Malaria

From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these resources help students understand malaria, its transmission and the steps that are being taken to eradicate the disease. The resource includes: * An excellent interactive animation (Malaria Challenge) with details of malaria and the parasite's life cycle. * Video clips of interviews with experts working in malaria research and treatment. * Activities where students need to make decisions on strategies to manage malaria in regions where it is endemic. * Looking at decisions into the funding of malaria research.

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Malaria Challenge

Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this multimedia resource explores the five major stages of the malaria lifecycle, highlighting the role of the Plasmodium parasite at each stage. The resource predominantly focuses on Plasmodium falciparum but does also make reference to other Plasmodium species...

Malaria Challenge: Big Debate

Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these materials are designed to be used in conjunction with the Malaria Challenge materials (also included in this collection on the eLibrary). Students use the Malaria Challenge resource to research one of five different stages of the malaria cycle. In groups they...

Malaria Challenge: Funding Decisions

From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource helps students to consider the allocations of funds to one or more malaria intervention projects. In groups they must discuss the pros and cons of different the projects and decide which should receive funding....

Malaria Challenge: Managing Malaria

Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these materials help students to understand how malaria is tackled in an area where it is endemic. In this activity students are given a scenario where they are allocated the role of malaria programme managers for a...

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