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 Regional
Consultation on Malaria Control and Malaria Elimination, Orissa, India,
11 – 14 October 2011
Objectives [PDF 24 KB]
Tentative
Programme [PDF 37 KB]
Agenda
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Private labs to send malaria, dengue data to civic body
In its battle against malaria, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has for the first time
roped in private laboratories to give data on malaria and dengue cases across
the city. Apart from the laboratory at the Kasturba Hospital and Haffkine
Institute — which give reports on malaria and tests conducted at civic
hospitals — private labs will send reports on malaria and dengue positive
cases to the BMC.
Nepal : Govt prepares strategy to
control Malaria
Fighting malaria is a community initiative
Logging Takes the Bite Out of Efforts to Squash Malaria
Assessing
malaria disease burden: a standard protocol needed
9th Malaria training Course on clinical
management of malaria, Faculty of TropMed, Mahidol
University, 29 Aug-2
Sep 2011
The Faculty of Tropical
Medicine, Mahidol University (A WHO collaborating
centre on clinical management of malaria) and WHO are jointly organizing the
9th annual course on clinical management of malaria in Bangkok, Thailand
during 29 Aug -2 Sep 2011. The course fee is 900 USD.
The contact persons are Mr New and MsTik (tesvk@mahidol.ac.th , tmrnl@mahidolac.th ), International
Relation Office, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.
The detailed information on course
brochure will be intimated in due course. The application form can be
downloaded from the TropMed Mahidol
website. More
Info… [PDF 28 KB]
16 persons die of malaria in India in one week
RBM
Partners meet to review global advocacy strategy on malaria
Malaria grips Fatehabad district,
over 600 cases reported- India(Haryana state)
Malaria deaths can still be halted by 2015
Ministry recognises NGO role on
malaria
MP health workers to be booked for malaria deaths
Informal Consultative Meeting on Standard
Protocol Development for Estimating Malaria Disease Burden in SEA Region, New
Delhi, 11-13 August, 2010
An Informal Consultative
Meeting on Standard Protocol Development for Estimating Malaria Disease
Burden in SEA Region in collaboration with NIMR has been planed to organize
in WHO SEARO, New Delhi from 11-13 August, 2010. Apart from Office- in –Charge of field
offices of NIMR, various other eminent epidemiologists and
Bio-Statisticians has consented to attend this meeting.
In the proposed consultative
meeting, after a discussion with the participants a common methodology will
be finalized and a generic protocol will be developed with mutual consensus
which can be employed in all the member countries and will get a comparable
estimate upon malaria disease burden.
Finally, estimate for malaria morbidity and mortality for India by
state will be finalized.
Regional Consultation on Integrated
Approach to Malaria Control: Colombo,
Sri Lanka,
26-29 October 2009
The meeting was organized to
review achievements of malaria control programmes
and to identify specific interventions using integrated approach, partnership
and networking to strengthen malaria control in SEA Region. More info… Country
Posters
7 Million People Treated for TB 122 Million
Bed Nets Distributed for Malaria
The Global Fund also reported progress in the fight against
malaria, with a cumulative total of 122 million insecticide-treated bed nets
delivered through its funded programs to families at risk of contracting the
disease. This is a rise of 39 percent from 88 million nets distributed one
year ago...
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Court seeks malaria report
Chemists will do their bit to stop self-medication for
malaria
Malaria treatment should begin with parasitological diagnosis
where possible, says WHO
Climate change one big factor in malaria spread
New malaria vaccine shows promise in children
MYANMAR:
WHO warns of tolerance to anti-malaria drug
Compliance
with a three-day course of artesunate-mefloquine
combination and baseline anti-malarial treatment in an area of Thailand with
highly multidrug resistant falciparum malaria
Sweat and blood: why mosquitoes pick and choose between
humans
WHO:
Increased funds show results in malaria battle
Malaria
Cases Likely Half in Third of Countries
India gets $128.5 mn grant for
AIDS, TB, malaria eradication
UN official warns of climate change's human costs
Malaria in
India: Challenges and opportunities
Asian Mutation Protects Against Malaria
10 per cent increase in malaria cases over last year: civic
body
Workshop on
Malaria Country Database, 6-14 November, 2009, Bandung, Indonesia
Falciparum malaria raises its ugly
head again
Monkey malaria strain can be fatal in humans: study
The malaria myths of climate change
Homeopathy
not a cure, says WHO
Football takes on malaria
Why malaria leads to devastating fever?
