FIRST REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON MALARIA ELIMINATIONLUXOR, EGYPT 

17 – 22 NOVEMBER 2012

ObjectivesProvide Knowledge, competence, and confidence to do the following:

1. Describe the epidemiological bases for malaria control and elimination. 2. Give an account on the historical background, lessons learnt and

current concepts of malaria elimination.3. Identify areas in which malaria elimination may be feasible with

currently available tools.4. Describe the basic principles of malaria elimination in order to develop

a national programme, or modify an existing programme, to eliminate malaria in a particular area.

5. Design strategies and approaches to achieve the objectives set.6. Write a plan for malaria elimination including operational targets,

activities, milestones and monitoring and evaluation.

Contents

• UNIT 1: BASICS OF MALARIA TRANSMISSION

• UNIT 2: INTRODUCTION TO MALARIA ELIMINATION

• UNIT 3 :ROAD MAP FOR A MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME

• UNIT 4 : APPROACHES AND TOOLS OF ELIMINATION PROGRAMMES

• UNIT 6: HEALTH SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO MALARIA ELIMINATION

• UNIT 7 : PREVENTION OF THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF MALARIA

• UNIT 9 : WHO CERTIFICATION OF MALARIA ELIMINATION

• Unit 10: PREPARING A PLAN FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION

Facilitators 

• Dr Allan Schapira, Course coordinator • Dr Andrei Beljaev, • Dr Nakul Chitnis, • Dr Aafje Rietveld, Medical Officer, Global

Malaria Programme, WHO/HQ• Dr Hoda Atta, Regional Malaria Adviser

Participants

1. EMR2. AFR 3. WPR4. SEAR

• MOH , WHO ( RO, CO ), ACT Malaria Foundation

• 3 Groups ( A, B, C )

Logistics

• Pretest • Course evaluation ( daily –including detailed

feedback on the guide for participants)• At the end – Post test – Certificate at the end of the course – CD at the end of the course

• Check emails  prohibited during the course time 

• Printed documents Return if not plan to take