While gains have been made in global malaria control, little progress has been made in reducing malaria-related deaths among adolescents. The protection of populations such as adolescents, and particularly girls, has been largely overlooked—despite malaria being one of the major causes of death and ill health in these populations.

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In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, GHTC staff embraced our health policy wonkiness by participating in the time-honored beltway tradition, #HealthPolicyValentines, to share our passion for global health R&D. Check out our favorites.

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Rohit Ramchandani, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conferenc. Dr. Ramchandani does research to innovate global treatment options for childhood diarrhea at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland and the University of Waterloo. 

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Vinayak Joshi, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference. Dr. Joshi is working on a diagnostic for cerebral malaria with support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Mohammad Nuhu Amin, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference. Dr. Amin researches sanitation and diarrheal diseases with support from the United States Agency for International Development.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.