EDCTP at ASTMH 2024

13 Nov 2024 08:00 - 17 Nov 2024 17:00
New Orleans, USA
Type of event International meeting

The 73rd American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Annual Meeting will take place from 13-17 November 2024 in New Orleans, USA. The meeting is one of the biggest international conferences to exchange scientific and clinical advances in tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health. The five-day conference includes plenary sessions, science and clinical sessions, e-poster sessions and an exhibit hall featuring the latest products and services.

The scientific programme is designed for researchers, government and public health officials, military personnel, travel clinic physicians, practicing physicians, students, and all healthcare providers working in tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health.

Several grantees supported by EDCTP2 and Global Health EDCTP3 will present their work during the meeting. Below is an overview of events supported through the EDCTP programmes.  Please visit the ASTMH 2024 website for more information.

Symposium

The safety, efficacy and transmission blocking effect of artemether-lumefantrine +atovaquone-proguanil for uncomplicated malaria
14 November 2024 | 08:00-09:45 (CDT)

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • ASAAP (EDCTP2 and Global Health EDCTP3)

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Getting the Dose Right
14 November 2024 | 10:15-12:00 (CTD)

EDCTP project highlight:

  • VirTUAL (EDCTP2)

Ganaplacide® (KAF156) A Next-Generation, Non-Artemisinin, for the Treatment of P falciparum Malaria
15 November 2024 | 13:45-15:30 (CDT)

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • WANECAM-2 (EDCTP2)

Advancing research to improve treatment of neglected tropical diseases in children
15 November 2024 | 13:45-15:30 (CDT)

EDCTP project highlighted:

Capacity building for genomics and Data Sharing in Africa (The MalariaGEN vision)
15 November 2024 | 18:00-20:00 (CDT)

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • EGSAT (EDCTP2)

Innovative tools for the control of NTDs. How to achieve impact through access beyond drug donations
16 November 2024 | 08:00-09:45 (CDT)

EDCTP projects highlighted:

  • STOP2030 (Global Health EDCTP3)
  • STOP1 and STOP2 (EDCTP2)
  • MoxiMultiDose Mode (EDCTP2)
  • PZQ4PSAC (EDCTP2)

Improving the Diagnosis and Management of Severe Malaria
16 November 2024 | 08:00-09:45 (CDT)

EDCTP projects highlighted:

  • PDMC Saves Lives (Global Health EDCTP3)
  • PDMC-II (EDCTP2)

Implementing Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention across Africa: Converging to Consensus?
16 November 2024 | 08:00-09:45 (CDT)

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • MULTIPLY (EDCTP2)

Reaching for elimination: Critical challenges in targeting transmission in malaria-endemic settings
16 November 2024 | 12:45-14:30

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • PfTBV (EDCTP2)

Will HAT be the next NTD to achieve global elimination?
17 November 2024 | 11:30-13:15

EDCTP projects highlighted:

Genomic surveillance and evolution of ART-R in West Africa
16 November 2024 | 17:15-19:00

EDCTP project highlighted:

  • EGSAT (EDCTP2)

Scientific sessions

Partial clearance of pre-established Plasmodium falciparum infection in mosquitoes by mimicking a bloodmeal on treated patients with Artemether+Lumefantrine + Atovaquone-Proguanil
Priscilla Adjei-Kusi | EDCTP2 project: ASAAP
14 November 2024 | 08:00-09:45

New insights on selection of malaria parasites revealed by genomes of oldest archived Plasmodium falciparum population samples
Alfred Ngwa | EDCTP2 project: EGSAT
14 November 2024 | 15:00-16:45

Improving Antimalarial Drug Efficacy assessment: Comparative Analysis of Length Polymorphic Markers and Classification Algorithms in two Phase II Clinical Trial
Daniela Montero Salas | EDCTP2 project: PAMAfrica
14 November 2024 | 17:15-19:00

RH5.1/Matrix-M™: Efficacy of a standalone blood-stage vaccine against clinical P. falciparum malaria in 5-17 month old children: a Phase 2b randomized trial in Burkina Faso
Hamtandi Natama | EDCTP2 project: MMVC
15 November 2024 | 16:00-15:45