Prevalence Of Artemisinin Monotherapies Raising Risk Of Resistance
Global Fund increases aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
prevention and treatment measures by 30-50% over one year
Continued vigilance against drug-resistance malaria is needed
SRI
LANKA: Rains raise fears of malaria setback
Call
to review malaria control programme
Inter-regional
meeting on Vivax Malaria in Asia, 23 – 24 April
2009, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi
7th International Training Course on Management of Malaria
The 7th International Training
Course on Management of Malaria to be conducted by the Faculty of Tropical
Medicine, Mahidol
University in collaboration with the
World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia Region and the
Mekong Malaria Program will be on August 31 - September 4, 2009 at Faculty of
Tropical Medicine, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand.
Course brochure, application form and course schedule is available here for
download.
For correspondences, please contact: Dr. K. Thimasarn at thimasarnk@searo.who.int and Dr. C. Delacollette at delacollette@searo.who.int .
ASIA:
Fighting the spread of Artemisinin-resistant
malaria
Malaria
Parasite Becoming Resistant to Most Effective Medicine
Study
reveals Orissa tops list of States in cerebral malaria
Malaria
eradication specialists meet in Brisbane
International malaria
specialists are meeting in Brisbane
today in a bid to eradicate the disease from the Asia Pacific region. Ten
countries including Australia,
South Korea and China
have formed a network to develop strategies to rid the region of
malaria......
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Bill
Gates unleashes skeeters at technology conference
[The Seattle Times - USA]
Bill Gates set a
conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point
about malaria prevention......
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Barack
Obama: A Pledge to End Deaths from Malaria by 2015, 20 January 2009
The United States should provide
global leadership grounded in the understanding that the world shares a
common security and a common humanity. Obama will partner with poor countries
to develop the capacity and the resources they need to break the cycle of
poverty and death, attain sustainable health and economic outcomes, and to
move towards peace and security. More
Info…[PDF 49 KB]
UN
General Assembly Adopts New Resolution on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria
New York, USA,
22 December 2008: The United Nations General Assembly met on Dec 22, 2008, to
address the Decade to Roll Back Malaria for which it considered draft
resolution number A/63/L.62. The text welcomes the Global Malaria Action Plan
that, for the first time, provided a comprehensive strategy for combating the
disease in the short, medium and long term. The plan also gives further
impetus to internationally agreed targets of universal coverage of malaria
interventions for all at-risk populations by 2010, with the ultimate goal of
eradicating the disease.
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Info…
The
global burden of disease: 2004 update
The
World Health Report
15th
RBM Partnership Board Meeting during 11-12 November, 2008 at WHO /SEARO, New Delhi
New Delhi, India,
10-12 November 2008: The Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board convened for its
15th biannual meeting to provide leadership and critical guidance to a potent
global effort against malaria. As partners intensify their activities to
implement an ambitious new plan for malaria control and elimination (Global
Malaria Action Plan), sound decisions and a tight coordination of policies
and initiatives are needed at global, regional and national levels to ensure
that endemic countries reach the RBM 2010 targets. The decisions made at this
Board meeting determine the scope of the Partnership's support to endemic
countries at a time of unprecedented international commitment to reducing the
burden of the disease.
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Malaria
menace stings Mumbai [NDTV.com - New
Delhi,India] — (English)
Malaria has emerged
as the biggest threat in Mumbai this monsoon. Since June when the rains hit
Mumbai, nearly 6000 people have been admitted to various civic hospitals.
About 80 deaths are reported......
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War
against malaria [Central Chronicle - Bhopal,India] — (English)
For long, malarial
fever caused by the virulent micro-organism plasmodium falciparum
has been a major contributing factor for the fatalities arising out of this
ancient, emaciating disease. Every year, around 800,000 people in India fall
prey to malaria......
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Peer Review Workshop on Handbook for Management
of Malaria control at District Level, WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 15-17 October 2008.
A Peer Review
Workshop was organized in WHO SEARO, New
Delhi from 15-17 October, 2008 to develop a Handbook
for Management of Malaria control at District Level in the Region.
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Meeting
with manufacturers of artemisinin-based antimalarial medicines in India,
New Delhi, 14
October 2008
A Meeting with
manufacturers of artemisinin-based antimalarial medicines in India,
New Delhi, 14
October 2008 was organized by WHO to inform pharmaceutical companies involved
in the production and marketing of artemisinin-based
medicines about WHO's concerns and position.
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Meeting
on Policy and Access to Antimalarial Treatment in India, New
Delhi, 13 October 2008
A joint MOH and WHO
meeting on Policy and Access to Antimalarial Treatment
in India,
was organized in WHO, SEARO on 13 October, 2008.
