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NEWS/UPCOMING EVENTS:

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APMEN IV: Annual Business and Technical Meeting
7-10 May, 2012, Seoul, Republic of Korea


APMEN Vivax and Vector Control Working Group Meetings
6-7 May, 2012, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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APMEN: VxWG Research Grants - Round 2

For more information including guidelines and application form, click here

**Submission deadline extended until 30 January, 2012**

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APMEN Newsletter: Issue Five, December 2011

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APMEN Atlas

For more information on the Atlas, including downloads, click here

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APMEN Country Partner Intervention Matrices available here

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With leadership from the Malaria Elimination Group (MEG) and the UCSF Global Health Group, the Lancet have published a special series of four papers and four comments on malaria elimination.  For more information on the series and associated events, please visit the Lancet here or the MEG site here.


Roll Back Malaria World Malaria Day 2009

APMEN Research Grant Program home

Vivax Working Group Research Grants Round 2 -- OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS -- SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

The APMEN Research Grants Program is seeking applications for small to midsize P.vivax malaria research projects focusing on diagnostics and surveillance or treatment trials. Projects must be from one of the 11 APMEN countries, Bhutan, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vanuatu.

The thematic areas for Round 2 are:

  • Diagnostics and Surveillance
  • Treatment trials for P.Vivax

Further details on these thematic areas are provided in the Round 2 Guidelines (below).

Project proposals:

  • Can be submitted from individual or organisations from any of the countries listed above
  • Must be endorsed by their respective country’s National Malaria Control Program
  • Should plan to commence in the first half of 2012 and be completed within 12 months
  • Should be developed in line with the criteria listed in the Round 2 Guidelines for applicants

Project proposals should be under AUD 50,000. (A total of AUD 150,000 is available for the current round).

Guidelines for Applicants

Proposal Application Form 

NEW Submission Deadline, 30 January, 2012

For further information on the Round 2 Call please contact the VxWG Coordinating Team:
Dr Lorenz von Seidlein   Lorenz.VonSeidlein@menzies.edu.au
Kylie Mannion  Kylie.Mannion@menzies.edu.au


Left: Sarah Auburn, VxWG Research Officer, and APMEN Research Grant Round 1 recipients from the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Disease, China