Congressional briefing

Next-generation tools for malaria control and elimination

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building

Download an invitation to this event (169 KB PDF)

Sponsored by: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, PATH, and Malaria No More

In cooperation with:

Senator Sam Brownback (KS), Senator Richard Durbin (IL),

Senator Patty Murray (WA), and Congressman Adam Smith (WA)

Welcome and introduction

• Dr. Kent Campbell, Moderator

Director, Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA), PATH

Chair, Advocacy and Policy Committee, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 

Panelists

• Malaria control progress and challenges

Dr. Elizabeth Chizema

Director of Technical Support Services, Zambian Ministry of Health

• Battling malaria drug resistance 

Dr. Alan Magill

Director, Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Chair, Clinical Groups, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Malaria vaccine development: an overview of progress and next steps

Dr. Tom Monath

Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

• The first malaria vaccine? RTS,S enters the final stage of testing
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Dr. Patricia W. Njuguna

Principal Investigator, Kilifi clinical trial site, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP by Monday, November 16, to jlyons@path.org, or call 202.822.0033