November Meeting – Capacity Strengthening
APPMG November meeting 2014...
AGM followed by European Foundation for NTDs
Tuesday 1st July, Westminster Annual General Meeting The European Foundation for Neglected Tropical Diseases Building a network of African researchers in Africa Introduced by Professor David Molyneux, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Dr Pauline Mwinzi, Principal Scientist at the NTD Department at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya & Dr Richard Phillips,...
Malaria & NTD Research Programmes
Tuesday 2nd September, Westminster Malaria & NTD Research Programmes Dr Helen Price & Dr Brian Horrocks, Keele University Development of new therapeutics for treatment of malaria and leishmaniasis at Keele. Gave a brief overview of the research base in parasitology at Keele, followed by details of recent promising projects in drug discovery. Henry Burkitt from...
Student Presentations
Tuesday 2nd September Malaria & NTD Student Presentations In an Open Competition Six Malaria & NTD Research Students were chosen from UK universities to make short presentations of their work. Kayla G. Barnes, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Insecticide Resistance: A Threat To Disease Control Lucas Cunningham, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: The little Pigs...
Capacity Strengthening
10th November 5pm, Committee Room 17 Capacity Strengthening Professor Sir Brian Greenwood provided an overview and introduced a 17 minute film on the Malaria Capacity Development Consortium, MCDC, which is working to strengthen PhD training programmes in five African universities. This work, funded by the Wellcome Trust with co-funding from...
Launch of 2014 Malaria Report
13th October 5pm, Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster Launch of the 2014 Malaria Report: “An Unprecedented Opportunity at the awn of a New Era” Speakers include: Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for at the Department of International Development from 2010-2012. Professor David Schellenberg, Director of the...
A Competition for Research Students into Malaria & NTDs
Concept Note for Research Students September...
Focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo & Nigeria Innovation and Action in those Countries
Tuesday 6th May 5pm, Thatcher Room , Portcullis House, Westminster. Focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo & Nigeria – “Innovation and Action” in those countries Prudence Hamade, MB, CHB, MRCPCH, Senior Technical Adviser, the Malaria Consortium, will talk about the Consortium’s Seasonal Malaria Control Programme in Nigeria. She...
A joint meeting of the APPGs “Financing the Fight: Reaching the Tipping Point Against HIV, TB and Malaria”
Tuesday 10th June 5pm A joint meeting of the APPGs "Financing the Fight: Reaching the Tipping Point Against HIV, TB and Malaria" Speakers included: Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Following the Global Fund’s recent achievements, in restoring its level of funding...
March APPMG Meeting
Tuesday 18th March,Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster Financing Malaria & NTDs Research, Development and Control - Focussing on existing, potential and innovative funding for Malaria and NTDs Speakers include: Professor Jeremy Farrar, Director, The Wellcome Trust, who will talk about the funding priorities for the Wellcome Trust...