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MALARIA LINKS

• Prevention
• Research
• New Treatment
• Malaria in Pregnancy
• Vulnerable Groups
• Vector Control
• Case Management
• Case Detection
• Drug Resistance
• Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT)

LINKS

Prevention

Related Internet Sites

• Malaria Foundation International
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
• UNICEF
• Christian Children's Fund
• Africa Fighting Malaria
• Global Health Council
• MassiveEffort.org
• Gates Malaria Partnership
• Medilinks
• Malaria in Southern Africa
• Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria
• OMNI

Contact Information

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Secretariat
53, Avenue Louis-Casaï
1216 Geneva-Cointrin, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 17 00; Fax: +41 22 791 17 01

Medilinks
420, E54 Street, Suite 29C,New York, NY 10022
Phone: (917) 292-5968; Fax: (212) 688-0223
E-mail: medilinks@medilinks.org

Global Health Council - Washington DC
1701 K Street, NW - Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006-1503
Tel (202) 833-5900; Fax (202) 833-0075
Email: ghc@globalhealth.org

Kraig Klaudt, President & CEO of MassiveEfforts.org
Massive Effort Campaign
P.O. Box 331
8402 Winterthur
Switzerland

Africa Fighting Malaria
Email- info@fightingmalaria.org
Richard Tren, Director
PO Box 783348, Sandton 2146 South Africa
Tel. +27 11 884 9578
Email: rtren@fightingmalaria.org

UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.

Conferences

• Novel vaccination strategies and their application to malaria and tuberculosis, 20 May 2003, London, England
• West Africa Regional Fresh Air Malaria Workshop Bamako, Mali, June 23rd to 27th 2003. Organizers: The Child Survival Collaborations and Resources [CORE] Group
• Women's Health and Rights in Africa, 4-7 February 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information email: conference@amanitare.org

Relevant Tools and Materials

• International Travel and Health, World Health Organization
• HIV, TB and Malaria - Three Major Infectious Disease Threats, WHO
• Malaria, WHO
• Children: Reducing Mortality, WHO
• Fact Sheet on Roll Back Malaria, WHO
• Malaria transmission blocking vaccines: an ideal public good, TDR
• Malaria Diagnosis: New Perspective, TDR
• Africa Malaria Report
• Roll Back Malaria Updates
• Rolling Back Malaria, UNICEF
• Malaria and Infectious Diseases in Africa
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Fact sheets
• Le Paludisme dans la province de Mondolkiri (Cambodge) : Essai d'approche globale
• Malaria: averting a disaster. The role of international assistance
• Prescription Drugs for Preventing Malaria (Fact sheet)

Research

Related Internet Sites

• Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center
• National Institute for Medical Research- Tanzania
• Gates Malaria Partnership
• Medilinks
• Malaria in Southern Africa
• Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria

Contact Information

Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
Communications Unit
Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27 SWITZERLAND
Tel: 41 22 791 3725; Fax: 41 22 791 4854
Email: tdr@who.int

The Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center
P.O. Box 1549, Manassas, VA 20110-2209
Tel: (703) 365-2765; Fax: (703) 365-2774
Email: malaria@atcc.org

Medilinks
420, E54 Street, Suite 29C, New York, NY 10022
Phone: (917) 292-5968; Fax: (212) 688-0223
E-mail: medilinks@medilinks.org

Conferences

• 10th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, 4-7 March 2004, Cancun, Mexico. Contact: Conference Secretariat ISID 181 Longwood Avenue; Boston, MA 02115 USA. Tel: +1 617 277 055; Fax: +1 617 277 1541, Email: info@isid.org;
• Latin American Course on Bioinformatics for Tropical Disease Research, 7 - 19 July 2003, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• EMBO Workshop, "Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes," 13-19 August 2003, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece
• 13th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 10-13 May 2003, Glasgow, UK. Contact: Administrative Secretariat, 13th ECCMID 2002, c/o AKM Congress Service, P.O. Box CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland, Tel: +41-61-686-7711, Fax: +41-61-686-7788, Email: info@akm.ch

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Economics of malaria control in China: cost, performance and effectiveness of Henan's consolidation programme, Tropical Disease Research (TDR)
• Tropical disease research: results portfolio 2001/02 (Includes Malaria), TD
• A focused research agenda to influence policy and practice in home management for malaria, TDR
• "Home Care of Malaria Infected Children of less than 5 Years of Age in a rural area of The Republic of Guinea"

