World Malaria Day Commemoration 2026
Objectives:
To capacitate Healthcare workers on Malaria Elimination and Prevention efforts
Questions/key issues to be covered:
• Country Update-Where We Are Now
• Surveillance
• Case Management
• Vector Control
• Health promotion
• The Urgency to End Malaria
Global overview of malaria burden and progress toward elimination
• Community Engagement and Behaviour Change
• Promoting early care-seeking behaviour
• Community awareness and education strategies
• Addressing myths and misconceptions
Speakers:
Basil Brooke
Head of the Vector Control Reference Laboratory of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases/NHLS
Ms Ednah Baloyi
Director Malaria and Other Vector Borne Diseases
Dr Pandey Dhruv
Medical Officer, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases
Dr Taneshka Kruger
Project Manager: University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC)
Video:
Resourses
until
22 April 2026 - 03:00 pm


