Summary

April 25th has been declared World Malaria Day. In commemoration of this day, Abbott Rapid Diagnostics would like to reflect on the roadmap towards the elimination of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. This webinar features experts speaking on strategies — both on regional and country level, opportunities, and challenges in ensuring that Sub-Saharan African countries are back on track and making the required gains towards the goal of malaria elimination.

Learning Objectives

• Define the concept of malaria elimination and the importance of pre-elimination zones.
• Understand specific strategies and approaches required for countries to eliminate malaria.
• Examine the role of regional collaborations and cross-border interventions in eliminating malaria.
• Evaluate the role that community-based country strategies are playing in the fight against malaria.

Dr. Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, M.D., M.Sc., Health Informatics  
Rwanda

Dr. Aimable Mbituyumuremyi is a Medical Doctor with an MSc, in Health Informatics and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel University), Switzerland. From 2007 to 2015, he worked in the HIV / AIDS, STI, and Viral Hepatitis B and C Programs at the Rwanda Ministry of Health/Rwanda Biomedical Centre, devoting most of his time to program design and implementation at the national level. Since 2016, he has worked in the same institution as the Head of the National Malaria, Other Parasitic Diseases, and Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Division, focusing on the National Strategic Plans Development and Implementation from the central to the community level. Experienced in events preparation and promotion, such as World Malaria Day, World NTDs Day, Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM 2024) organized in Kigali, Malaria and NTDs Summit organized as the CHOGM Side Meeting in Kigali, Launch of the Zero Malaria Starts With Me Campaign in Rwanda, the Launch of the Great Lakes Malaria Initiative (GLMI) in Rwanda, he is fully dedicated to the national and regional efforts in malaria control.

Wellington Oyibo, Ph.D., FIBMS (UK)
Nigeria

Wellington Oyibo, a Tropical Disease Specialist, is a Professor and Consultant Medical Parasitologist at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. His graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral level were at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, with intercalated doctoral studies as a Research Scholar at the Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alabama, USA. He served in several advisory committees/Boards in National and International organizations including, National Technical Working Group/Steering Committee for Neglected Tropical Diseases & Diagnostic Working Group, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria; National Regulatory Authority, Nigeria; Scientific Advisory Boards, the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland, contributing to quality assurance of malaria diagnostic products among others.

Who Should Watch

Physicians, Medical Technologists, Point-of-Care Coordinators, Nurses, Other HCPs