Volunteer as a MESA Correspondent to report from the 2022 PAMCA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Are you interested in malaria research? Would you like to improve your writing skills? Would you like to attend the PAMCA Annual Conference and Exhibition for free? Here is your opportunity: volunteer as MESA Correspondent to report from the 8th PAMCA Annual Conference and Exhibition!
What do you have to do?
We are seeking volunteers as MESA Correspondents to report from the PAMCA Annual Conference and Exhibition on Harnessing local institutional and community support for the elimination of vector-born disease (VBDs). The meeting will be in person in Kigali, Rwanda, therefore, MESA is looking for correspondents to attend the conference in September, from the 26th to the 28th.
With the help of some guidelines shared in advance, the MESA Correspondents summarize the contents of selected malaria talks in a short report. The reports are reviewed by recognized senior malaria editors and afterwards, they are published and disseminated through the MESA channels.
Previous examples include:
- ASTMH 2021 Annual Meeting (virtual)
- 1st Virtual and 7th PAMCA Conference & Exhibition 2021
- 1st Women in Malaria (WiM) Conference 2021
What will you get?
- Free registration to the PAMCA Annual Conference and Exhibition, which will take place on September 26 – 28.
- Certificate of participation in the MESA Correspondents program.
- Priority when offering new opportunities to collaborate with MESA.
- Visibility. The reports are disseminated through multiple channels: MESA website, social media, MESA newsletter and Malaria World newsletter, among others.
- Enhancement of your writing skills and improvement of your CV.
How to apply?
The application to become a MESA Correspondent for the PAMCA Annual Conference and Exhibition consists of:
- Short Curriculum vitae
- Motivation statement (100-word limit) indicating which areas of malaria you have knowledge of and why you want to be part of the program.
- Synopsis of one of these videos (200-word limit)
- Investigating the magnitude and drivers of residual malaria transmission in Zanzibar, speaker: Khamis Haji, Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program, Tanzania link
- Protective efficacy of a spatial repellent against malaria infections in children: recent evidence from a clinical trial in Indonesia, speaker: Din Syafruddin, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Indonesia, link
- Tracking the local and regional spread of Plasmodium falciparum in low transmission settings of Africa, link
- Reactive case detection with targeted mass drug administration: Interrupting malaria transmission and achieving elimination beyond intervention areas in northwestern Peru, link
The opportunity to be a correspondent is open to everyone. Researchers, malaria professionals or students from Africa are highly encouraged to apply. Please send applications to mesa@isglobal.org no later than July 31, 2022. Selected MESA Correspondents will be helped to defray the costs of meeting registration, flight and accommodation. However, meals, ground transportation during the course of the conference will not be covered and no per diems. MESA Correspondents will be chosen by the MESA team based on the quality of the applications. Thanks for your interest
Photo credit: freeimages.com
