Symposium: Facilitating an integrated regional response to antimalarial drug resistance in South-East Africa
When: Monday 22 April, 10:30-12:00 (CAT)
Where: Kigali Convention Centre, Room AD10
Organiser: Rwanda University & WHO Global Malaria Programme
The symposium aims to showcase innovative approaches for moving evidence into action for expediting integrated regional efforts in South-East Africa to jointly tackle the threat of antimalarial drug resistance and ensure effective malaria treatment policies and practices.
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Agenda
Chairs:
- Aline Uwimana, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (Rwanda)
- Charlotte Rasmussen, WHO Global Malaria Programme (Switzerland)
Introduction to the Mitigating Antimalarial Resistance Consortium for SE-Africa (MARC SE-Africa)
Karen I Barnes, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
East African Community Great Lakes Malaria Initiative partnership with MARC SE-Africa
Eulambius Mlugu, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania)
Plans for responding to antimalarial resistance in Uganda
Gerald Rukundo, National Malaria Control Division, Ministry of Health (Uganda) and Joaniter Nankabirwa, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Makarere University (Uganda)
Introducing MOXIE-Bot: A ChatBot to help find the right tools and resources to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of assessing and responding to antimalarial drug resistance
Stephanie van Wyk, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Reaching healthcare workers with mobile app-based dissemination of evidence-based treatment guidelines and decision aids
Prashanti Eachempati, MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation (Norway)
Panel discussion
- Arjen Dondorp, Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (The Netherlands) and
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (Thailand)
- Mateusz Plucinski, Malaria Initiative (PMI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States)
- Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (South Africa)