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Who: Tullu Bukhari Where: The Netherlands What: Larval control Why: becuause I see larval control as an inevitable approach for malaria eradication.

Hi, my name is Ricardo Ataide and I'm a portuguese PhD student. I'm enrolled at the GABBA program in Portugal (gabba.up.pt) and I'm performing my lab work at the Dept of Medicine of the University of Melbourne in Prof Stephen Rogerson's malaria Lab. I'm interested in the immune responses that women in their first pregnancies mount against the new parasite variant that binds to their placental tissue. My work focuses on monocytes and their interactions. This is important to understand what are the correct type of responses we want a vaccine to elicit and also to find ways to prevent or minimize the deleterious effects of placental malaria in these women and their offspring.

My name is Vivek... and I am involved in the manufacture of RDTs for Malaria. I am based in Daman, India. We already manufacture one of the best RDTs available for Malaria. My goal is in ensuring the latest technology is available for early diagnosis of Malaria. The technology should be viable and usable by anybody, anywhere.

Hi everyone, my name is Funmi, I live and work in Nigeria, Africa. I have been exposed to several malaria infections from childhood . Now as a parasitologist my focus has been on the control of malaria and its limitation in Nigeria. I concluded my PhD study a couple of years ago which was an Epidemiological study of malaria in pregnancy in Nigeria. I am currently seeking for a postdoc opportunity in malaria epidemiology, control strategies or assessment of impact of various malaria control tools such as Longlasting Insecticide Treated Nets(LLITN )and Intermittent Preventive Treatment( IPT)or Indoor Residual Spray (IRS).

Dear Bart The fight against malaria remain a challenge for all of us. GBTH"global business trading house" based in Dakar -Senegal. We are Bestnet Europe LTD representative in the west and central africa and the only distributor of the long lasting bed net "NETPROTECT". For more details do not hesitate to contact us. Best regards AMETH A SY SALES MANAGER Email: asy@soni.sn

About 50 years ago I started working as a public health engineer in the tropical Americas and Africa on engineering and environmental methods for control of malaria, Snail Fever (aka schistosomiasis) and other tropical diseases. Along the way I helped develop the final steps in control of Snail Fever in Puerto Rico, then went to central Sudan where I worked on malaria control as well. I have worked in 17 African countries, as well as several others in Arabia, Asia and the Americas. Also I have published a couple of books and about 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. My first scientific article was published in Science in 1964 on Ecological design of irrigation canals for snail control, volume 145, number 3638, pages 1324-1326. My most recent article on malaria control in Angola was published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. You can Google it at - doi:10.2471/BLT.08.052514. Having started with WHO in 1963 I've been on various WHO Expert Committees on tropical diseases since, and worked for them in Ghana, Pakistan, Yemen and other countries of their Eastern Mediterranean Region. Another of my main activities has been the conduct of health and environmental impact assessments on large water and energy projects in the tropics. I've worked on Akosombo Dam in Ghana, Manantali and Diama Dams in Senegal, Mauritania and Mali, on Merowe Dam in the Sudan, Bujagali Dam on the upper Nile in Uganda, Jubba River Dam in Somalia, and several small hydrolelectric dams in the Dominican Republic. In 2005 I was asked by USAID to start their first project in Angola under the new US Presidential Malaria Initiative. I was so upset by the bumbling approach I found there, and the lack of substance in the UN and WHO malaria programs in the Africa Region, that I was compelled to write "A realistic strategy for fighting malaria in Africa" to try to give them some guidelines for sustainable strategies in Africa. I have just published this as Blue Nile Monograph One with Boston Harbor Publishers, and have some hope that I can influence the people in Washington DC and Geneva to get their act in order. I am not sure, however. Your suggestions and help would be appreciated. As my parting shot, I think that eradication of malaria in Africa, and a practical vaccine against malaria in our lifetime, are fantasies and chimeras. But still hoping,

<p>Hello, my name is Inga (full name = ingeborg van Schayk) and I am the founder of MalariaWorld. I am a social scientist specialized in adult education and communication and have worked 10+ years in malaria endemic countries, mostly Africa + some yrs in Latin America. I have experience in a broad range of organizations: community work, NGO's, internat. research organisations, ministry and UN. I have worked with all sorts of people such as street-youth, illiterates, maasai, women groups, trainers, ministers, policy-makers, scientists, bureaucrats etc. etc. The biggest challenge of all still is being a good wife and a mother of 2. I started what has become MalariaWorld in Western Kenya (2001) as part of a communications project of MIM, funded by the US National Library of Medicine. The aim was to centralize published malaria information and send that around in one e-mail so that everyone else could focus on their work rather than spending hrs and hrs searching for the same information. I am dedicated to make MalariaWorld the best information portal on malaria and I am proud of you and all our other subscribers who make this initiative a success. Currently I reside in The Netherlands where I am the Director of the Dutch Malaria Foundation the charity organisation behind MalariaWorld. Read more about me on&nbsp;<a href="http://nl.linkedin.com/in/ingeborgvanschayk" target="_blank">nl.linkedin.com/in/ingeborgvanschayk</a></p>

I am Adan, a research lab technologist working with KEMRI/WELLCOME TRUST in kilifi,kenya.

