January 19, 2018
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Registration now open for the Malaria MOOC
As part of the ongoing development of its online training, the Institut Pasteur has set up a MOOC on malaria, a disease which remains a major public health threat and claims more than 400,000 lives each year. Although the widespread use of currently available malaria control measures has led to a considerable reduction in the spread of the disease over the past decade, the elimination of malaria in highly endemic regions remains a distant prospect.
The Institut Pasteur has therefore decided to set up a MOOC on malaria, with the aim of giving learners an overview of the wide variety of disciplines involved and the issues currently being investigated in malaria research. Topics covered in the MOOC range from the molecular and cellular biology of the parasite and its different life cycles to field- and hospital-based clinical research on the disease. It looks at the latest genome techniques used to examine the biology of the parasite and investigates advances in translational research for the development of new malaria control tools, including medication and vaccines. The course also covers the epidemiology of malaria and clinical research, helping learners grasp how malaria has become a major public health issue.
The MOOC is aimed at a broad and varied audience including healthcare and public health professionals, microbiologists, scientists, students in life sciences, physicians, nurses, etc.