The Greenwood Africa Lecture 2005

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) hosts the Greenwood Africa Lecture 2005 delivered by Dr. Fitsum Tadesse. 

Africa, which bears the highest malaria burden, remains to be the most affected. Human and environmental factors might have contributed to this high burden together with the emergence and expansion of biological threats. The main biological threats to malaria include insecticide resistance of malaria vectors, drug resistance of parasites, parasite gene deletions that render them undetectable by rapid tests, and invasive malaria vectors.

Uniquely, the Horn of Africa is disproportionately affected by these threats as they converge in the region. Dr. Tadesse has been leading evidence generation in the region to support informed decision-making. In his presentation, he will address the work he has led and data he supported generated in the region which resulted in a change in policy.

Date: 27th of February, 2025

Time: 15:00 GMT

Location: Online, Zoom link and at John Snow Lecture Theatre B, LSHTM.  

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