MARCAD GROUP Picture Annual Meeting 2018 SUMMARY
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NEWS SPECIAL EDITION - JUNE 2019 MARCAD GROUP picture Annual Meeting 2018 SUMMARY Editorial Prof. Oumar Gaye, MARCAD Director ....................................................................................3 News MARCAD Malaria Elimination Course 2018 ............................................................................4 MARCAD Annual General Meeting, Dakar 2018, October 10th - 12th...................................5 PhD Fellow Oumou Kalsom GUEYE “I want to be among people who help….” ................................................................................6 Sensitization workshop at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana ....................7 Field attachment at the Ghana National Malaria Control Programme .....................................8 Master students supervised within the MARCAD program defended their research projects with honors..........................................................................9 Interview Pr. Wilfred Fon MBACHAM MARCAD Partner PI at the University of Yaounde 1 (UY1), Cameroon .......................................................................10 International Events MARCAD participation at the 7th MIM Conference .................................................................11 Great interest for the MARCAD program at the Centenary of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology (FMPO) of the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD) ....12 MARCAD fellow at the 67th meeting of ASTMH in New-Orleans............................................15 MARCAD PIs, CoPIs and Fellows at UCAD/Senegal, MRTC/Mali, MRC/The Gambia, UHAS/Ghana and BTC/Cameroon have made major scientific contributions Fellows Grants Winners ..........................................................................................................16 Scientific contributions .............................................................................................................18 PUBLICATION DIRECTOR Prof Oumar GAYE EDITOR-IN- CHIEF Kodou SENE CO- EDITORS Prof Jean Louis A. NDIAYE Dr Magatte NDIAYE Ekoue KOUEVIDJIN MARCAD Consortium Secretariat Parasitology-Mycology Department Rokhaya Daba MBAYE Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology (FMPO) Dr Aminatou KONE University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD) BP: 5005, Dakar-Fann (Sénégal) COLLABORATED BY Phone : +221 33 825 19 99 PAGINATION ORDER E-mail: [email protected] Prof Oumar GAYE Web Site: http://marcad-africa.org D. Drissa COULIBALY Oumou Kalsom GUEYE Prof. Harry TAGBOR : MARCAD : MARCAD7 Virtue F. DE-GAULLE Mouhamed A. NOURDINE : MARCAD programme Pape Cheikh SARR Ousmane SY Prof. Wilfred MBACHAM Dr Aminatou KONE 2 EDITORIAL By Prof Oumar Gaye MARCAD Director After the selection in early 2017 our fellows are working in established institutions with a good research environment and beneficiate from an high quality supervision provided by high level scientists from the African partner institutions and their European collaborators , the London School of Hygiene and Tropi- cal Medicine / U.K., the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine / U.K. and the Center of Parasitology (COP) / Denmark. With the support of a Research committee hree years now the Malaria Re- and an Advisory board MARCAD has made search Capacity Development good progress with key achievements: (MARCAD) in West and Central Afri- ca, one of 11 Deltas Africa programs Training courses: The Research Methodolo- T was launched with the objective to gy Course in 2017, the Malaria Elimination strengthen the quality of research through Course in 2018 and the planned Leadership the training of young African researchers at Course and Biostatistics in 2019. PhD and Post-docs level who will be able to address the new malaria challenges with ma- Research activities : Fellows have made good laria elimination. A malaria research program progress proven by several publications and was set with the contribution of our partners participations at international scientific mee- from the Medical Research Council Unit The tings, winning new grants and advocating for Gambia at London School of Hygiene and a Public and Community Engagement. Tropical Medicine, the University of Health and Applied Sciences de Ho in Ghana, the The MARCAD secretariat received a warmly Malaria Research and Training Center of the welcome from the partner institutions during University of Sciences, Technics and Tech- the different visits ;the commitment of the nologies / Mali and the University of Yaoundé academic authorities is a real motivation to 1 in Cameroon. MARCAD seeks to train Afri- strengthen the research environment which can scientists toward building a critical mass is essential for the management of research. for the control and the elimination of malaria, At MARCAD we are committed to roll back equip them to compete effectively for interna- malaria in the continent. Support we received tional funding, offer them international expo- from stakeholders increase our motivation sure, and facilitate their networking and colla- that malaria could be eliminated with the en- boration with other institutions. The program gagement of scientists , communities and aims also : funders. • To encourage women to become more in- We are looking for more results from our fel- volved in research. lows in the coming months and by the end of • To contribute to gender equality in the this first round of the program no doubt that scientific research community in Africa. substantial progress will be made in the way • To facilitate national and international mobi- of malaria elimination. lity of our young researchers. • To engage policymakers and the commu- MARCAD with UCAD is very proud to host nity on the issue of research for the fight the Deltas Africa meeting in July in Dakar against malaria. and together with our all partners we are • To encourage collaboration in malaria re- dedicated to accelerate the excellence in search between African Universities science in our continent. 3 NEWS Malaria Elimination Course 2018 To provide to Fellows, skills to be able to contribute to the participants before the lectures were to malaria elimination was the aim of the three essentially composed by published literature on days course organized by the Malaria Research Malaria Elimination, position papers on elimination Capacity Development in West and Central Africa strategies from the MALERA, HARVARD group (MARCAD) Training Committee led by Professor and WHO, policy briefs from countries moving Wilfred Fon Mbacham, held from October 7th-9th, towards elimination (…). This approach allowed 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. fellows to be able to discuss some of the contents The course entitled « Key Considerations for during the group work sessions. Discussions on Malaria Elimination » had Facilitators Advisors/ main strategies that would allow the students to Supervisors from different MARCAD committees appreciate the science of elimination were also led. and some other international well-known experts in Fellows were evaluated at the beginning and end malaria elimination. of the course to ascertain that certain notions Twenty-two (22) participants from Benin, have been understood and certain competencies Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, acquired. and Togo attended the MARCAD workshop. They At the end of the three-day course, participants Include the MARCAD fellows and other trainees gained new skills to identify the different factors working in malaria research area. to address in malaria elimination. Fellows were During the three-day course, facilitators allowed found able to discuss strategies to mitigate the to the attendees to have a holistic vision of the challenges of elimination. Each Candidate is able situational analysis and historical control efforts to review published articles to pick out the concerns of malaria and a clearer understanding of the of various authors and proponents. They are able epidemiology of malaria and the changing nature from their respective disciplines to draw a road of the epidemic. map for their own efforts towards elimination. The course load was divided into three sections Only those participants who make the pass addressing issues on vectors, the parasite, and mark received their certificates at the end of the programmatic issues. course due to the competency-based approach The teachings were focused on a participatory used to raise the candidates understanding of the method. The course material which was provided complexities involved in Malaria Elimination. The three sections addressing issues of the Malaria Elimination Course 1/ Issues on Vectors included Vector, Diversity, Infectivity & Vector Competency; Mosquito behavior and Efficacy of Insecticides and Larvicides; Vector Dependent Control Measures –such as IRS & LLIN. At the end of this section, participants group working and discussion on Elimination, Transmission Blocking, and Control Methods was done. 2/ Parasite dependent factors and included Parasite Variants & Infectivity; Evolution of drug resistance. Epidemiology of resistant parasite populations; Drug developments. This section ended with a debate on the impact of resistance on elimination and of drug resistance and interventions progress to stifle drug resistance. 3/ Program and Systems Issues: Matters discussed included Malaria Case Management in Public and Private sectors. The usefulness of RDTs and the importance of highly sensitive & specific diagnostic tools; Population wide treatments - IPTi, IPTp, IPTsc, SMC. The feasibility of vaccine deployment and combination