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Kigali, Rwanda
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 - Thu, 30 Jun 2022

The 11th Annual Meeting of the Case Management Working Group took place at the Lemigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda from June 28 - 30. Over three days, 76 participants, mainly in person and partly online, discussed updates on the state of the art in malaria case management and the meeting and provided a forum for malaria-affected countries and their partners to share their experiences in delivering malaria case management at community, facility, and referral levels.

 

 

Day 1, 28 June 

Recordings

Session 1

Session 2 

Session 3 

Session 4

 

Presentations

Larry Barat, Elizabeth Juma - Introduction 

Hon. Dr. Daniel Ngamije - Talking Points 

Aimable Mbituyumuremyi - Rwanda Malaria Control Efforts Coordination

Peter Olumese - WHO Malaria Technical Updates (Case Management and other uses of antimalarial medicines)

Corine Karema/ Peter Olumese - Update from RBM Partnership to End Malaria

Severe Malaria 

Phyllis Awor - Findings of CARAMAL Study

Stephen Duparc - Report of Severe Malaria Stakeholders Meeting

Drug Resistance 

Pascal Ringwald - Drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

Aline Uwimana - Addressing drug resistance in Rwanda

 

Day 2, 29 June

Recordings

Session 5

Session 6

 

Abstract presentations

Mehul Dhorda - Triple Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (TACTs) could reduce the spread or emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Emmanuel Shekarau - The impact of the private sector co-payment mechanism (PSCM) on the private market for ACTs in Nigeria: results of the 2018 cross-sectional outlet and household market surveys

Monitoring global progress in malaria case management

Stella Babalola - Assessing the Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Provider Malaria Case Management in Health Facilities in Benin

Roger Tine - Identifying operational research and program evaluation priorities for malaria case management for the sub-Saharan Africa region

Larry Barat - Global Indicators for Malaria Case Management

 

 

Day 3, 30 June 

Recordings

Session 7

Session 8

 

Presentations

Diagnostic testing 

Jane Cunningham - HRP-2 deletions and other challenges with diagnostic testing

Updates from other Working Groups

Katherine Wolf - Updates from Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group 

Stella Babalola - Updates from the RBM SBC WG

 

 

More information: 

TACT literature 

Bassat et al. Malaria Journal (2022) - Challenges in the clinical development pathway for triple and multiple drug combinations in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Krishna Malar Journal (2019) - Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against 

Peto et al. Lancet Infectious Diseases (2022) - Triple therapy with artemether–lumefantrine plus amodiaquine versus artemether–lumefantrine alone for artemisinin-resistant, uncomplicated falciparum malaria: an open-label, randomised, multicentre trial

Rasmussen et al. Expert Review (2021) - Current and emerging strategies to combat antimalarial resistance

Rosenthal. The Lancet (2020) - Are three drugs for malaria better than two?

van der Pluijm et al. Lancet (2020) - Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial

White Malar Journal (2019) - Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance

 

DeTACT Literature 

de Haan et al. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (2021) - Market Formation in a Global Health Transition

de Haan et al. PLoS ONE (2021) - To what extent are the antimalarial markets in African countries ready for a transition to triple artemisinin-based combination therapies?

de Haan et al. BMC Public Health (2022) - Expert perspectives on the introduction of Triple Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (TACTs) in Southeast Asia: a Delphi study

Tindana et al. Malar Journal (2021) - Deploying triple artemisinin-based combination therapy (TACT) for malaria treatment in Africa: ethical and practical considerations

Tindana et al. Wellcome Open Research (2021) - Ethical, Regulatory and Market related aspects of Deploying Triple Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies for Malaria treatment in Africa: A study protocol

van der Pluijm. Trends in Parasitology (2021) - Triple Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies for Malaria – A New Paradigm? 

 

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