The Global Health eLearning Center is pleased to offer this course on Malaria. Learners taking this course will be oriented to key concepts about malaria, which is a leading cause of illness and death in the developing world and a significant drag on economic development. This course covers topics such as:

• The epidemiology, lifecycle, and clinical manifestations of malaria
  
  
• Tools for preventing malaria and strategies for taking these to scale
   
• Recommended drug therapies and challenges to providing rapid, effective treatment in affected countries
  
  
• Impact of malaria during pregnancy and strategies for prevention
   
• Lessons learned from successful malaria control programs 

The course looks at various approaches for scaling up the use of insecticide-treated nets, such as free distribution, social marketing, and public-private partnerships. It also discusses the benefits of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) as well as important considerations to IRS implementation such as sustainability and feasibility.

Knowledge for Health Project, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs (CCP), Family Health International(FHI), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), With IT Support from Google.

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