New Treatment

Related Internet Sites:

• Medicines for Malaria Venture
• Scope Forum- Control and Treatment of Malaria

Contact Information

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
PO Box 1826
20, rte de Pré-Bois
1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 22 799 4060; Fax: +41 (0) 22 799 4061
E-mail: info@mmv.org

Conferences

• Novel vaccination strategies and their application to malaria and tuberculosis, 20 May 2003, London, England
• Molecular Approaches to Malaria 2004- February 1-5, 2004, Erskine House, Lorne, Victoria, Australia. Organizers: MAM2004 Organizing Committee

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Fact Sheet on the Medicines for Malaria Venture, WHO
• Malaria transmission blocking vaccines: an ideal public good, TDR
• Prescription Drugs for Preventing Malaria (Fact sheet)

Malaria in Pregnancy

Related Internet Sites:

• Center for Disease Control
• RBM- Malaria in Pregnancy
• Maternal and Neonatal Health
• Roll Back Malaria
• The Institute for One World Health
• Massive Efforts.Org
• UNICEF- Malaria in Pregnancy
• USAID- Malaria in Pregnancy

Contact Information

The Institute for OneWorld Health
580 California Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 421-4700; Fax: (415) 421-4747
Email: info@oneworldhealth.org

Massive Effort Campaign
P.O. Box 331
8402 WinterthurSwitzerland

UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.

Conferences

• Women's Health and Rights in Africa, 4-7 February 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information email: conference@amanitare.org or go to http://www.amanitare.org

Related Tools and Materials

• Preventing Malaria in Pregnant Women (Fact sheet)
• Malaria during Pregnancy Tutorial
• Malaria in Pregnancy Report
• Malaria in Pregnancy Bulletin
• Malaria in Pregnancy and Children
• Malaria During Pregnancy- A Balancing Act
• "Dr Samba urges Protection of Pregnant Women, children from malaria"

Vulnerable Groups

Pregnant Women
-See Malaria in Pregnancy-

Children

Related Internet Sites

• Save Children From Malaria Campaign
• Medical Advocates for Social Justice
• The State of the World's Children
• Oxford International Child Health Group

Contact Information

Africa Against Malaria- Save Children From Malaria Campaign
For general inquiries, please write to info@fightingmalaria.org
Richard Tren, Director
PO Box 783348, Sandton 2146 South Africa
Tel. +27 11 884 9578
Email: rtren@fightingmalaria.org

UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Preventing Malaria in Infants and Children (Fact Sheet)
• Malaria in Children
• Malaria in Children
• "Travel Medicine News Share"
• NCBI- PubMed
• "Severe malaria Among Children in Gambella, Western Ethiopia"
• "Malaria in Malawi- Bittersweet Success"
• "Home Care of Malaria Infected Children of less than 5 Years of Age in a rural area of The Republic of Guinea"
• "Dr Samba urges Protection of Pregnant Women, children from malaria"

Vector Control

Related Internet Sites:

• Regional Malaria Control Program in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• Center for Disease Control
• Medilinks
• Control of Malaria Vectors in Africa and Asia
• Nature Medicine -- Special focus on Malaria
• Scope Forum- Control and Treatment of Malaria
• OMNI
• Science and Technology Magazine
• Malaria Notes Series
• Humanitarian Assistance Training Inventory
• Lubombo

Contact Information

Medilinks
420, E54 Street, Suite 29C, New York, NY 10022
Phone: (917) 292-5968; Fax: (212) 688-0223
E-mail: medilinks@medilinks.org

Humanitarian Assistance Training Inventory
Craig Duncan, Coordinator - or
Louise Gentzel
ReliefWeb Geneva
Telephone: +41 22 917 2661; Fax: +41 22 917 0440
Email: hati@reliefweb.int

Conferences

• 4th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, 9-12 November 2003, Malta. Contact: Infection Control Unit, St Luke's Hospital, G'Mangia MSD08, Malta. Tel/Fax: +356-21-235447, Email: infection.control@gov.mt

