3rd Pan-African Conference on Malaria, Tanzania, 11/02

November 2002
Arusha, Tanzania

The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) will hold the 3rd PanAfrican Conference on Malaria in Arusha, Tanzania in November 2002.

See:
http://mim.nih.gov/english/events/3rd_mim_conf/index.html

The Arusha Conference (2002) will focus on scientific progress and potential in malaria research with the aim of promoting the exchange of scientific ideas within Africa. The Conference will have specific sessions to discuss mechanisms for linking scientific research and malaria control activities. More than twenty MIM-supported research projects across Africa will also be presented.

The Conference will consist of plenary presentations by worldrenowned experts, numerous symposia on a broad range of topics, and daily poster sessions. There will be ample opportunities to converse with malaria research expert faculty in "Meet-the-Professor" sessions. The Conference will be organized by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)- Tanzania, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-USA in collaboration with other agencies world-wide. The diversity of participants and symposia panellists will provide the Conference attendee with a global perspective on the scientific solutions to effectively prevent malaria and reduce its burden.

Preliminary Program
The Preliminary Program and Call for Abstracts will be available in June 2001.

For further information contact:

MIM Secretariat
Martin Sarikiaeli Alilio, PhD
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Building 31, Room B2C39
Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Tel: +1-301-402-6212
Fax: +1-301-402-2056
mailto:Aliliom@mail.nih.gov

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