Projects in the DRUGS Team
Our projects mainly involve aspects of malaria but we are continuously broadening our research topics into other areas of neglected tropical diseases and global health.
Projects
Project title: Predicting vector-borne disease epidemics: Dissemination of risk forecasting using District Health Information Software2 (DHIS2) in Tanzania
Acronym: PreVBD
Aim: Forecast epidemic risks of vector-borne diseases in Tanzania, such as malaria and dengue by developing novel spatio-temporal models and further disseminate these risk assessments for targeted and timely interventions through DHIS2.
Period: 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2025
Partners:
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), United Republic of Tanzania
State University of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania
University of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
Joint Malaria Programme, NIMR, United Republic of Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, United Republic of Tanzania
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Project coordinator: Michael Alifrangis
Funder: Danida
Total grant: 11,995,367 DKK
News
The CLIMSA project, focusing on improving the health of Burkina Faso’s rural populations in the context of climate change, is happy to announce in our midterm-report, that we are progressing according to the timeplan. 
Field visit 2024 to Nanoro with Helle Samuelsen, Pascal Magnussen and Helle Smedegaard Hansson, followed by meetings with project staff in Ouagadougou.
Each month, the Project Management Team meet to sum up on field activities and discussing the data collected.
Four PhD students have been recruited doing field work and data collection. The PhD projects cover aspects of sociology/anthropology, molecular biology, climate & geography and microbiology/water quality. Recently, two Master students have joined the project.
A Hostile Environment Awareness Training course has been conducted in Denmark. The four PhD students, the field coordinator and three Danish researchers participated.
To read the full midterm report, please contact Project Coordinator, Pascal Magnussen
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) – The UNITAID project
Project title: Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants – Plus’ (IPTi+) project.
Acronym: IPTi+
Aim: The overall aim is to reach more children, more frequently, in the first years of life to reduce malaria in young children and infants and save lives by use of the IPTi intervention which will be trialed out in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mozambique
Period: 1 September 2021 - 31 July 2025
Partners:
Population Services International (PSI)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Ministries of Health in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mozambique
Project coordinator: LSHTM
Funder: UNITAID
Grant (Danish part): approx. DKK 5 mill (total: USD 35mill)
Project title: BSU4 - University of Hargeisa in collaboration with Danish consortium of Universities
Aim:The development of the institutional research capacity at University of Hargeisa, Somaliland
Period: 2023 - 2028
Partner:
University of Hargeisa (UoH) in Somaliland
Roskilde University, University of Southern Denmark
Project coordinator: Associate Professor Michael Alifrangis and Project Manager Dorte Holler Johansen
Funder: Danida
Total grant: DKK 70 million, i.e. DKK 20 million to the Danish Consortium
Diagnostic tool for malaria in breath
Project title: Development of a biosynthetic odor receptor-based biosensor for non-invasive diagnosis in breath
Aim: Development of a new (non-invasive) diagnostic tool for malaria based on breath.
Period: 1 January 1 2020 - 31 December 2022
Partner:
Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine. Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Project coordinator: Maria Dimiaki
Funder: Lundbeckfonden
Total grant: 1,999,523 DKK