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11th December, the APPMG and the APPG on Global Health jointly hosted the Global Launch of the G-FINDER 2013 Report.
Speakers included:
Dr Nick Chapman, Policy Cures; Jon Pender, GlaxoSmithKline; Anja Langenbucher, Gates Foundation, Dr Tim Wells, MMV.
Chairman: Andrew Jack (Financial Times)
G-FINDER 2013 press release FINAL
Following this event:
11th December, the APPMG Christmas Event
A round up of Achievements and Challenges in Malaria & NTD Control in 2013
Speakers included:
Professor Christopher Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research & Evidence at the Department for International Development.
Professor Alan Fenwick, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health Imperial College, & Director of the Schisomiasis Control Initiative in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Dr Tim Wells, Chief Scientist, Medicines for Malaria Venture
Tim Wells MMV December 13
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20th May 6.30pm • IPU Room, Westminster Hall
Dr Jane Zuckerman, Director WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine, Director UCL Medical Student Occupational & Royal Free Travel Health Centre spoke about preventing malaria for those travelling to Africa.
Ralph Tanyi, MCMI, Cameroon Forum -a Diaspora Civil Society, told the Group about some of the activities in which the Diaspora community has been involved in raising awareness within their communities.
Alistair Soyode, Chairman of Ben Television, the largest Diaspora television broadcaster with audiences across the EU, spoke ofthe imporance of making the Diaspora aware of the dangers of malaria when visting friends and relatives in Africa. He explained how the Diaspora is leveraging the power of the media with information and education to assist the fight against malaria in Diaspora and at home
Presentations:
VFRs & Travel Medicine Jane Zuckerman APPMG
Ralph Tanyi Cameroon Forum May 2013
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23rd April • MacMillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster
Invest in The Future: Defeat Malaria
Where we are now on global malaria control, what are our priorities and what is our wish list.
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19th March - 4pm • Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Water and Sanitation in the Developing World and the Child Health & Vaccine Preventable Diseases Groups. The theme of the meeting is WASH and infectious diseases to mark World Water Day
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19th March - 4pm • Grimond Room, Portcullis House, Westminster
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12th February, 5pm • Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Westminster
Speakers included:
Jeremy Lefroy MP, reported on the Group’s recent field trip to Tanzania
He was supported by a presentation by Susan Dykes
Professor Moses Bockarie, the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, LSTM, working in conjunction with National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanzania spoke about his work with lymphatic filariasis
Tim Allen, Professor of Development Anthropology and Head of the Department of International Development, LSE
and Melissa Parker, Director, Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Brunel University spoke about their work on lymphatic filariasis in Tanzania
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Tuesday 29th January, 5pm • Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster
Speakers included:
Doug Souter, General Secretary International Federations of Anti Leprosy Associations will talk of his experience gained through his work with leprosy and what it can bring to the NTD debate
Dr Lorenzo Savioli, Director of the Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO will talk about the report published by Gates & WHO, to mark the first anniversary of the London Declaration.
Edwina Chin, Policy Analyst, will discuss the most recent Policy Cures G-FINDER Report on financing Malaria & NTDs
We also welcomed Neeraj Mistry, Director the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases who addressed the Group.
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