Prompt access to effective treatment is central to the fight against malaria and consequently, for achieving regional elimination. Geospatial data and technologies are increasingly used to guide public health programs by analysing how easily health services are accessible to the population or optimizing the location of these services including the deployment of community health workers. However, applications for designing and targeting malaria interventions are still emerging. This TechTalks webinar will introduce the concepts and the process behind the use of geo-spatial data and technologies for improving physical accessibility to malaria services with case examples from applications in Africa.

Date & Time: 11 October 2022, Tuesday (2.00 PM – Singapore Time)

Opening remarks

• Dr Rattanaxay Phetsavanh, Director General at Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Lao PDR, and Chair of the APMEN Surveillance and Response Working Group | 

Facilitator

• Prof Richard J Maude, Co-Chair of the APMEN Surveillance and Response Working Group, and Head of Epidemiology Department, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit | 

Speakers/Panellists

• Dr Steeve Ebener, Lead, Health GeoLab Group, Epidemiology Department, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit;
• Dr Peter Macharia, Spatial Epidemiologist, Population Health Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya; and CHICAS, Lancaster University, UK; and 
• Ms Izay Pantanilla, GIS specialist, Health GeoLab Group, Epidemiology Department, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit.