Hot topics in malaria

Monday, July 12, 2021
7. Parasitic diseases & international health, 1,5-hour Symposium
7d. Parasitic disease epidemiology 2350 10:45 AM > 12:15 PM Hot topics in malaria 7. Parasites & international health 7d. Parasitic disease epidemiology

The new focus on malaria eradication was prompted by Melinda and Bill Gates in 2007, after decades when this goal had been simply abandoned and judged unfeasible. Considerable efforts have been made since by the funders as well as by the scientific and public health community, and malaria incidence has rapidly declined in the following years. This decline seems to have come to a stop in the past few years. Is eradication still a reasonable goal to propose, or is this utopia that risks to divert energies and funding from more reachable targets?

10:45 AM 2350-1 <em>Plasmodium knowlesi</em>: implications for malaria eradication > B. Balbir SINGH (Kota Samarahan) 11:05 AM 2350-2 New clinical aspects in malaria: the role of semi-immunity in returning travellers > J. Johannes MISCHLINGER (Hamburg) 11:25 AM 2350-3 Human genetics and malaria susceptibility > S. Silvia N KARIUKI (Kilifi) 11:45 AM 2350-4 The malaria vaccine implementation programme > M. Mary J. HAMEL (Geneva) 12:05 PM 2350-5 Q&A/Discussion

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