Attention needs to be given to the poor, distant and inaccessible households in the efforts of malaria intervention programmes, such as free distribution of LLINs/ITNs.
Organisation: World Health Organization (WHO); WPRO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WP/RGO)
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Deadline: 17 July 2013.
To review the current literature regarding diagnostic methods available to detect clinical malaria, with an emphasis on comparing the strengths and limitations of each method.
A rapid, robust, precise and accurate stability-indicating, quantitative fused-core isocratic HPLC method was developed for simultaneous assay of beta-artemether and lumefantrine.
The sensitivity and specificity of the DekiReader in interpretation of SD RDTs were comparable to previous reports and showed high agreement to visual interpretation (>98%).
Organisation: World Health Organization (WHO); WPRO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WP/RGO)
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Deadline: 25 January 2013.
Malaria during pregnancy, particularly Plasmodium falciparum malaria, has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality, which must be reduced by both preventive measures and effective case management.
