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Project Profile Hinkley Point - February 2012
AREVA Foundation supports malaria research program
As a natural extension of the group’s health policy, AREVA Foundation has chosen to support malaria research conducted by Institut Pasteur through CERMES, the medical and health research center in Niamey, Niger.
A research program consisting of two interrelated parts:
1. Improved biological diagnosis of malaria. The purpose of this project is to design, produce and validate a fast, reliable, inexpensive diagnostics test. A standard strip-type test will be created based on reagents. The strips, to be produced locally, should be at least as reliable as commercial tests and will cost less (0.15 euros per unit).
The expected benefits are the creation of local know-how, strengthened testing capabilities in Niger, cost reduction of treatment, and the establishment of a base of diagnostic tools for other pathologies. Some 5,000 people with suspected cases of malaria will be tested in the health centers.
2. Monitoring of treatment effectiveness and in particular resistance to antimalarial drugs by instituting intervention protocols suited to the epidemics encountered in Niger. These will:
- establish rules for patient management while avoiding the spread of new resistance;
- map resistance to treatment in different regions of the country;
- determine the type and frequency of mutations associated with resistance to antimalarial drugs.
Malaria, the world’s most prevalent parasitic infection
Some 40% of the world’s population is exposed to malaria, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is the leading cause of death. Malaria is currently responsible for 300 million acute cases of disease each year and at least 1 million deaths.
Malaria is thus a priority among the world's major pandemics, along with AIDS and tuberculosis. In fact, the fight against malaria is one of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.
