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Poster Session 6: Malaria and infectious diseases

Sunday, November 3, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
Malaria is a a major public health challenge and unfortunately the funding earmarked for malaria to address this problem globally has not been consistent. This poster session will discuss the various public challenges associated with malaria
Session Objectives: Discuss the challenges posed by malaria globally Identify the role played by the stakeholders in working to reduce global burden of malaria

Board 1
Empowering communities to deliver public health interventions: The use of community drug distributors for ntd prevention and control in Tanzania   
Damas Deogratias, MD MPH
Board 2
Addressing the gap between net ownership and use: Lessons from the culture of net use study   
Dana K. Loll, MHS, Issa Wone, PhD, Sara Berthe, MPH, Joan W. Schubert, MPH and Bethany Arnold
Board 3
Re-analysis and interpretation of 2011 Liberia malaria indicator survey data to provide project-specific estimates for select malaria indicators   
Deirdre Rogers, MS and Bal Ram Bhui, MPH, MA, MBA
Board 4
Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) infection in Georgia: Case report and laboratory investigation   
O Tarkhan-Mouravi, PhD, M Zakalashvili, PhD, K Zakhashvili, PhD, T Chikviladze, PhD, T Chubinidze, PhD, G Chanturia, PhD, M Kekelidze, PhD and P Imnadze, PhD
Board 5
Epidemiology of human cutaneous anthrax in the country of Georgia 2010-2012   
Ian Kracalik, M.A., M.P.H., Lile Malania, N Tsertsvadze, PhD, J Manvelyan, PhD, P Imnadze, PhD, S Tsanava, PhD and Jason Blackburn
Board 6
Monitoring malaria parasitemia prevalence among pregnant women at reproductive and child health clinics in the lake zone, Tanzania   
Ritha Willilo, Renata Mandike, Jessica Kafuko, Ramsan Mahdi, Uche Ekenna, Francis Mugarula and Jeremiah Ngondi
  
Board 7
Working together towards success in controlling malaria in huambo province, Angola   
Frederico Juliana, Jhony Juarez, MD, MPH, Amandio Natito and Lelo Zola
Board 8
Is participation contagious? evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru   
Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, Valerie Paz-Soldan, PhD, Corentin Barbu, PhD, Christine Skovira, Javier Quintanilla Calderón, Lina Margot Mollesaca Riveros, Juan Oswaldo Cornejo, Dylan Small, PhD, Cristina Bicchieri, PhD, Cesar Naquira, MD, DHM and Michael Z. Levy, PhD
Board 9
How supply chain information can illustrate policy implementation for changes in malaria diagnosis and treatment   
Geeton Gayflor

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