Meeting documents - MPAC Inaugural Meeting, 31 January - 2 February 2012

• Agenda
  pdf, 73kb
• Participants
  pdf, 96kb
• Declaration of Interests
  pdf, 139kb

Full Meeting Report

• Inaugural meeting of the malaria policy advisory committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations

Session 1 - Report from the WHO Global Malaria Programme Director

• Global Report to MPAC: Sustaining the gains in malaria control and elimination, presented on 31 January 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland
  pdf, 2.40Mb

Session 2 - Drug Resistance and Containment

• a. Update on artemisinin resistance
  pdf, 441kb
• b. Drug resistance and containment Technical Expert Group terms of reference
  pdf, 84kb

Session 3 - Diagnosis

• a. WHO selection criteria for procuring malaria RDTs – MPAC background document, drafted December 2011
  pdf, 498kb

Session 4 - Vector Control

• a. Background on the rationale and methods for developing the WHO Position Paper on Larviciding – MPAC background document, drafted January 2012
  pdf, 16kb
• b. WHO interim position statement – the role of larviciding for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa

Session 5 - Elimination

• a. Country classification by elimination phase - MPAC background document, drafted January 2012
  pdf, 323kb

Session 6 - Surveillance

• a. Methodological approaches in estimating the number of malaria cases and deaths - MPAC background document, drafted January 2012
  pdf, 36kb

Session 7 - Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC)

• a. Report of the Technical consultation on Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) / Chimio-prévention saisonnière du paludisme (CSP), WHO-GMP Technical Expert Group on Preventive Chemotherapy, May 2011
• b. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention for preventing malaria morbidity in children aged less than 5 years living in areas of marked seasonal transmission: GRADE tables to assist guideline development and recommendations
  pdf, 178kb
• c. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention bibliography: publications on IPTc in children in the community under 5 years of age
  pdf, 169kb
• d. WHO Policy Recommendation: Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria control in highly seasonal transmission areas of the Sahel sub-region in Africa, March 2012