Hello Everyone, I'm Rahul and doing my Phd in Malaria vaccine in Haffkine Institute, Mumbai. I would like to share with u all about the new findings in malaria all over the world. So trying to keep in contact with everyone.. thanking you..

Dear Malariaworld subscribers. My name is Willem van Prooijen. I have a company named MeduProf-S (Sustainable Medical Education for Professionals) We have training projects/programs all over Africa, Middle East and the Carribean. Since 15 years I am active in the following countries: Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Bonaire, China and South Africa. Three reasons to be interested in Malariaword: In our involvement in African Hospitals we face the impact Malaria has on the mortality rate. We are surprised by the practical approach of Malariaworld and we are ready to support Malariaworld through our network with prevention and training in the future. Sending our own staff mainly to Malaria areas we are confronted with the danger of the disease ourselves. That is why I decided to be a boardmember of the Dutch Malaria Foundation.

My name is Boris Pufong and I am the founder of clinique veritas (www.cliniqueveritas.com), a supplier and distributor of rapid tests and point of care test poducts in Cameroon, and the west and central African region. After studying Pharmacology and obtaining a masters in Immunoloy, I pursued an MBA at Manchester Business School UK, I have worked with various global biotechnology firms and pharmaceutical companies including GSK in the UK. I realised in Cameroon and most African countries, there is large ratio of patient to doctor (1:40,000 in Cameroon) which could result in slow disgnosis. Having rapid tests and point of care test products (which deliver results in minutes) in these markets would not only speed up diagnosis and free up resources but will also enhance communication between patients and doctors as well as speed up treatment. Clinique Veritas, also holds educative seminars in these countries and place doctors in hospitals where there can advance their knowledge of infectious diseases and be contributory in promoting excellence in healthcare in Africa. Our products cover a wide range of diagnosis for diseases predominant in the aforementioned region. These include, malaria, cholera, typhoid, diabetes, HIV, to name a few.

I am relatively new to malaria and certainly to Malaria World. I have been an individual donor to international development organizations for about 30 years. My engagement during that time was rather similar to the approach advocated by GivingWhatWeCan.org. I am exploring a different approach to philanthropy by focusing on a specific problem and a defined region. My interest now is in malaria in western Kenya. I am experimenting with an alternative form of philanthropy that is more active and participatory. In particular, I have been exploring what can be accomplished through North/South dyadic partnerships. I have found a partner in western Kenya, someone who lives in a town not far from areas of endemic malaria. We communicate by email and phone. Together, we are trying to learn as much as we can about the effort to provide universal bed net coverage in our area of western Kenya. We will attempt to support and supplement those efforts as creatively and usefully as possible.. By exposing myself to direct feedback, especially from individuals who live in western Kenya, I believe that over time I will acquire a more sophisticated appreciation for the challenges of fighting malaria, at least in this particular area of the world. I am skeptical about the goal of some organizations (such as Malaria No More) to eliminate deaths from malaria worldwide by 2015. Is that really feasible? However, I think by working with a few others in a collective effort, we might have a chance of eliminating deaths from malaria in one small region of western Kenya. If not, at least I will know more about the region and what doesn't work than if I was simply a donor to an anti-malaria organization. I already feel a much closer connection to this area of western Kenya than I did to any other region of the world during the 30 years that I was a donor and only a donor to nonprofit organizations. Cliff

