Lovemore Mapahla

Programme: BMGF-MMALA Postgraduate Student

Proposed malaria research:
Use of mathematical modelling to assess the impact of artemisinin resistance on malaria elimination in Southern Africa 

Main objective:  
The main objective is to combat the spread of artemisinin resistance, enabling disruption of malaria transmission resulting from recrudescent infections. The intention is to show how artemisinin resistant mutations proliferate within the human host, highlight its evolutionary processes and most importantly generate evidence to inform policy. 

Home country: Zimbabwe