7th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria --- Pan – African Conference April 2018

Dear All,

7th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan – African Conference

Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspectives in Ending Malaria.

20 years after the first MIM conference, Senegal will host the 7th edition, in Dakar, at the International Conference Centre Abdou Diouf on April15-20, 2018. The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) was established in 1997 with a mission to strengthen and sustain through collaborative research and training, the capacity of malaria-endemic countries in Africa to carry out research that is required to develop and improve tools for malaria control and to strengthen the research-control interphase.

REGISTER NOW

This 7th edition of the MIM Conference will be an excellent opportunity to showcase your research on malaria control and elimination. You are invited to submit abstracts detailing your most recent research findings on the main theme of the conference and / or on one of the following thematic areas:

Parasite and systems biology                    Pathogenesis, severe malaria and co-morbidities Social and health economics Epidemiology and modelling Human Anopheles-Plasmodium genomics Drug efficacity Drug resistance Vaccines (children, pregnant women and adults) Treatment and community case management Diagnosis and reagents development Malaria in pregnancy Immunology Bioethics and legal issues Research capacity strengthening Resource mobilisation and advocacy Control and elimination Chemoprevention Integrated vector management and control Phytomedicines and bio-prospection Surveillance information systems, HMIS, GIS Pharmacology and drug development Vector biology and insecticide resistance Health systems : research and strengthening

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

All abstracts must be submitted by September 30, 2017.  The Secretariat offers technical assistance for abstract submissions from now until the submission date.

Word from the Local Organizing Committee Chair

Twenty years after the first MIM Conference which drew attention to major questions for malaria research, and identify ways to strengthen and sustain the research capacity of malaria endemic countries in Africa, several countries in Africa are now engaging towards malaria elimination. Focus in Senegal, the first country report in the Roll Back Malaria Progress &

Impact series describes how Senegal achieves a spectacular drop in its malaria burden. The exemplarity of the collaboration between scientists, the National Malaria program and partners is a key of the success. UCAD with the Ministry of Health and its partners will ensure the successful organization of the Conference in Dakar, a multicultural diverse city full of vibrant arts and tradition Every effort is being made to ensure the delegates attending the 7th MIM Conference have a truly enriching experience, which rivals all previous MIM conference in terms of scientific content, exhibitors on display and social events. Professor Oumar Gaye University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar

LOCAL ORGANIZERS

best wishes

Prof Obinna Onwujekwe

Chairman: Senate Research Grants Committee