Thursday, December 1st 2022 | |||||
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| 9:00-9:20 AM | Welcome Ceremony | ||||
| Introduction | |||||
| Topic | Presenter | Moderators | |||
| Opening remarks | “The role of higher education institutions in pushing towards malaria elimination.” | Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi Vice-Chancellor, Mt. Kenya University | |||
| 9:20-10:50 AM | SESSION 1: Policy of Malaria | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | Co-Chairs-Dr. Michael Katende, Prof. Akira Kaneko Rapporteur-James Kongere, Rotich Alex Kiplagat, | ||
| Keynote Speaker | Malaria Control and Elimination in Tropical Africa-Policy Perspectives | Dr. Willis Simon Akhwale Special Advisor End Malaria Council, Kenya, African Leaders Malaria Alliance | |||
| 1 | Regional efforts to control crossborder Malaria Transmission: The Great Lakes Malaria Initiative (GLMI) | Dr. Michael Katende Great Lake initiative, EAC Regional Malaria Coordinator | |||
| 2 | Malaria control and elimination policies | Dr. Elizabeth A. Juma-(On-line) WHO AFRO | |||
| 3 | Challenges to implementation of malaria policies in Sub-Saharan Africa | Dr. Doreen Othero Maseno University- School of Public Health and Community Development | |||
| 4 | Global malaria control and elimination: Progress, trends and recent updates | Dr. Achyut KC Former Epidemiologist PMI, CDC, Atlanta | |||
| 11:15AM- 12:45 PM | SESSION 2: Malaria Control Program | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | Co-chairs: Dr. Aimable Mbituyumureyi, Rwanda NMCP and Dr Wataru Kagaya Rapporteur: Laura Barbieri, Sebastian Dibondo Musundi, Sho Sekine | ||
| Keynote Speaker | Malaria Control Approaches: Gains, challenges and future prospects | Dr. Salim Abdullah- (On-line) Ifakara Health Institute | |||
| 1 | Malaria case management challenges | Prof. Billy Ngasala MUHAS, Tanzania | |||
| 2 | Cross-border malaria control challenges and policies | Dr. Ahmedin Hassan Omar -(On-line) Head, National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kenya | |||
| 3 | SATREPS: a community-centered approach | Prof. Akira Kaneko OMU/KI | |||
| 14:00-15:15PM | SESSION 3: Vector Control Challenges | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| 1 | Mosquito-assisted larviciding, as the complementary technique to conventional larviciding | Dr. Dickson Wilson Lwetoijera Research Scientist Ifakara Health Institute | Co-chairs: Prof. Richard Mukabana and Prof. Noboru MinakawaRapporteur: Wataru Kagaya, Grace Ndwiga, Protus Omondi | ||
| 2 | Landscape of Malaria Vector Control Research in Kenya: A Tale of 2 Studies | Dr. Ferdinard Adungo Senior Research Scientist KEMRI Alpe | |||
| 3 | Using gene drive mosquitoes to control and eliminate malaria in Africa: policy makers perspectives | Prof. Richard Mukabana University of Nairobi | |||
| 4 | SATREPS: the impact of IRS and Olyset®Plus ceiling net | Dr. Wataru Kagaya Osaka Metropolitan University | |||
| 5 | SATREPS: the impact of Olyset®Plus ceiling net | Prof. Noboru Minakawa Nagasaki University, Japan | |||
| 6 | SATREPS: Vector control challenges (Outdoor biting and An. stephensi) | Dr. Stephen Munga (on-line) KEMRI Kisumu, Kenya | |||
| 15:45-17:05PM | SESSION 4: Malaria in Science | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| Keynote Speaker | Research agenda for sustainable malaria control and elimination | Prof. Collins Ouma Director, Research & Innovation Maseno University | Co-chair: Dr. Jesse Gitaka and Dr. Mtakai Ngara Rapporteur: Mtakai Ngara, Brian Musyoka, Takatsugu Okai | ||
| 1 | Artificial intelligence as a platform for accelerating drug discovery for viral pandemics, malaria and neglected tropical diseases | Ass. Prof. Geoffrey Siwo- (On-line) University of Michigan | |||
| 2 | Testing of nanoformulated antimalarial drugs | Dr. Lucy Ochola IPR | |||
| 3 | SATREPS: Immunology (antibodies) | Dr. Bernard Kanoi Mount Kenya University | |||
| 4 | Economic intervention for behavioral change for malaria elimination | Prof. Tomoya Matsumoto Otaru University of Commerce | |||
| 17:35-19:00 | Session 5: Pan-Lake Victoria malaria elimination | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| 1 | Rwanda: progress to malaria elimination | Dr Aimable Mbituyumureyi – ( On-line) Division Manager, Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Kigali Rwanda | Co-chair: Dr. Ahmedin Omar and Dr. Michael Katende Rapporteur: Bernard Kanoi, Sebastian Dibondo Musundi, Rotich Alex Kiplagat | ||
| 2 | Policy, Regulatory and Institutional Frameworks for Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for Malaria control and elimination in the East Africa Community region | Dr. Charles Mugoya Manager, Africa for TARGET MALARIA Uganda | |||
| 3 | Strengthening community health systems: “Burundi’s experience in Malaria community case management implementation” | Dr. Landrine Mugisha Programme National Intégré de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNILP), Burundi | |||
| 4 | Situation of malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Should we already consider the elimination ? | Prof. Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi- (On-line) Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Department of Parasitology Kinshasa/Gombe DR Congo | |||
| 5 | Malaria Situation in Busia County, current interventions, challenges and proposed mitigations | Dr. Edwin Onyango County Malaria Control Coordinator Busia County-Kenya | |||
Friday, December 2nd 2022 | |||||
| 9:00-10:30AM | Session 6: Acceleration of the NTDs and other infectious disease elimination in tropical Africa | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| Keynote speaker | Effect of intestinal worms on distal immune responses and control of co-infection | Dr. Susanne Nylén- (On-line) MTC, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden | Co-chairs: Prof. Satoshi Kaneko and Prof. Yasutoshi Kido Rapporteur: Chim Chan, James Kongere, Brian Musyoka | ||
| 1 | Surveillance of Zoonoses in Zambia | Dr. Masahiro Kajihara Hokkaido University | |||
| 2 | Advanced collaborative research in infectious diseases in Ghana | Prof. Toshihiko Suzuki Tokyo Medical & Dental University | |||
| 3 | Introduction of NUITM-KEMRI Project for Tropical Medicine and Public Health Research | Prof. Satoshi Kaneko Nagasaki University | |||
| 4 | Prof. Yasutoshi Kido OMU, DRC Congo | ||||
| 11:00-12:30 PM | Session 7: From Research Evidence towards Social Transformation in Africa | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| Keynote Speaker: | Malaria and Future, African Perspectives | Prof. Miriam Were Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Laureate, Uzima Foundation, | Co-Chair: Prof. Tomohiko Sugishita, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Rapporteur: Achyut Kc, Grace Ndwiga, Sho Sekine, Takatsugu Okai | ||
| 1 | Malaria and Development: Community Perspective | Prof. Margaret Kaseje Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development | |||
| 2 | Malaria and Development: Business Sector Perspective | Dr. Amit N. Thakker Executive Chairman Africa Health Business | |||
| 3 | Malaria and Development: Development Partner Perspective | Dr. Ikuo Takizawa Japan International Cooperation Agency | |||
| 4 | Social transformation of AMED projects (SATREPS and NTDs) against control of infectious disease in Africa | Dr. Haruo Watanabe- (On-line) Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development | |||
| 12:30-13:30 PM | Session 8: Summary and recommendation from each session to be presented by session co-chairs | ||||
| Speaker | Topic | Presenter | |||
| Co-chairs: Dr. Achyut KC | |||||