I am happy to Jouint with you in Malaria World, I am intersting in the studies of Mosquito. The Title of my PhD is Biological and Histopathological Studies on Some Plant Extracts Against Culex quinquefasciatus in Saudi Arabia. It showed The efficacy of pesticide (extracted from plants) affecting mosquito larvae led to utilize various kinds of plants to control mosquitoes in various parts of the world. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is distinguished of it desert environment including various kinds of plants to be utilized in extracting effective materials as pesticides that do not affect nontargeted man, animal and environment. Three plants were selected to extract materials or components from to deal with (Culicidae) (Culex quinquefasciatus); they are: Artemisia herba alba, Matricaraia chamomilla and Melia azedarach. The methanol extract effectiveness of each tested plant has been identified in the present study alone. Treated the 3rd larval instar of Cx. quienqufasciatus using different concentrations of these extracts for periods of 24 hours and 48 hours. We studied the Possibility of deposited egg (Repellent effect) on treated surface with different concentrations of plant extracts, Possibility of female biting from treated skin with LC50, The encubation period and possibility of hatching after transfer it to treated surface with LC50 – LC95, Latent effect on some biological aspects of treated larvae,The effect of some environmental factors on the 3rd larval instar of Cx. quinquefasiatus treated with LC50 of A. herba alba, M. chamomilla and M. azedarach extracts, Histological studies on the alimentary canal of the Cx. quinquefasciatus of the 3rd larval instar depending on the optical (light) microscope and Electron microscope and the Histophathological study of the internal canal of Cx. quinquefasiatus when it is the 3rd larval instar larvae treated with herbal extracts: A. herba alba, M. chamomilla and M. azedarach through optical microscope.

I come now to discover your website and I am very happy to have professionals with whom I can share in entomology. Currently at The Laboratory of Integrated Management Of The National Program of Fight against Malaria in Cameroon, I have an International Masters in Medical and Veterinary Entomology from the University of Montpellier II (France) & the University of Abomey (Benin) I am currently looking for a PhD scholarship.

Hi, my name is Graham Small. I have a PhD from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and postdoctoral research experience at Cardiff University in pesticide resistance. I have over 25 years experience in resistance diagnosis, characterisation and monitoring. I am currently Technical Director at i2LResearch Ltd, a GLP and GEP certified contract research company providing product development, product testing and consultancy services to the pest control industry worldwide. I've joined MalariaWorld to help keep myself up to date with current research in mosquito vector control and to engage in discussions on where mosquito vector control (in particular insecticide resistance management) is headed.

<P>I am an Assistant Professor of Zoology in Kerala, India. I started my career as a researcher at Malaria Research Centre, Goa. I was there for almost&nbsp; a decade. Then I moved back to my home state Kerala in 2001. For two years I had served as a District Malaria Officer and&nbsp; in 2003 joined the present position. My areas of research are mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. Since Kerala is almost free of indigenous malaria I had shifted my interest to Dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis and Lymphatic Filariasis.&nbsp;Recently, I have come back to malaria, as sporadic cases of the disease&nbsp;have started appearing in my home town and I have also discovered that the notorious vector <EM>Anopheles stephensi </EM>is very much prevalent in my town.</P> <P>I have published 21 research papers and one book entitled "Mosquito-breeding in the Rubber plantations of Kerala, India: A study based on Ecosystem Approach". Besides, I am also a popular science writer and text book writer. I have published 12 popular science articles in English and one book entitled "Living Technolgies: Imitating Life". I have also authored/co-authored 8 text books for Undergraduate studentsof Zoology and Engineering.</P> <P>In 2011 I was invited by Institute of Research and Development for an invited talk on 'Rubber plantations and Mosquito-borne Diseases: An Experience from Kerala, India' during the symposium on Social and Ecological Dimensions of Infectious Diseases held at Mahidhol University, Thailand. I look forward for such international experiences through Malaria World.</P>

<p>Hello everyone,</p><p>I am Ms Sonam Vijay, a Ph.D student from National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India. My research mainly focus on mosquito innate immunity.</p><p>With best regards</p><p>Sonam Vijay</p><p>Senior Research Fellow &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>A biochemist/lecturer and associate dean, Faculty of Natural &nbsp;and Applied Sciences. St John's Universit of Tanzania</p>

Hello Everyone! My name is Natasha and i have a BSc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. I have been working as a Laboratory Scientist in a Malaria Research lab for 7 months now particularly PCR detection of Plasmodium parasite and gametocyte under an epidemiological study in my country Zambia. I am really interested in and looking forward to gaining and sharing knowledge and ideas with you all :)

Hi all I am a Pest Management Professional presently living in Philippines. While majority debate on malaria control either by killing the mosquito pest or developing vaccination methods to answer a cure, I believe in educating the public in preventing a bite as the foremost. Most visible acts in Malaria control is commercially driven, benefiting pharmaceuticals, insecticide and sprayer manufacturers. The work of Vector borne disease prevention is a federal act. The responsible governments should use all its power and control over mass media to inform public to avoid a bite. Personal protection by being aware and on guard could be more sustainable. The process of natural selection will answer the rest ! Regards Partho

