SADC E8 Inaugural Research Webinar - Malaria importation and the need for improved surveillance in E8 region, 8 December 2020
The Southern Africa Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight Initiative (SADC E8) is a regional collaboration established by SADC Ministers of Health in 2009. The E8 mandate is to coordinate and execute a regional malaria elimination strategy aimed at achieving the historic goal of eliminating malaria in southern Africa.
Due to the high degree of interconnectedness within the region, countries that have reduced malaria to low levels face the challenge of persistent importation of parasites by cross-border travelers from neighboring countries with higher rates of malaria infection.
This webinar aims to address the role of E8 malaria border posts and the need for improved surveillance to reduce cross border transmission across the E8 region.
Presentations:
1. Access to malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment in border areas of E8 countries: results from an evaluation of malaria border posts in second line countries (Prof Immo Kleinschmidt, Mukosha Chisenga)
2. Plasmodium genomics as a surveillance tool for monitoring local malaria transmission networks and importation in Northern Namibia (Prof Davis Mumbengegwi)
3. Antimalarial Drug Resistance Surveillance, Primaquine and E8 malaria border posts in South Africa (Dr Jaishree Raman)
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-s-Q3zMfQGOOE-FjGUvMbQ
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