HHS Celebrates Africa Malaria Day with Research Workshop in Uganda

April 24, 2006 - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is conducting a workshop, entitled "Malaria Research into Practice: research to advise policy, policy to advise research" in Kampala, Uganda on April 25-27, 2006. Ugandan President Yowerri Museveni asked President Bush for enhanced cooperation between the United States and African nations in malaria research and this workshop is in response to that request. Ugandan Vice President Gilbert Bukenya made the same appeal to HHS/NIH officials during a subsequent trip.

This workshop will focus on how malaria research funded by HHS/ NIH/NIAID can assist and inform malaria treatment prevention and control programs under President Bush's recently launched international Malaria Initiative (PMI). The meeting will bring together African and U.S. researchers, public health practitioners, and clinicians to discuss malaria research priorities in the countries in which the PMI is currently active: Uganda, Tanzania, and Angola.

Last revised: August 16, 2007