Accra, Ghana
22-25 August 2023
General Information
Meeting Report
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Session 1 Introductions, objectives, key updates
Keziah Malm NMEP, Ghana - Progress towards malaria elimination in Ghana
Peter Olumese WHO GMP - Technical updates from the WHO Global Malaria Programme
Peter Olumese Co-Chair CRSPC, RBM - Update from RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Session 2 Drug resistance
Charlotte Rasmussen WHO GMP - Global status of drug resistance (Slides) (Video)
Panel discussion on country experiences with responses to drug resistance and Q&A NMCP Representatives: Rwanda (Jules Mugabo), Uganda (Gerald Rukundo), Kenya (Regina Kandie)
Session 3 hrp2/3 deletions and program implications and response
Deus Ishengoma MESA - Global response to hrp2/3 deletions (Slides) (Video)
Panel discussion on country responses to hrp2/3 deletions NMCP Representatives: Ethiopia (Degu Mehari), Djibouti (Samatar Kayad Guelleh)
Session 4 Field trip
Session 5 Quality improvement of malaria case management
Larry Barat, PMI Impact Malaria - Presentation- QI at facility level/OTSS
Solange Sotakwo ISDC, MOH, Cameroon - Country presentation- QI at community level
Panel discussion on successes and challenges with quality improvement NMCP Representatives: Cameroon (Solange Sotakwo), Zambia (Busiku Hamainza), Ghana (Paul Boateng)
Session 6 PMC and other drug-based approaches
Lilly Claire Ekobika The Plus Project - Update from PLUS Project
Q&A and panel discussion on successes and challenges with implementing PMC and other drug-based approaches NMCP Representatives: Benin (William Houndjo), Cote d’Ivoire (Marcellin Dougone), Sierra Leone (Anitta Kamara)
Session 7 Closing
Erin Eckert - Brief update on monitoring for malaria case management (Slides) (Video)
Brief updates from other RBM Working Groups:
Chonge Kitojo (MIPWG) - Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group (Slides) (Video)
Mariam Wamala (SBCWG) - Updates from the RBM SBC WG
Session 8 Severe malaria: pre-referral interventions and referral
Peter Olumese WHO GMP - WHO update on rectal artesunate
Country experiences with pre-referral interventions and referrals – Part 1:
Country experiences with pre-referral interventions and referrals – Part 2:
Anitta Kamara NMCP Sierra Leone
Session 9 Continuum of care
Nicholas White Oxford/MAHIDOL - The role of pre-referral antibiotic treatment of severe febrile illness in children (Slides) (Video)
Session 10 Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC)
Gerald Rukundo NMCP Uganda - Country experience with the implementation of PDMC
