Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy

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CCOAT

CCOAT is a malaria research group within the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town

Malaria Research

We conduct clinical trials, meta-analyses, malaria drug resistance surveillance and pharmacovigilance activities and support research capacity development in low-resource settings

Treat Malaria and Break Malaria Transmission

This video explains the cycle of malaria infection and transmission and how it can be broken with artemether+lumefantrine and primaquine therapy.

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A glimpse into why we do, what we do

Our group aims to lead research that can improve the treatment of malaria in Africa, and globally.

Helping Policy Makers

The CCOAT team is involved on a day-to-day basis in helping to improve malaria medicines. We collaborate with multiple groups in our research to support policy makers with the evidence they need.

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Clinical trials and trials methodology research

Optimised Malaria Treatment

Supporting anti-malarial treatment policy

Ensuring drug safety

IPD meta-analyses

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Teaching, training & capacity development

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Surveillance for anti-malarial drug resistance

About CCOAT

CCOAT brings together the expertise of clinical and laboratory researchers, working together to improve malaria treatment. We are the Southern African Centre for the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (part of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory) where we also lead the Pharmacology module.

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Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy