6thMIM Pan-African Malaria Conference
6-11 October 2013, Durban, South Africa
Session / Title / Date / Time
Symposium 4
Room 22 / Field monitoring of malaria drug efficacy and safety
Chair : Godwin Ntadom; Co-Chair: Philippe Guérin
Other panellists: Ambrose Talisuna and Wilfred Mbacham / Mon.07 October / 9.30-11.00
Symposium 20
Room 22 / The role of vaccines in malaria elimination
Chair: Chris Plowe; Co-chair: Marcel Tanner
Other panellists: Edward Wenger and Stephen Hoffman / Tues.08 October / 08:00-09:30
Symposium 29
Room 22 / Malaria eradication in an age of artemisinin resistance: an African perspective
Chair: Philippe Guérin; Co-chair Ben Andagalu
Other panellists: Issaka Sagara, Bernhards Ogutu, Ambrose Talisuna and Christian Nsanzabana / Tues.08 October / 15:00-16:30
Symposium 34
Room 12 / Tracking Artemisinin Resistance
Chair: Corine Karema; Co-chair: Elizabeth Ashley
Other panellists: Arjen Dondorp, Rupam Tripura, Shunmay Yeung
Cally Roper andAmbrose Talisuna / Tues.08
October / 17:00-18:30
Symposium 36
Hall 4B / Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: the broader picture
Chair: Chris Plowe; Co-chair: Martin De Smet
Other panellists: Jean Louis Ndiaye, Alex Doodo, Alassane Dicko and Chris Drakeley / Tues.08 October / 17:00-18:30
Oral session 1
Plenary Hall / The Effect of dosing strategies on the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria: comparison of fixed versus loose formulations- Philippe Guérin / Mon.07 October / 12:45-13:00
Oral session 12
Hall 4B / Defining adequate lumefantrine exposure in patients with uncomplicated malaria treated with artemether-lumefantrine
- Karen Barnes / Tues.08 October / 12:00-12:15
Poster / The pharmacokinetics of piperaquine: a literature review
- Farai Chigutsa / Tues.08 October / 08:00-16:00
Poster / Development of a new data processing tool - making standardisation painless - Georgina Humphreys / Tues.08 October / 08:00-16:00
Oral session 19
Room 11 / Clinical determinants for early parasitological response in patients diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria in Africa treated with artemisinin combination therapies: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
- Ambrose Talisuna / Wed.09 October / 11:30-11:45
Oral session 19
Room 11 / The role of polymorphisms in pfcrt and pfmdr1 in clinical outcomes of ACT treatment of P. falciparum-CarolHopkins Sibley / Wed.09 October / 12:30-12:45
Poster / A need for external quality assurance of malaria microscopy in research- Mehul Dhorda / Wed.09 October / 08:00-16:00
Poster / The importance and relevance of long-term archiving of electronic clinical research data- Lesley Workman / Wed.09 October / 08:00-16:00
Poster / Mapping artemisinin resistance: smart surveillance- Philippe Guérin / Wed. 09 October / 08:00-16:00
Oral session 25
Room 11 / The effect of dosing regimens on the antimalarial efficacy of dihydroartemisinin piperaquine in patients diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
-Christian Nsanzabana / Thurs.10 October / 11:45-12:00
Version:October 3rdpre-conference
**Please note the symposium entitled ‘Drug quality and the fight against malaria’ (Monday 7th October) has been cancelled due to unforeseen travel restrictions affecting panel members. **
WWARN drinks reception:
Thursday10October from 6.30pm -8.00pm at the Polo Club Bar,Hilton Hotel (ground floor)