Malaria: Breaking the Cycle – 2015

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The Science of Eradication: Malaria leadership development course offered participants the opportunity to take part in a specialized Advanced Module titled Malaria: Breaking the Cycle (Tools, Strategies, and Implementation).

Participants in the Advanced Module examined a range of topics related to malaria transmission, including:

  • existing tools to reduce and prevent transmission;
  • diagnostics to prevent or interrupt transmission;
  • changes in transmission patterns;
  • current tools for low and moderate transmission;
  • incorporation of malaria risk-perception and human behavior into elimination strategic guidelines; and
  • transmission blocking vaccine interventions.
course overview
Operational Strategies for a Malaria Free World
Bruno Moonen, Deputy Director, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, facilitates a discussion on implementation and operational strategies to achieve and maintain elimination.