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    Day 2 (Friday 24 November 2023)

    Conference Session 3: Learning Primer Talks and Bringing Together Global Mosquito Control Forums Moderator: Dr Muhammad Mukhtar

    Day 2 (Friday 24 November 2023)

    Conference Session 3: Learning Primer Talks and Bringing Together Global Mosquito Control Forums
    Moderator: Dr Muhammad Mukhtar

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    Dr. Leo Braack, Senior Vector Control Specialist, Malaria Consortium

    Leo is a medical entomologist, having spent most of his life in Africa. He moved to Asia in early 2019 where he now works for Malaria Consortium as Senior Vector Control Specialist, supporting malaria and dengue vector control projects in mainly Cambodia and Myanmar. He is also Co-Chair and Technical Lead for the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Vector Control Working Group (VCWG), and through that platform supports the development and implementation of various vector control capacity-building interventions for NMCP’s and other institutions in Asia Pacific. Leo believes that as malaria recedes in impact and importance in Asia in the decade ahead, dengue is going to emerge as a serious public health threat which deserves early attention.

    8:30 am - ( ICT )

    Introduction: Summary overview of findings of Day 1, and objectives for today

    Dr Kimberly Fornace, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
    8:40 am - ( ICT )

    Challenges posed by zoonotic malaria to Elimination Certification and the need for new policy guidelines

    Dr Amy Morrison, Project Scientist, University of California
    8:55 am - ( ICT )

    Evaluation of “Caserotek” a low cost and effective artificial blood-feeding device for mosquitoes

    Dr Susanta Ghosh, Retired, previous Head of India National Institute of Malaria Research (ICMR)
    9:05 am - ( ICT )

    How important is Anopheles stephensi in India, and how does India combat it?

    9:20 am - ( ICT )

    PACMOSSI and need assessment in Asia Pacific

    Dr Muhammad Mukhtar, Director Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC)

    Dr Muhammad Mukhtar is the Director in the Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC); focal person for control of malaria vectors, author of national vector control policy & guidelines. He is an entomologits/vector control specialist. Also working as Incharge Research & Development Wing-DoMC; Ex-Head of Department of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Public Health Laboratory Divisions-National Institute of Health-Pakistan.

    10:05 am - ( ICT )

    Addressing the vector monitoring needs of Pakistan – The new State-of-the-Art laboratory facilities

    10:20 am - ( ICT )

    Myanmar status of malaria and its new strategy for malaria control and innovative stratification

    10:35 am - ( ICT )

    Current status of malaria in Indonesia, its challenge in vector control and surveillance

    Dr Timothy Barker, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
    10:50 am - ( ICT )

    Effectiveness of dual active ingredient insecticide-treated nets

    Dr El Hadji Amadou Niang, Senior Medical Entomologist, PAMCA
    11:40 am - ( ICT )

    Vector control platforms, how they work: PAMCA

    Marcy Erskine, Malaria Advisor, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
    11:50 am - ( ICT )

    Vector control platforms, how they work: Alliance for Malaria Prevention

    Dr Muhammad Mukhtar, Director Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC)

    Dr Muhammad Mukhtar is the Director in the Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC); focal person for control of malaria vectors, author of national vector control policy & guidelines. He is an entomologits/vector control specialist. Also working as Incharge Research & Development Wing-DoMC; Ex-Head of Department of Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Public Health Laboratory Divisions-National Institute of Health-Pakistan.

    - ( ICT )

    Plenary discussion on APMEN specialist subgroup: opportunities, benefits and challenges