News, Updates

• 15-18 March 2010 | Meeting: MIM/TDR Task Force on Malaria Research Capability Strengthening, Lilongwe, Malawi
• 15 March 2010 | NIH Partners with PEPFAR to Strengthen Medical Education in Africa
• 02 March 2010 | The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria: looking back and looking ahead. Louis H Miller.
• 17-21 August 2009 | EDCTP site visit in Brazzaville for the CANTAM project
• 8-10 June 2009 | Koffi Olomide visits the MIM secretariat in Dar e s Salaam
• 23-25 May 2009 | Meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Fifth Pan African Malaria Conference
• 15 January 2009 | Start of the Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria –CANTAM- Project coordinated by the MIM Secretariat
• 28 November 2008 | MIM Secretariat Receives US$500,000 Grant from the Gates Foundation to Support the Fifth MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference
• 30 July 2008 | Launch of Call for abstracts for the Pan African malaria MIM Conference
• 30 July 2008 | Launch of Pan African Malaria MIM Conference website
• 14 July 2008 | Koffi Olomidé named Goodwill Ambassador for MIM
• 10-14 March 2008 | MIM/TDR Task Force and Investigator Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 7 November 2007 | MIM Strategic Advisory Board Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
• MIM/TDR New Awards and Renewal Grants 2007
• 15 August 2007 | MIM Secretariat Has a New Coordinator
• MR4 announcement: Malaria Microscopy reference slides now available for diagnostic training www.mr4.org
• 27 September 2007 | New MIM Website Launched
• MIM/TDR grants 2008 selection process ongoing:  In response to the call for letters of intent issued in July, 34 letters of intent were received from 12 countries [Burkina Faso (1); Cameroon (4); Democratic Republic of Congo (1); Ethiopia (4); Ghana (2); Kenya (2); Mali (3); Nigeria (10); South Africa (1); Togo (1); Uganda (2) and Yemen (1). Eight letters have been short listed after a review by experts in the field based on feasibility and relevance of the work proposed, potential contribution of new knowledge and capacity building content.  

Events

• 02-06 November 2009: Nairobi, Kenya. Fifth MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference
• 26-30 October 2009: Tentative date for the MIM/TDR protocol development workshop, Nairobi, Kenya
• 18-19 May 2009: Media and Communications Working Group for the Fifth MIM Pan African Malaria Conference meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
• 23-25 April 2009: Fifth Pan African Malaria Conference Scientific Committee meeting-. Silver Springs Hotel- Nairobi, Kenya
• 28-29 March 2009: First CANTAM Steering committee meeting, Lambaréné, Gabon.
• 11-13 March 2009: MIM/TDR Task Force Meeting, Accra, Ghana
• 09-13 March 2009: Elmina, Ghana. MIM/TDR Task Force meeting
• 09-10 March 2009: MIM/TDR Investigator’s meeting. Accra, Ghana
• 02-04 March 2009: Regional Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria (CANTAM) Meeting for the development of Tuberculosis clinical research, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
• 08 December 2008: New Orleans, USA. PAMC Scientific Committee meeting
• 07-11 December 2008: New Orleans, USA. ASTMH Meeting.
• 20-22 October 2008: Abuja, Nigeria. MIM/TDR Proposal Improvement Workshop
• March 2008 : Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia MIM/TDR Task Force Meeting (tentative)
• 07 November 2007: Philadelphia, USA MIM Strategic Advisory Board Meeting
• 05 November 2007, Philadelphia, USA. MIM and TDR Symposium: Integrated vector management in Africa - contributions of molecular entomology, biochemistry and social science to malaria control
• 08 -12 October 2007: MIM/TDR workshop on Study design and methodology, plan for capacity building, collaboration, project implemtation and ethics, Accra, Ghana. 8 letters of intent have been shortlisted for this workshop

Calls/Deadlines

• 04 September 2009: Deadline for submission of late-breaker abstracts - Fifth Pan African Malaria Conference
• 31 August 2009: Extended Deadline-Call for Letters of Intent to Host the Next MIM Secretariat
• 03 July 2009. Call for letters of intent to host the next MIM Secretariat [pdf, 126 k]
• 31 March 2009: Deadline for request for symposium submission - Fifth Pan African Malaria Conference
• 01 March 2009: Deadline for Abstract submission - Fifth Pan African Malaria Conference
• 15 September 2008: Call for letters of interest: Research Grants from MIM/TDR
• 15 December 2007: Submission of full proposals.
  Call for letters of intent: "Effective Use of Malaria Control Measures in Africa". The deadline was 31 August 2007. MIM/TDR is preparing a short list of letters of intent for further development into full proposals. Only authors of short listed letters of intent will be notified in September 2007. Full proposals must be submitted by December 15th, 2007 and will be reviewed in March 2008
• 30 November 2007: Submission of Progress Reports by MIM/TDR Sub-Grantees