Poster sessions

Possible effect of neutropenia on the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy in pregnant women in Mali
Moussa Djimdé | EDCTP2 project: PYRAPREG

Community-based strategies to increase uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-ethnography, and economic assessment
Kadiatou Koita | EDCTP2 project: INTEGRATION

Effectiveness of ANC delivery of IPTp-SP in the context of a trial of integrated ANC and community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Mali and Burkina Faso
Kadiatou Koita | EDCTP2 project: INTEGRATION

Characterization of the immune responses induced by the Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Vaccine Candidate, RH5.1/Matrix M™, in a Phase IIb trial in Burkinabe 5-17month olds
Sarah Silk | EDCTP2 project: MMVC

Caregiver perception and acceptability of the malaria vaccine RTS,S prior to introduction in the Far North region of Cameroon
Innocent Mbulli Ali | EDCTP2 project: VIBRANT

An update of the epidemiological parameters of malaria in school age children in Kolle, a rural setting, Mal
Sidibe Bouran | EDCTP2 project: WANECAM-2

Evaluation of the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies on Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale infections in Mali
Kone Souleymane B | EDCTP2 project: WANECAM-2

Comparative Evaluation of Antimalarial Drug Efficacy in Three Study Sites in Mali
Fatoumata Ousmane Maiga | EDCTP2 project: WANECAM-2

KALUMI – An adaptive run-in cohort of a Phase II trial to evaluate food-effects of ganaplacide/ lumefantrine in adolescent patients
lssaka Sagara | EDCTP2 project: WANECAM-2

KALUMI – A Phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the novel anti-malarial drug ganaplacide/lumefantrine in pediatric patients
lssaka Sagara | EDCTP2 project: WANECAM-2

Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of a New Formulation of Artemether-Lumefantrine in the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Neonates/Infants <5 kg Body Weight: Primary Results From Phase 2/3 CALINA Trial
Gildas Wounounou | EDCTP2 project: PAMAfrica

Symptom Profile of Infants and Neonates <5 kg Body Weight Diagnosed With Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and Enrolled in the Phase 2/3 CALINA Study
Preetam Gandhi | EDCTP2 project: PAMAfrica

Application of the rapid diagnostic test based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RLDT) for Shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) detection in childhood diarrhea in Burkina Faso
Alimatou Héma | EDCTP2 project: ShigaPlexIM

Fexinidazole in patients with human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, towards an arsenic-free, first-line therapy
Olaf Valverde Mordt | EDCTP2 project: HAT-r-ACC

Impact of natural exposure to P. falciparum on IgG responses against a panel of malaria vaccine candidate antigens in children with uncomplicated malaria episodes in the Banfora health district, Burkina Faso
Sem Ezinmegnon | EDCTP2 project: MIMVaC-Afrique

Prevalence of haplotypes associated with resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and Amodiaquine during seasonal malaria chemo-prevention campaigns among children aged 6-15 years in Mali
Karim Traore | EDCTP2 project: RCB-DHAPQ-SMC

Beyond Ebola virus and Lassa virus in Guinea: mNGS reveals broad viral diversity in epidemic hemorrhagic fever cases through surveillance activities
Karifa Kourouma | EDCTP2 project: ALEERT

Spatial hospital based seroprevalence and risk of infection from Plasmodium vivax and other Plasmodium species using multiplex quantitative suspension array assay in Cameroon
Innocent Mbulli Ali | EDCTP2 project: VIBRANT

Ex vivo drug response of Plasmodium falciparum to Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy Partner drugs in Ghana
Samirah Saiid | EDCTP2 project: EGSAT

Assessing drug resistance profile and associated markers in Gambian P. falciparum isolates
Ndey Fatou | EDCTP2 project: EGSAT

Other

Consortium annual meeting
International PfSPZ Consortium Meeting (i-PfSPZ-C)
Issaka Sagara | EDCTP2 project: PfTBV
12 November 2024

Young Investigator Award
Alimatou Héma | EDCTP2 project: ShigaPlexIM
13 November 2024 | 09:00-14:00