Individual Course
MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe
Course Length
11 weeks
3-5 hours per week
Featuring faculty from:
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Enroll as Individual
Certificate Price:
$ 149
Enroll as Individual
Certificate Price:
$ 149
Join experts to explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed to control and eliminate malaria.
How can we eradicate malaria, a disease that has caused more deaths than the two world wars combined? Can modern data science help us in eliminating this mosquito-borne disease? How do the biology, ecology, and epidemiology of the malaria-causing parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax differ? Explore the scientific and technological underpinnings of malaria, as well as the historical, political, social, and economic contexts in which control, elimination, and eradication efforts unfold.
Through foundational lectures, case studies, SimState scenarios, and interviews with experts, MalariaX provides learners with a toolbox of knowledge and analytical skills to understand one of the deadliest diseases ever known. By exploring multidisciplinary aspects of malaria, this course demonstrates how understanding social and economic factors is crucial to developing a successful integrated approach to national and local malaria eradication efforts. Learners will be guided through the analysis of real-world data and its effective use in the development of context-specific interventions to achieve sustainable and equitable impact against malaria.
MalariaX contains new findings, examines recent innovations in prevention and treatment, and explores the knowledge gap for tackling malaria. This course also explores how data is used to model malaria transmission dynamics, evaluate the different strategies used to eliminate this disease, and inform decision-making to achieve a malaria-free world.
The self-paced nature of the course allows learners to access essential malaria knowledge on their own schedule. Learners with an interest in gaining new technical knowledge, global health expertise, and decision-making skills, including those already working in the field of global health and malaria are suited for this course.
Self-Guided
edX
- Learning Outcome
Understand how new genomic tools and molecular epidemiology approaches can improve decision-making to inform local and national malaria policymaking
- Learning Outcome
Explore the impact of drug and insecticide resistance on malaria control and eradication programs and advances in vaccine and drug development
- Learning Outcome
Understand the historical, political, behavioral, and socio-economic contexts of malaria control, elimination, and eradication efforts
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- Do it on your own time
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Syllabus
What you'll learn each week
Your Instructor
Manoj Duraisingh
John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Your Instructor
Melissa Penny
Assistant Professor and Head, Disease Modelling Research Unit at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel
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Your Instructor
Abdisalan Noor
Head of Unit, Strategic Information for Response, Global Malaria Programme at World Health Organization Read full bio.
Your Instructor
Dyann F. Wirth
Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read full bio.
Your Instructor
Sarah Volkman
Principal Research Scientist, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read full bio.
Your Instructor
Marcel Tanner
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Parasitology at University of Basel Read full bio.
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Michael R. Reich
Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy Emeritus, Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read full bio.
Your Instructor
Flaminia Catteruccia
Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Your Instructor
Marcia Castro
Andelot Professor of Demography and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read full bio.
Ways to take this course
Audit or Pursue a Verified Certificate
A Verified Certificate costs $149 and provides unlimited access to full course materials, activities, tests, and forums. At the end of the course, learners who earn a passing grade can receive a certificate.
Alternatively, learners can Audit the course for free and have access to select course material, activities, tests, and forums. Please note that this track does not offer a certificate for learners who earn a passing grade.
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