The 2022 edition of the Science of Eradication: Malaria leadership development course was hosted at Harvard University from June 19–24, 2022.
In addition to exclusive access to readings and online course materials, participants will gain knowledge and skills to develop and direct malaria control, elimination, and eradication programs through an understanding of:
- Past disease eradication efforts;
- Malaria biology and epidemiology;
- Vector and parasite biology;
- New tools and strategies for eradication;
- Communication and advocacy;
- Financing for malaria elimination;
- Drug and insecticide resistance;
- Stratification of interventions;
- Impact of individual behaviors as well as political, social, and environmental/climate change factors;
- Surveillance techniques, including cross-border malaria challenges;
- Health systems;
- Country-led responses (e.g., high burden to high impact)
- Principles of applied modeling;
- COVID-19 and malaria; and
- Private and public sectors’ roles in elimination efforts.
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Participants with diverse backgrounds in malaria control and research will contribute to dynamic discussions on themes of malaria control and eradication.