">Publications Database</a> </li> <li> <a href="/resources/background-papers">Background Papers</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="flex-footer-nav-four"> <ul> <li> <h2> <a href="/toolkit">Toolkit</a> </h2> </li> <li> <h2> <a href="/news">News</a> </h2> </li> <li> <h2> <a href="https://makeagift.ucsf.edu/mei">Give</a> </h2> </li> <li> <h2> <a href="http://malariaeradicationcommission.com/report/report-overview-and-technical-briefs"><em>The Lancet</em> Commission on malaria eradication</a> </h2> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="block-footer-social"> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div> <div class="text-content"><div class="social"><a href="https://twitter.com/MEIatUCSF"><span class="fab fa-twitter"><span class="sr-only">Follow MEI on Twitter</span></span></a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-footersubscribe-2"> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div> <div class="text-content"><div class="subscribe"> <form action="//ShrinkingTheMalariaMap.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=db96b0a98ff39cc44f06db530&id=47068b7a33" class="validate" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" method="post" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" novalidate target="_blank"> <div data-children-count="2" id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"><label for="mce-EMAIL"><span class="subscribe-labels"><span class="subscribe-large-label">Keep in Touch</span><span class="subscribe-small-label"> with our Newsletter</span></span></label> <input class="email" data-kwimpalaid="1618188087625-0" data-kwimpalastatus="alive" id="mce-EMAIL" name="EMAIL" placeholder="email address" required type="email" value>  <div aria-hidden="true" data-children-count="1" style="position: absolute; 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