MIM African Malaria Conference
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15-19th March 1999
Durban, South Africa
in conjunction with the Southern African Malaria Conference and 'Roll
Back Malaria'
The MIM (Multilateral Initiative on Malaria) African Malaria Conference
will take place in Durban, South Africa, 15-19th March 1999. Dr Brian
Sharp from the Malaria Research Programme of the South African MRC, has
been elected to chair the Steering Committee. The MIM Conference will
be held in conjunction with the Southern African Malaria Conference, a
gathering that has common objectives to the MIM meeting and that was
planned for similar dates. The MIM AMC will be open to malaria re-
searchers internationally and to health professionals and other indi-
viduals involved in malaria control activities across Africa.
Objectives
The MIM Conference will be a forum to stimulate and enable effective,
unified action against malaria in Africa. It will aim to promote high
quality scientific research in partnership with control programmes
across the African continent. In reflection of this aim, it has been
agreed that the Conference will be a collaborative venture between MIM
and the major malaria control initiatives currently being launched. The
Conference will span the full range of malaria research in Africa, but
will have a particular emphasis on the research agenda required to un-
derpin control activities.
The conference will aim to:
- Promote dialogues at the research-implementation interface.
- Build African malaria research capacity by promoting scientific
collaborations across Africa and internationally, and increasing
awareness of training opportunities.
- Strengthen pan-African and regional research and control networks.
- Report on the progress of MIM activities.
The Conference has been received with enthusiasm by funding agencies,
and many have expressed their willingness to provide support. Sponsor-
ship will be available for some delegates, and a number of scholarships
specifically for junior research scientists will be offered by competi-
tion.
Focus Areas
Keynote scientific addresses and reviews will be presented in the
following areas:
- Malaria control and its management Including reviews of the current
status of control programmes in Africa
- Antimalarial drugs and resistance
- Economics of malaria
- Health information systems and surveillance
- Vector biology and control
- Malaria vaccines
- Severe malaria and pathogenesis
- Communications and connectivity in Africa
- Ethics and research methodology
- Research networks in Africa
Workshops and discussion groups will be convened to discuss country and
regional research or control issues, and specific scientific issues.
The final day of the conference will be devoted to a Workshop on Re-
search Training and Capacity Development in Africa.
The MIM Conference represents an immensely important opportunity in the
future development of malaria research in Africa, particularly regard-
ing the co-ordination of research activities with operational needs of
national control programmes.
Steering Committee:
Chairperson: Dr B Sharp (South Africa).
Dr F Binka (Navrongo, Ghana), Prof O Doumbo (Bamako, Mali), Prof B
Greenwood (LSHTM, UK), Dr P Kazembe (Ministry of Health, Malawi), Dr A
Kitua, (NIMR, Tanzania), Mr S Kunene (Malaria Control Programme, Swazi-
land), Dr R Leke (University of Yaounde, Cameroon), Prof K McAdam
(MRC laboratories, The Gambia), Dr L Miller (NIAID, USA), Prof A Oduola
(University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Dr O Puijalon (Insitut Pasteur,
France), Dr R Snow (Nairobi, Kenya), Dr T Sukwa (TDRC, Ndola, Zambia),
Dr J-F Trape (ORSTOM, Dakar, Senegal), Prof O Walker (WHO/AFRO, Zim-
babwe)
Enquiries about the MIM African Conference should be directed to:
Zandile Malloy
Malaria Programme, Medical Research Council
P O Box 17120, Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa
Tel: +27-31-251-481
Fax: +27-31-251-498
mailto:MIMCongress@mrc.ac.za
You will shortly be able to find additional information about this con-
ference on the MIM webpages:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/MIM
and http://www.malaria.org/MIM
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Melanie Renshaw
Scientific Assistant
MIM
The Wellcome Trust
183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE, UK
Tel: +44-171-611-7260
Fax: +44-171-611-7288
mailto:m.renshaw@wellcome.ac.uk
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