935 - World Mosquito Day: Harnessing New Tools to Jumpstart the Fight Against Malaria

Public Health On Call

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4.8 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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About this episode:

Progress in the global mission to eradicate malaria has stalled due to mosquito evolution, drug resistance, and underfunding. In this episode: Dr. Michael Adekunle Charles discusses what it will take to get this mission back on track, promising new tools recommended by WHO, and why a multisector approach to defeating malaria is crucial for achieving healthy outcomes.

Guest:

Dr. Michael Adekunle Charles, MPH, is the Chief Executive Officer of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria which brings together over 500 international partners dedicated to eliminating the disease.

Host:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.

Show links and related content:

CCP Plays Role in WHO Recommendation of Spatial Repellents for Malaria Control—Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
Anti-malarial drug resistance is making malaria normal again—African Arguments

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
0:05.9	where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges.
0:16.3	If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jhh.edu.
0:23.8	That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:30.5	It's Lindsay Smith Rogers.
0:32.5	Today is World Mosquito Day and Stephanie Desmond is joined by Dr. Michael Adekunle-Charles, CEO of the
0:39.6	RBM partnership to end malaria. They discuss why the fight against mosquitoes carrying the malaria
0:45.8	parasite is stalling and how a WHO endorsement of a new class of preventive tools could be such
0:52.3	an important new weapon against the disease.
0:55.0	Let's listen.
0:56.4	Michael Adecun Lake Charles, thanks so much for joining me.
1:00.4	Thank you so much, Stephanie, for having me.
1:02.4	Great to be here.
1:03.9	So you are the chief executive officer of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria.
1:10.0	For those of us who are not familiar,
1:11.9	could you tell us a little about that organization?
1:15.0	Yes, thank you very much.
1:16.3	The RBM Partnership to End Malaria
1:19.1	is a global partnership bringing together almost 500 partners
1:24.8	in endemic countries.
1:27.1	We have academia, we have research institutions. We have the
1:30.3	donors. We have the civil society organizations. And really just working together under the
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