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WORLD MALARIA DAY FORUM

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

 

WHEN: Friday, April 25, 2014; 1:00 - 5:00 pm EDT

WHERE: University of Michigan Union, Pendleton Room  (http://uunions.umich.edu/munion/maps/)  

 

FREE REGISTRATION: http://www.nextbillion.net/healthcare/malaria/

 

Join a multidisciplinary audience in exchanging ideas and collaborating to defeat malaria!

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PRESENTED BY:

>The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

(http://wdi.umich.edu)

>University of Michigan Global Public Health (http://www.sph.umich.edu/global/)

>University of Michigan Global Reach (http://globalreach.med.umich.edu/)

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

ALL ARE WELCOME, especially students, academics, health-care professionals, business community, and governmental and non-governmental organizations interested in the latest advancements in malaria research occurring locally and globally.

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OPENING REMARKS:

PRASHANT YADAV, (http://wdi.umich.edu/about/people/staff-bios/prashant-yadav) Senior Fellow & Director of the Healthcare Research Initiative

William Davidson Institute

University of Michigan

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PLENARIES:

"Challenges to Malaria Prevention: Determining Who is Infectious to Interrupt Transmission"

MARK WILSON (http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=wilsonml), Professor of Epidemiology & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

School of Public Health

University of MIchigan

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"Insights on Malaria Trends: Climate Change, Poverty Traps & Synergies in Control"

MERCEDES PASCUAL (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/people/faculty/ci.pascualmercedes_ci.detail),  Rosemary Grant Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

University of Michigan

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RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:

• "Urbanicity & Malaria: Implications for Development and Disease"
  
• "An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Anti-Malarial Drug Quality in the Private Sector"
  
• "Estimating In-Country Costs of Getting Artemisinin Combination Therapies & Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Health Facilities"
  
• "A Platform for Resource Allocation in Malaria"
  
• "Exploring Semi-Batch Production of Artemisinin for Artemisinic Acid”

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