AMMnet seminar: To target malaria elimination in Ghana: Myth or reality?

The Applied Malaria Modeling Network (AMMnet) is pleased to invite you to the seminar titled “To target malaria elimination in Ghana: Myth or reality?“.

Date: 4th of February, 2025.

Time: 15:00 UTC.

Place: Online via Zoom.

Elimination is the current goal of the malaria program in Ghana. This is premised on the observed considerable decline in the prevalence of parasitaemia and incidence of clinical cases in many parts of the country. Experience from other countries suggest that eliminating malaria in high transmission settings is a daunting undertaking and programs that pursue that path ought to appreciate the enormity of the task, and the resources needed to achieve that target. This presentation will draw on the biology of the malaria parasite, the epidemiology of the disease at global and local levels, and the effectiveness of the currently-available tools to make the case for new tools and interventions.

Speaker: 

• Dr Frank Baiden is an associate professor of epidemiology and dean of the Fred N Binka School of Public health. Dr Baiden was educated at the University of Ghana Medical School, the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For 15 years, he worked with the Ghana Health Service at the Navrongo and Kintampo Health Research Centres, and with the World Health Organization in East Africa. Dr Baiden has taught and examined public health courses in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African countries. Dr Baiden has authored over eighty publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is the lead author of the malaria chapter in the latest edition of the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health. 

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