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Status
Active
Title of the centre:
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Control of Malaria

Director / Head: 
  Dr Peter McElroy
  Dr Richard Kahn




Institution:
  Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria at the Center for Global Health
  Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
  1600 Clifton Road
  30333
  GA
Town:
  Atlanta
Country:
  USA
Region:
  AMRO
Phone:
  +1 (404) 718-4724
Fax:
  +1 (404) 718-4815
Date of Designation:
  21/Jun/2022
Last Redesignation:
  21/Jun/2022
Expiry:
  21/Jun/2026
Terms of Reference:
  1. At WHO’s request, the proposed institution will conduct systematic reviews and develop GRADE tables specific to malaria interventions 
  2. At WHO’s request, the proposed institution will support WHO’s efforts with the development and implementation of malaria training programs 
  3. At WHO’s request, the proposed institution will support WHO’s efforts to strengthen malaria surveillance to improve use of data for tracking global progress and national decision making 
  4. At WHO’s request, the proposed institution will support WHO’s efforts to strengthen capacity for laboratories to perform molecular surveillance methods, including for drug resistance, pfhrp2/3 gene deletions, and malaria transmission dynamics 
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Subjects:
  1. Malaria 
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Types of activity:
  1. Collection and collation of information 
  2. Training and education 
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WHO Outputs:
  1.1.2 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health systems to deliver on condition- and disease-specific service coverage results
 
 
Responsible Officer:
  BOSMAN Andrea
Phone:
  +41 22 791 3860
Email:
  bosmana@who.int

Technical Counterpart:
  ADE TORRENT Maria De La Paz
Phone:
  +1 43271
Email:
  ademarap@paho.org
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
  Link to eWork