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The Official Newsletter of the Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria ISSN 1564-1333
ACTMalaria News May-June 2007
Volume 10, Issue 3
11/f Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd.,
Malate, Manila, Philippines
Knowledge, Collaboration, Experience
Country focus: National training on malaria con-trol: Philippines
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TTT 2007, Phar-maceutical Man-agement and Vector Control
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External compe-tency…, birthday corner
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Photo gallery 4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
A set of trainings are targeted this year as ACTMalaria continues to provide knowledge, enrich collaboration and share and gain experiences to its member countries. First on the list is the Transfer of Training Technology (TTT) to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 22-August 19, 2007. Next are the back-to-back Training Workshop on Pharmaceutical Management in Malaria and Training Workshop on Vector Control Management to be con-ducted in Hanoi around December this year. For more details log-on to our website at http://www.actmalaria.net.
he Department of Health Philippines in cooperation with ACTMalaria, World Health
Organization, Tropical Disease Foundation, The Global Fund and Pilipinas Shell Foundation has successfully conducted a “National Training Course on Malaria Control for Mid-Level Public Health Managers in Manila and Palawan.” This was a three-week training from April 23 to May 11, 2007. The main goal of the said course is to equip participants’ operational knowledge and practical skills on malaria program management. A series of group discussions, case studies and lectures were held to develop the analytical skills of the delegates. The participants who attended this training workshop had gained much and is now ready to battle-out against the spread of the disease in the endemic parts of the Philippines where malaria is persisting.
For a complete list of facilitators and
participants, you may download them on a separate national alumni page at http://www.actmalaria.net/index.php?page=alumni.
ANNOUNCEMENT
CDC China External competency assessment of
national microscopists will be held in Shanghai on July 9-13, 2007. This will be facilitated by
Mr. Ken Lilley and co-facilitated by Mr. Sherwin Galit.
MOH Bangladesh
External competency assessment of national microscopists will be held in Bangla-
desh on July 16-20, 2007. This will be facilitated by Mr. Ken Lilley and co-facilitated by
Mr. Sherwin Galit.
Country Focus: National Training on Malaria Control: Philippines
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
International Colloquium
In Mekong Malaria Hanoi
3-5 December 2007
http://www.itg.be/colloq2007
-0-0-0-0-0- Upcoming
1st Round of External
Competency Assessment of Malaria
Microscopy in Bangladesh and China
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The Republic of the Philippines celebrates its 109th independence
since its proclamation on June 12, 1898.
Transfer of Training Technology 2007
P AGE 2 U P C OMI NG A CTI VI T I ES
The Vector Borne Diseases Control Section, Ministry of Health Malaysia in collaboration with ACTMalaria and World Health Organization present the 2007 Transfer of Training Technology to be held in the host country of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. This will commence on July 22 - August 19, 2007. The last TTT Course happened last June 19 - July 19, 2005 at Grand Seasons Hotel also in Malaysia. 20 delegates from ten member countries participated the training. A team of two are being sent to Malaysia to be trained by experts and pass on that training when they come back to their native countries by imple-menting it through a project proposal. To know more about TTT Course, log-on to: http://www.actmalaria.net. Click on Course Announce-ment.
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back-to-back training workshop alongside with the International Col-loquium in Hanoi this December will be emerging. A training workshop on Pharmaceutical Management with the technical expertise of MSH and a Vector Control Management Training Workshop will be held in Hanoi before the end of this year.
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Unique features of the course include: • The course is designed to address prob-
lems due to lack of necessary skills among health workers in malaria control in the Southeast Asia region.
• The curriculum will utilize a performance-based training approach, focus on develop-ing the participant’s skills, knowledge and attitudes needed in planning, designing, implementing and evaluating of a training course.
• Team training will use student-centered and interactive participatory approaches where participants are encouraged to ap-ply both their previous experiences and newly acquired knowledge in group work to solve the problems of malaria control, especially those related to training needs.
International Colloquium website information and registration: http://www.itg.be/colloq2007
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Ms. Joy Lico [May 21]
ACTMalaria
Brief report on the External Competency Assessment on malaria microscopy in Malaysia and Myanmar
Birthday Corner
Malaria diagnosis relies dependently on its blood film examiners known as malaria microscopists. Accurate detection in malaria microscopy is important for diag-nosing malaria cases which causes mortality and morbidity in man. WPRO and SEARO, in coordination with ACTMalaria, collaborated to develop a bi-regional network to support Competency Assessment/Quality Assurance for malaria microscopy. The 12th and 13th planned series of assessment success-fully happened in Malaysia and Myanmar respectively. This was the second assessment for both countries. Malaysia The place of assessment occurred in Kuala Lumpur, Insti-tute for Medical Research (IMR), Ministry of Health from 16 to 20 April 2007. An ACTMalaria Alumni and ‘expert’ in Thai malaria microscopy Mr. Suebskul Sakolvaree, from the Laboratory Reference Center for Vector Borne Dis-eases in Thailand, assisted Mr. Ken Lilley, the Assess-ment Facilitator from Australian Army Malaria Institute. Mr. Lilley is a Quality Manager and Scientist.
Of the ten participants, two were regarded as ’experts.’ They were Muhamad Shafie Bin Bakar and Aming Bin Jamir. Myanmar The place of assessment occurred in Yangon, Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme Center, Ministry of Health from 23 to 27 April 2007. Pre-workshop theory tests were used to calculate the general knowledge of every participant. Mr. Lilley facilitated the assessment. Of the twelve participants, two were regarded as ‘experts’ and they were Daw Thida Oo and Daw Nan Yee Yee Win. Noted Issues Successful events do not leave without key issues. Here are some of them that relates to having external assess-ments: • Language barrier • Grading classifications • Augmented schedules/ Diverse culture (eg. Having
Prayer sessions)
Mr. Joseph Yap [May 20]
ACTMalaria Information Re-
RECENT L Y CO NCL U DED
Calling the attention of all national malaria programs, if you wish to publish your alumni of different national counterpart of international trainings like MMFO, TTT, BITTW and the like, please submit the list of your alumni per course at [email protected]
Photo Gallery
ACTMalaria News CCD: Dr. Duong Socheat (Cambodia) Vice CCD: Dr. Samlane Phompida (Lao PDR) Executive Coordinator: Ms. Cecilia T. Hugo Executive Assistant: Ms. Joy Ann B. Lico IT Assistant: Mr. Rogelio T. Mendoza, Jr. Information Resource Officer: Mr. Joseph M. Yap Administration Assistant: Mr. Aldreen S. Austria © June 2007 An electronic copy can be downloaded from http://www.actmalaria.net.
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Telephone: 63-2-536-5607 Telefax: 63-2-536-0971
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Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria
ACTMalaria (Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria) is a training network to which the National Malaria Control Programmes of Bangladesh, Cambodia, PR China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are members. The networks aims at 2 major activities:
• Provide collaborative training for member countries to meet the needs of malaria control in
Southeast Asia and the Mekong Sub-region; • Improve information and communication exchange among member countries, partners and
other stakeholders on malaria problems affecting the region.
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