Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

Tanzania

 

The Joint Malaria Programme is a collaboration between the National Institute for Medical Research of Tanzania, the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Copenhagen. The office in Moshi, northeast Tanzania, is located in an area where malaria transmission ranges from zero to extremely high.

People

• Eleanor Riley (MalariaGEN Investigator)
• Chris Drakeley (MalariaGEN Investigator)
• Hugh Reyburn (MalariaGEN Investigator)
• Alphaxard Manjurano (MalariaGEN Data Fellow)

How the team are contributing to MalariaGEN

The Joint Malaria Programme, together with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is recruiting samples for Consortial Project 1, Consortial Project 2 and Consortial Project 3.

For Consortial Project 1, the team recruited 500 severe malaria cases from Teule Hospital in Muheza and 500 matched controls from the community from which the cases came.

For Consortial Project 2, cross-sectional surveys were conducted in about 12,000 people (0-45 years of age) in six altitude transects of four villages each (150-1800 m) in the Kilimanjaro and Tanga regions during dry and wet seasons. From these, 8500 DNA, plasma and serological data have been collected.

Consortial Project 3 samples were collected from family trios in 3 communities in low-, medium- and high-transmission areas from the Kilimanjaro and Tanga regions.