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IHI is best known for its malaria research. A long list of current research interests includes:
- clinical trials of new drugs and vaccines
- measuring impact of intermittent preventive treatment of infants
- monitoring the effectiveness and safety of existing drugs
- improving access to prompt and effective treatment
- investigating diagnostic practice and clinical management of malaria
- monitoring and evaluation of the national ITN voucher scheme
- development and testing of fungi to combat malarial mosquitoes
- discovery of odours for use in disrupting mosquito feeding and mating
- measuring impact of larvicides and indoor residual sprays on malaria transmission
- investigating mosquito ecology as a basis for development of new vector control methods
Yet we do much more than just malaria research. In recent years, IHI’s research portfolio has deepened and diversified to include:
- researching health systems, including
- equity & vulnerability
- health financing
- health information
- human resources
- governance & accountability
- scaling up and monitoring interventions for maternal and neonatal survival
- testing patient-centred approaches to the treatment of tuberculosis
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