Advancing Global Health through Development and Clinical Trials Partnerships: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Assessment of Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of PfSPZ Vaccine for Malaria in Healthy Equatoguinean Men.

Equatorial Guinea (EG) has implemented a successful malaria control program on Bioko Island. A highly effective vaccine would be an ideal complement to this effort and could lead to halting transmission and eliminating malaria. Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine ( sporozoite Vaccine) is being developed for this purpose.

Impact of military conflict on a civilian receiving hospital in a war zone.

Objective: To study the impact of war on the workload/finances of a community hospital adjacent to the front.

Summary Background Data: Community hospitals located nearby/within military conflict zones treat trauma casualties while providing routine surgical services to the community.

Methods: Observational study conducted in Ziv hospital (1 of 3 designated receiving hospitals during the second Lebanon War (12/7/2006-14/8/2006).