Read all the latest Group news here, as well as details of past and future events
Tuesday 18th November 5pm-6pm in Committee Room 17 Launch of the Report on New Technolgies to meet the Rising Demand for Vital Malaria Drugs17th November 2008
17th December, at 4pm, Committee Room 6 The Launch of the APPMG's Fourth Report: "The Delivery of Malaria Mechanisms; the Key to Success in a Time of Real Hope" Dr John Rumanu, Director Preventative Medicine, MInistry of Health. Government of Southern Sudan,gave a presentation on the issues surrounding NTD control/elimination, from the perspective of a country undergoing post -emergeny reconstruction. Dr Jan Kolaczinski, Malaria Specialist with the Malaria Consortium, gave a presentation on Neglected Tropical Diseases. He outlined the challenges that the Consortium are facing in trying to establish the extent of the problem and bring help to NTD suffers in S Sudan. 14th November 2008
27th October, 4pm in Committee Room 16, An Evaluation, "Shrinking the Map of Malaria" Professor Sir Richard Feachem, Professor of Global Health University of California San Francisco and Berkeley. Dr Chris Drakeley, LSHTM, gave a presentation on the importance of Monitoring the Elimination of Malaria. An excerpt from the aclaimed film "Zambezi", a journey down the Zanmbezi river. It showed how the crew dealt with many challenges to gain access to remote communities where drugs and nets were distributed. Dr Chris Drakeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Monitoring the Elimination of Malaria 3rd October 2008
16th July, 4pm, Committee Room 5 The Annual General Meeting This will be followed at 4.15pm by: Professor Robert Sinden, Imperial College, London Steps towards Elimination the reduction of the reproduction of the mosquito Professor Francis Amaswa, ex Director General of the National Health Services in Uganda and Executive Secretary of the Global Work Force Alliance Will talk about the challenges and opportunities of delivery of control measures in health systems in low income countries in Africa. Professor Chris Whitty, London School of Economics will give an assessment of the present global position 16th July 2008
The APPMG Statement on Malaria Control for the G8 Ministers can be found on the publication pages9th July 2008
8th July, at 3.15pm, Committee Room 6 note change of time R&D for new Tools Christian Loucq, Director MVI Dr Didier Lapierre Vice President, Head of Global Clinical Development Centre for Early Development and DDW vaccines, GSK Biologicals, Rixensart Mark Perkins, Chief Scientific Officer, FIND Diagnostics 7th July 2008
