Abstract
The International Symposium on Malaria and Human African Trypanosomiasis: New Strategies for their Prevention & Control was held 7-8 October, 2010 in Cotonou, Benin with about 250 participants from 20 countries. This scientific event aimed at identifying the gaps and research priorities in the prevention and control of malaria and sleeping sickness in Africa and to promote exchange between North and South in the fields of medical entomology, epidemiology, immunology and parasitology. A broad range of influential partners from academia (scientists), stakeholders, public health workers and industry attempted the meeting and about 40 oral communications and 20 posters were presented by phD students and internationally-recognized scientists from the North and the South. Finally, a special award ceremony was held to recognize efforts in pioneer work conducted by staff involved in the diagnostic of the Sleeping illness in West Africa with partnership and assistance from WHO and Sanofi-Aventis group.
Highlights
For about ten years the United Nations Millennium Declaration defined the Millennium Development Goals of which some are to promote the fight against poverty, gender equality, accessibility to education and improvement in health
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Report The International Symposium on Malaria and Human African Trypanosomiasis: New Strategies for their Prevention & Control that was held in Cotonou, Benin on the 7th and 8th of October 2010 http://www.symposiumpalutha.org aimed at identifying the gaps and research priorities in the prevention and control of malaria and sleeping sickness in Africa and to promote exchange between North and South in the fields of entomology, epidemiology, immunology and parasitology
Summary
For about ten years the United Nations Millennium Declaration defined the Millennium Development Goals of which some are to promote the fight against poverty, gender equality, accessibility to education and improvement in health. * Correspondence: Vincent.corbel@ird.fr 1Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou (CREC), 06 BP 2604, Cotonou, Bénin Full list of author information is available at the end of the article detection of parasites, especially for HAT?
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