The meeting involved a Technical Meeting as well as satellite meetings of the Vivax Working Group, Vector Control Working Group, APMEN Advisory Panel and APMEN Business Meeting, with the working group meetings held in Colombo and the other meetings in Kandy. It was opened by the Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition, Sri Lanka with an inspiring speech conveying the government's commitment and understanding that this is no short term endeavour. The meeting received good press coverage in Sri Lanka.