International
Malaria Conference
at
Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok
Sunday, 16 February 2003 :
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15:00
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Welcome and Opening
Speech
Professor Dr. H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn
Keynote lecture :
Malaria : Integrated Approaches for Prevention and Treatment
Professor Dr. H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn
Reception
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Monday, 17 February 2003 :
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9.00
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Symposium I : Current
Status of Malaria Research
Chairperson : To be announced
- Report from Tanzania Meeting
Adrian Hill (UK)
- Functional Genomics and
Validation of Drug and Vaccine Targets
Alan Cowman (AUSTRALIA)
- Modern Techniques in Malaria
Detection
Peter Gascoyne (USA)
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13:30
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Symposium II : New Antimalarial Drug Development
Chairperson : Sornchai Looareesuwan (THAILAND)
- Clinical Trials of New Antimalarial Drug
Sornchai Looareesuwan
(THAILAND)
- Drugs in Combination
Nick White (THAILAND)
- Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
Dennis Shanks (THAILAND)
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Tuesday, 18 February 2003
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9:00
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Symposium III : Current
Status of Antimalarial Drug and Vaccine Development
Chairperson : Charles Pasternak (UK)
- Parasite Membrane As a Target
Sanjeev Krishna (UK)
- Erythrocyte Membrane As a
Target
Kiaran Kirk (AUSTRALIA)
- Current Vaccines
Adrian Hill (UK)
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13:00
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Symposium IV :
Artemisia annua
Chairperson : Gerard Bodeker
(UK)
- Artemisia annua
Network of Excellence
Prof Heide
- Artemisia annua
in Chinese Traditional Medicine
Wan Yaode (P.R. CHINA)
- Clinical Trials of Artemisia annua Infusion
Ministry of Health, Vietnam
Mueller et al (VIETNAM)
- Cultivation of Artemisia annua to Improve Artemisinin
Yields
1. John Laughlin
2. Krishna Kraisintu,
Government Pharmaceutical Organization (THAILAND)
3. Representative from Vietnamese Institute for Materia Medica
- Small-scale Cultivation and
Use of Artemisia annua
Hans Hirt (GERMANY)
- RITAM Artemisia annua Task Force
Merlin Willcox (UK)
- Future Directions : Discussion
and Questions
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Wednesday, 19 February 2003:
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9.00
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Symposium V : Research
Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods
(RITAM) in ASIA
Chairperson : Gerard Bodeker
(UK)
- Introduction to RITAM
Gerard Bodeker & Merlin Willcox (UK)
- Reports on Clinical Trial on
Traditional Malaria Prophylaxis in India
1. P. Unnikrishan (INDIA)
2. Darshan Shankar (INDIA)
- Changshan: from tradition to lab to
dustbin.
Loss of an important antimalarial
Gerard Bodeker (UK)
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13.00
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Symposium VI : Thai Traditional Medicines for Malaria
OIBC-EU Project Preparation
Symposium VII : Reports from China, ASEAN Countries and
Other South & SE Asian Nations
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