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15th
RBM Partnership Board Meeting during 11-12 November, 2008 at WHO /SEARO, New
Delhi
Call
for application for training course : Management of Malaria Field Operation,
2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Commemoration
of World Malaria Day 25 April 2008 in SEARO
On 25 April 2008, the first
ever World Malaria Day was observed in WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. To mark this occasion SEARO had
organized one exhibition on various aspects of malaria to create awareness
among the peoples about this disease which is curable and preventable. Dr Poonam Khatrapal
Singh, Ag. Regional Director opened the exhibition.
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Info…
Brainstorming
meeting on malaria in Orissa Bhubaneshwar, Orissa State 12-13 November 2007
The brainstorming meeting was
jointly organized by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and WHO /
SEARO. The meeting was organized as a
follow-up action of the visit of Dr Samlee
Plianbangchang, Regional Director to Orissa state in February 2007 where WHO
support was requested to ensure effective malaria control.
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Informal
Meeting on estimation of malaria disease burden in India 21-23 November 2007 New
Delhi, India
An informal consultative
meeting on estimation of malaria disease burden of India was organized during 21-23
November 2007 to review external information related to malaria burden, to
develop practical methodology and to identify potential
institutes/researchers to carry out the task.
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Informal
Consultation on Monitoring P. falciparum and P. vivax Resistance to Anti-malarial Drugs in Mekong
Region, The Club Andaman Beach Resort,
Phuket, Thailand 3-5 September 2007
The WHO Mekong Malaria
Programme based in Bangkok, in collaboration
with SEARO, WPRO and the Global Malaria Programme organized an informal
consultation on monitoring falciparum and vivax resistance to antimalarial
drugs in Phuket,
Thailand,
from 3 to 5 September 2007. Thirty
nine participants from 6 Mekong countries
participated in the meeting and provided an update on results obtained from
the most recent studies on malaria parasite resistance to ACTs
in their respective countries More Info…
Informal
Bi-regional Training of Trainer’s workshop on Malaria Country Database, Yangon, Myanmar,
20-23 July, 2007
In order to strengthen the
capacity of nationals in monitoring and evaluation of malaria control
operations, develop capacities in the member countries on global malaria
database and to maintain uniformity in
data collection and data analysis for malaria related information within the
countries as well as between the countries, the second “Informal Bi-regional
Training of Trainer’s More Info…
Intercountry meeting on Revised Malaria Control
Strategy and its Implementation, Chiangmai, Thailand,
12-14 March, 2007
An
Intercountry Meeting on Revised Malaria Control
Strategy and its Implementation was held in Chiangmai, Thailand, 12-14 March 2007. Some 50 participants consisting of malaria
programme managers, national malaria
officers, environmentalists of eight member countries, partners / donors, WHO
staff from HQ Geneva, Regional Office and Country offices, Advisers and
observers attended the above said meeting
with the following objectives…..
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Meeting
of the Ad hoc Strategic Advisory Group to the Director General on Global
Malaria Programme, Geneva,
19-20 May 2006
In
order to strengthen WHO’s effectiveness in tackling
malaria, the WHO Director General has decided to establish a Ad hoc Strategic
Technical Advisory Group whose mandate will be to advise the Director General
on Global Malaria Programme’s new direction. The first meeting of the above mentioned
distinguished group was held on 19-20 May, 2006, Geneva.
Many Health Ministers of the Member Countries as well as senior
signatories had graced to the occasion.
Dr Jai P. Narain, Director, Communicable Diseases from WHO / SEARO had also attended that said meeting and put
forward the following presentation to the august audience. SEARO Revised
Malaria Control Strategy : Dr Jai P. Narain, Director, Communicable Diseases,
WHO/SEARO(PPT 3256 Kb)
The Intercountry workshop on the revised malaria control
strategy
 Date: 30 January-2 February 2006
Venue: Manesar, Haryana, India
International
Conference on Malaria (Commemorating 125 years of Malaria Research)
 An
International Conference on Malaria, was organized by Malaria Research
Centre, 22, Sham Nath Marg,
Delhi – 110054 during 4-6 November, 2005 in New Delhi to mark the occasion of 125th anniversary of Laveran’s
discovery of malaria parasite in human blood cells. The theme of the meeting was “Lavaran to Genometics”. The
Regional Director, Dr Samlee Plianbangchang also
graced to the occasion and addressed the gathering as under:-.
RD's Speech
External
Review of the National Malaria Control Programme in Myanmar
Date: 18-28
October 2005
Venue: Myanmar
Brainstorming workshop to develop new
strategy for malaria control in the South – East Asia Region
Date: 3-5
August 2005
Venue: New Delhi, INDIA
Course Announcement
International Training Course on Management
of Malaria, Mahidol
University, Bangkok, Thailand
This course is organized jointly by the Faculty of
Tropical Medicine, Mahidol
University, Bangkok,
Thailand and the World
Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia Region, New Delhi, India…
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