London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

LSHTM Malaria Centre and Antimicrobial Resistance Centre will host an evening seminar to mark WMD 2017.

Malaria drug resistance in Africa and Asia:Trends & metrics in antimicrobial resistance

Time: 5-7pm, followed by drinks reception 

Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre, Keppel St., LSHTM

• Introductory remarks – Cally Roper, LSHTM
• Changing effectiveness of artemisinin combination therapy for falciparum malaria in Africa – Colin Sutherland, LSHTM
• Challenges in assembling heterogeneous data using the WWARN collaborative model – Georgina Humphreys, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory, University of Oxford
• Constraints on appropriate malaria treatment in the context of drug resistance – Charlotte Gryseels, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
• Monitoring and managing the threat of antimalarial drug resistance – Pascal Ringwald, GMP, WHO
• Panel discussion – Chaired by Marta Tufet of RSTMH, including all speakers and David Reddy of MMV
• Closing remarks – Shunmay Yeung, LSHTM