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NEWS/UPCOMING EVENTS:

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

View the media release here

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APMEN is pleased to announce on World Malaria Day 2012, Cambodia as the twelfth County Partner to join the Network.  View the media release here.

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APMEN is pleased to announce two new Partner Institutions to join the Network: The Mahidol Vivax Research Center and the Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.  View the media release here.

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APMEN Community Engagement Workshop, November 2011
Summary notes, presentations and photos now available here

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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

Vector Control Working Group Meeting
*Download the minutes to the meeting*


Sunday 8 May, 2011

Opening Remarks

Welcome and Introductions

Theme  1 – The role of vector control in supporting malaria elimination

Session 1: Vector control the issues
Chair: Dr. Junaidden Mohamad Zain

Presenter: Dr. Kevin Palmer [Download presentation]


Session 2: WHO update
Chair: Dr.  Christina Rundi

Presenters:
Dr. Leonard Ortega SEARO [Download presentation]
Dr. Jeffry Hii  WPRO [Download presentation]


Session 3: Vector Control Development Network VCDN
Chair: Dr. Iqbal Elyazar

Presenter: Dr.  Tanya Russell on behalf of Dr. Tom Burkot [Download presentation]


Session 4: Vector Control in APMEN partners countries: the preliminary results of the APMEN Matrix and Survey   
Chair: Ms. Marvi Rebueno-Trudeau

Presenters:
Ms. Cara Smith Gueye [Download presentation]
Professor Maxine Whittaker [Download presentation]


Monday, 9 May 2011

Theme 2 – Vector control methodologies applicable to malaria elimination

Session 6: Innovation in field based tools and technologies:
Chair: Professor Won-Ja Lee

Co-presenters: Dr. Tanya Russell and Mr. Hugo Bugoro [Download presentation]


Session 7: Innovation  discussion
Chair:  Dr. Leonard Ortega  


Session 8: Country Partner presentations
Chair: Dr. Kevin Palmer

Presenters:
Dr. Alongkot Ponlawat, AFRIMS, Malaria Vector Control in Thailand [Download presentation]
Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Sri Lanka [Download presentation]
Mr. Hugo Bugoro: Malaria control and elimination updates in Solomon Islands [Download presentation]

Theme  3 - Capacity development on vector control for malaria elimination

Session 9: ACT Malaria
Chair: Mr. Hugo Bugoro

Presenters: Ms. Cecilia Hugo- updates training activities related to vector control [Download presentation]


Session 10: Training in the region panel session
Chair: Dr. Alongkot Ponlawat

Presenters: Country Partner discussion on training opportunities in vector control


Session 11: Future plans Vector Working Group 2011-2012 activities
Chair: Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe


Welcome Reception and Dinner for APMEN III