MASTER-MAP: modern acceleration strategies for eradication of malaria in the Asia Pacific
The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination Modern Acceleration Strategies for Eradication of Malaria in the Asia-Pacific (ACREME MASTER-MAP) aims to develop novel solutions and high-quality evidence to inform policies and practices that address the major barriers in malaria elimination: failing diagnostic tests, drug and vector resistance, and lack of key preventative strategies.
In the Asia-Pacific, more than 2 billion people are at risk of malaria, a disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. In response to emerging multidrug resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prioritised malaria elimination in the Asia-Pacific by 2030.
The Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination Modern Acceleration Strategies for Eradication of Malaria in the Asia-Pacific (ACREME MASTER-MAP) will develop novel solutions and high-quality evidence that work towards malaria elimination.
Objective
In the Asia-Pacific, more than 2 billion people are at risk of malaria, a disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. In response to emerging multidrug resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prioritised malaria elimination in the Asia-Pacific by 2030.
ACREME MASTER-MAP will bring together researchers and scientists to create novel solutions and high-quality evidence to inform policies and practices that address the major barriers to malaria elimination.
Timeline
2023–2028.
Approach
ACREME MASTER-MAP will provide direct evidence for new strategies to achieve key priorities for malaria elimination.
The project has 3 integrated themes.
1. Tracking transmission
Detect, map and target malaria and drug resistance.
2. Prevention
Block transmission with interventions that target all malaria infections and vectors.
3. Treatment
Treat all infected people with safe and highly effective drug regimens.
These complementary themes will generate new clinical and epidemiological evidence and integrated transmission, economic and geospatial models to inform policy and resource allocation for the elimination of malaria in the Asia-Pacific.
Research and reports
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Acute Kidney Injury in Non-falciparum Malaria
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The impact of mass screening and treatment interventions on malaria incidence and prevalence: a retrospective analysis of a malaria elimination programme in eastern Myanmar, and systematic review and meta-analysis
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Baseline assessment of front-line health system capacity in vector-borne disease surveillance and response in Papua New Guinea
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Mapping residual malaria transmission in Vietnam
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Household costs associated with zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi, P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae infections in Sabah, Malaysia
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How do study participants want to be informed about study results: Findings from a malaria trial in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Indonesia
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Performance of quantitative point-of-care tests to measure G6PD activity: An individual participant data meta-analysis
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ACREME 2025 webinars
Partners
Funding partners
- Department Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as part of the Papua New Guinea and Republic of Indonesia for the Micro Elimination of TB (PRIME-TB) grant.
- FIND
Collaborators
- Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM): Rina Triasih,Betty Nababan, Hastarina Mulia, Billy Brilliandi, Felisia
- Menzies School of Health Research: Kevin Williams, Chris Lowbridge
- Yayasan Pengembangan Kesehatan dan Masyarakat Papua (YPKMP)
- Pemerintah Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
- Pemerintah Kabupaten Mimika
- PNG Institute of Medical Research
- Provincial Health Authority, East New Britain
- National Department of Health, PNG
- Institute Pasteur, Cambodia
- Mahidol University Thailand
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Thailand
- Telethon Kids Institute
- University of Melbourne
- Deakin University
- Monash University
- WEHI
- Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network.
Project contacts
Project team
Professor Freya J.I. Fowkes
Chief Investigator
Professor Leanne Robinson
Chief Investigator
Professor James Beeson
Chief Investigator
Professor Alyssa Barry
Chief Investigator
Dr Win Han Oo
Chief Investigator
Professor Peter Gething
Chief Investigator
The Kids Research Institute
Professor Ric Price
Chief Investigator
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University
Professor Kamala Thriemer
Chief Investigator
QIMR
Professor Ivo Mueller
Chief Investigator
WEHI
Associate Professor Bridget Barber
Chief Investigator
QIMR
Professor Julie Simpson
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Angela Devine
Associate Investigator
Menzies School of Health Research/The University of Melbourne
Dr Daniel Weiss
Associate Investigator
Telethon Kids Institute/Curtin University
Dr Jennifer Flegg
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Matthew Grigg
Associate Investigator
NHMRC Emerging Leader
Moses Laman
Principal Research Fellow
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Dr Rhea Longley
Associate Investigator
WEHI/Mahidol University
Associate Professor Stephan Karl
Associate Investigator
Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence in Malaria Research in PNG
Associate Professor Rob Commons
Associate Investigator
Menzies School of Health Research