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Economics of malaria control in China: cost, performance and effectiveness of Henan's consolidation programme, Tropical Disease Research (TDR)
• The Community-Based Malaria Control Programme in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
• Internal Quality Control of the Malaria Microscopy Diagnosis for 10 laboratories on the Thai - Myanmar border
• Malaria in Sri Lanka
• Malaria Risk Mapping in Srilanka - Implications for its Use in Control
• Report on Evaluation of Training Course on Health Information System for Malaria Control
• Malaria- Vector Update

Case Management

Relevant Internet Sites

• TDR- Research and training in Tropical Diseases
• Roll Back Malaria
• Humanitarian Assistance Training Inventory

Contact Information

Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
SWITZERLAND
Telephone: 41 22 791 3725; Fax: 41 22 791 4854
Email: tdr@who.int

Humanitarian Assistance Training Inventory
Craig Duncan, Coordinator - or
Louise Gentzel
ReliefWeb Geneva
Telephone: +41 22 917 2661; Fax: +41 22 917 0440
Email: hati@reliefweb.int

Relevant Resources and Materials

• Report on Review and Evaluation of Course on Management of Malaria Field Operations (MMFO)
• Le Paludisme dans la province de Mondolkiri ( Cambodge) : Essai d'approche globale
• Malaria: averting a disaster. The role of international assistance
• Malaria Notes Series
• Czse Management Focus Group Report
• Disease Outbreaks Reported- Malaria in Kenya

Case Detection

Related Internet Sites

• Malaria Data
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
• Asian Pacific Health Economics Network

Contact Information

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Secretariat
53, Avenue Louis-Casaï
1216 Geneva-Cointrin, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 17 00; Fax: +41 22 791 17 01

Asian Pacific Health Economics Network
Dr Kaemthong Indaratna
APHEN Co-ordinator
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Economics
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Tel +662 2186243; Fax +662 2186201 or 2186256

Drug Resistance

Related Internet Sites

• World Health Organization- Anti microbial Resistance Information Bank
• Center for Disease Control
• ENARE- European Network for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology
• IDLinks
• Department of Health
• DoD GEISweb
• National Institute of Health (NIAID)
• Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
• Europa

General Information Sites

• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Canadian Animal Health Institute
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and Scottish Action Plan
• Ipsat therapies- Against antibiotic resistance
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Antimicrobial Resistance Workshops

Contact Information

World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Telephone: (+ 41 22) 791 21 11; Facsimile (fax): (+ 41 22) 791 3111
Telex: 415 416
Telegraph: UNISANTE GENEVA

Center for Disease Control
ncehinfo@cdc.gov.

Chief Medical Officer
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NS

NIAID- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director
Tel: (301) 496-2263
Email: af10r@nih.gov

Contact the Canadian Animal Health Institute
160 Research Lane, Suite 102, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 5B2
Tel : 519-763-7777; Fax : 519-763-7407
E-mail : cahi@cahi-icsa.ca

United States Department of Health and Human Services
CDC Press Office: (404) 639-3286
FDA Press Office: (301) 827-6242
NIH/NIAID Press Office: (301) 402-1663

Ipsat Therapies Oy
Sinimäentie 10B, FIN-02630 Espoo, Finland
Tel +358 9 4242 8080; Fax +358 9 4242 8070
info@ipsat-ther.com

Conferences

• Meeting for Public Comment on the Antimicrobial Resistance Interagency Task Force -- June 25th 2003, CDC, Hyatt Regency Bethesda
• Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance June 23-25th 2003, Bethesda, MD, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Anti microbial Resistance Fact sheet
• WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Anti Microbial Resistance
• Anti microbial Resistance: Non-human Use of Anti microbials
• Call to Action: A Massive Effort to Provide Proper Treatment
• Annual Report on A Public Health Action Plan To Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
• DoD-GEIS and Focus Technologies Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Project
• WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Drug Resistance in Malaria
• Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options
• AIDS Weekly Plus
• Prevention and Management of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Community: Do No Harm

Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT)

Relevant Tools and Materials

• Economic Access to Effective Drugs for Falciparum Malaria
• Gender perspectives in malaria management
• Minister Debunks Chloroquine Ban Rumour
• WHO Information note on artemether/lumefantrine (Coartem) availability

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs in partnership with
Academy for Educational Development • Save the Children • The International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

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