<p>I'm earlier physician , an recente General Practice, I live at tropical country where the endemic disease such as Malaria are common, and predominante, During my School at Catholic University of Mozambique, an teacher of me, invited me to participate an inquery obout Malaria to do do cross-section between Malaria, HIV, TB in patient taking Cotrimoxazol medication, and TARV. I did this studied and i liked, Now, im very comprommissed to do more studied about this phenemonem. Malaria is Big problem in poor-countries where are poor ways of sanitation, and poor control of vector I'm Mozambican, Medical Doctor, interrested to do Tropical Medicine </p>

I am seeking opportunities to utilize a skill set that combines both public policy and science. I will be receiving my PhD in Global Infectious Diseases (GID) from Georgetown University. Georgetown’s GID program is specifically designed to integrate scientific knowledge and public policy. My technical training, under Dr. Paul Roepe, and knowledge of how to effectively translate science into polices that save lives are invaluable. Please help me find an employer that would allow me to best utilize my dual degree.

I am an Msc Parasitology & Vector Biology Student at Maseno University with deep Interest in Malaria Immunogenetics. I believe this is where real encounter is in the line of Development of Vaccination. Being in this Malaria Research Community is a Wonderful Experience that I know will Raise my Understanding of Malaria Through Interaction with who is who in the world of Malariology... Thanks Fwaya

My name is Larry, I am a pharmacist practising in Nairobi and my main research interests include chemotherapy of malaria and development of resistance amongst the plasmodium species

Hi everyone, I am a PhD student in Nigeria working on malaria. I had my first degree in Zoology (B.Sc)in the year 2005 and my second degree (M.Sc Parasitology) in the year 2010. I researched on mosquitoes during my B.Sc, antiplasmodial properties of a plant during my MSc, and currently interested in epidemiological studies on drug resistant genes and variations within the human populace using documented molecular biomarkers. I also hope to identify more molecular genes that can be used in detecting parasite resistance especially to ACT drugs. I am interested in drug resistance since it is one of the major obstacles thwarting effective malaria control programmes over the past decades. I had co-authored a research on trypanosomiasis two (2) years ago due to the fact that i enjoy collaborative studies and very much interested in learning. I look forward to share my knowledge and findings with malaria scientists in the future.

I am a postdoc molecular biologist / biochemist. Started out as an undergrad looking at TB, then got interested in parasitology. Completed my PhD looking at drug resistance mechanisms in trypanosomes before moving into malaria. Have worked on some aspects of malaria drug resistance as well as molecular events around development of cerebral malaria. Am now based in Lusaka, Zambia where I work on various malaria interventions, namely improving surveillance mechanisms and reporting of cases with a view to identifying and targeting hotspots of transmission. Am also working on trying to use genetics to understand transmission dynamics in low transmission settings....

Hello members, I am excited to see you all on this forum, I think we can learn a great deal from each other. I live and work in Nigeria. Presently I work with Christian Aid Nigeria country program. I am their Malaria focal person. We have distributed close to a million LLINs in 4 state and in April, 2013 we are starting our Malaria pilot in Anambra state.

Greetings all, I am delighted to have found this great community. I work for MosquitoZone International and we provide integrated vector control (as well as supportive services and products) for private and public sector clients, both on the worksite and in the community. We have worked on most continents and pride ourselves on science-driven, entomologically and epidemiologically sound programs. We are based in Houston, TX, USA, but I run the Washington, DC office. Prior to coming to MZI in 2013, I served 10 years as a Congressional oversight investigator and legislative advisor to four U.S. Senators and three Committees with jurisdiction over global health. I was the lead staffer for the 2003-2005 oversight that led to malaria-related reforms (specifically, changing policies to start supporting ACT use and IRS) at the Global Fund, the WHO and the creation of the President's Malaria Initiative. I also was a lead staffer in the 2003 creation and 2008 reauthorization of PEPFAR. Prior to my work on Capitol Hill, I was the program evaluator for Whitman-Walker Clinic, a large HIV/AIDS service organization in the DC area, and a research instructor at Georgetown University School of Medicine. I received an ScM in infectious disease epidemiology from Harvard SPH and a BA in sociology from University of Virginia. I hope to make the acquaintance of many of you. We are always recruiting for field entomologists and operational folks, as well as looking for partners in our work.

Hi everyone! I have just signed up as a member of the MalariaWorld so I thought I should leave a comment. I am a PhD student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, currently in my third year under the supervision of Prof Alan Cowman. My main project is to set up a robust conditional gene regulation system to regulate gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum parasites. This is important because development of an efficient gene regulation system, which is grossly inadequate at the moment, will allow us to dissect the role of genes essential for parasite survival. Currently, knocking out genes which are required in the blood stage life cycle of the parasite results in lethality therefore forestalling any functional analyses on the genes. Conditional gene regulations has allowed for a more precise annotation of the functions of genes previously thought to be only as being essential for survival.