Bart Knols

Netherlands

Founder of MalariaWorld, the world's largest professional and social network for malaria professionals. With currently more than 8600 subscribers (free of charge) in >140 countries. Stimulating debate, forums, expert blogs, listing meetings, jobs, etc. Sending out a weekly newsletter with all new malaria articles published that week. Editor of the MalariaWorld Journal, the first Open Access journal on malaria where you don't pay to read and don't pay to publish. Bart has also written blogs on malaria for the European Journalism Centre fort heir THINK3! Competition, of which he was a winner (and visited the Millennium villages in Kenya afterwards). He has (co)authored more than 140 scientific articles on malaria, 19 book chapters, and served as editor on 3 books. He also authored the popular science book ‘Mosquito: The fascinating world of public enemy number 1’ (in Dutch). Besides his voluntary work for MalariaWorld, which has been active for the last 5 years, he is a Director of In2Care, a Dutch company he (co)founded in 2011, which develops novel tools to control mosquito-borne diseases, notably malaria and dengue. He also serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of the Dutch Malaria Foundation (which he helped to set up in 2010). He currently serves as the PI on a 5-country EU-FP7 funded project that develops mosquito contamination devices. Websites: MalariaWorld: www.malariaworld.org Personal website: www.bartknols.com Company website: www.in2care.org EU Project website: www.mcdproject.eu


Comments

Samuel Kemboi

2015-10-15 23:41

Bart Knols . You have inspired many young scientist to what they are across the world. You have uplifted health standards of thousands rural households through your projects especially in africa. Cheers Dr. Best wishes in this award.

hemant bankhede

2015-10-04 04:40

Dr. Bart is a true malaria Hero..Malaria World website brings together all researcher who are working in field of malaria prevention, control, drug discovery and vaccine development.. indeed supporting malaria eradication goal of WHO. To support researcher and publication malaria free journal reward author with €150... all this is appreciable. All the best Dr. Bart... U deserve the award and before award you are a true malaria hero.

Sara Canavati

2015-09-25 05:22

Bart Knols is truly active in social media. The Malaria World portal has been an excellent tool for dissemination of information among us. It is a platform I have enjoyed for a long time now. I would like to commend very strongly Bart for this award.

SUNITA SHAMSUL

2015-08-25 00:47

Malaria world: a portal for getting everyone together, talking.

Dylo Pemba

2015-08-06 23:30

Deserving, I am updated all the time on relevant and sticky issues through the malaria world platform

DINKAR SAHAL

2015-07-10 18:01

Money is important but more important are blessings and best wishes from all across the world. Bart Knols has deservedly received the latter in abundance. Hence this and other awards to Bart Knols will cause resonance for selfless service.

Dayton Makusa

2015-07-09 22:53

Thanks Malaria World is such a blessing for those of us who have a calling to eradication of malaria.

Antoine Claessens

2015-07-09 22:11

Thank you for making MalariaWorld free!

Ibrahim Kiche

2015-07-09 01:28

MalariaWorld is excellent in Consolidating and Sharing the right information for the public globally. The work of Bart is non discriminative at all levels. Congratulation and you deserve the SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD 2015...

Mahamadou DIAKITE

2015-07-09 00:06

supports efficiently key information on all aspects of malaria while being a non-profit organization.

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