1. FIRST REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON MALARIA ELIMINATION LUXOR, EGYPT 17 – 22 NOVEMBER 2012

2. Objectives Provide Knowledge, competence, and confidence to do the following: 1.Describe the epidemiological bases for malaria control and elimination. 2.Give an account on the historical background, lessons learnt and current concepts of malaria elimination. 3.Identify areas in which malaria elimination may be feasible with currently available tools. 4.Describe the basic principles of malaria elimination in order to develop a national programme, or modify an existing programme, to eliminate malaria in a particular area. 5.Design strategies and approaches to achieve the objectives set. 6.Write a plan for malaria elimination including operational targets, activities, milestones and monitoring and evaluation.

3. Contents UNIT 1: BASICS OF MALARIA TRANSMISSION UNIT 2: INTRODUCTION TO MALARIA ELIMINATION UNIT 3 :ROAD MAP FOR A MALARIA ELIMINATION PROGRAMME UNIT 4 : APPROACHES AND TOOLS OF ELIMINATION PROGRAMMES UNIT 6: HEALTH SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO MALARIA ELIMINATION UNIT 7 : PREVENTION OF THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF MALARIA UNIT 9 : WHO CERTIFICATION OF MALARIA ELIMINATION Unit 10: PREPARING A PLAN FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION

4. Facilitators Dr Allan Schapira, Course coordinator Dr Andrei Beljaev, Dr Nakul Chitnis, Dr Aafje Rietveld, Medical Officer, Global Malaria Programme, WHO/HQ Dr Hoda Atta, Regional Malaria Adviser

5. Participants 1.EMR 2.AFR 3.WPR 4.SEAR MOH, WHO ( RO, CO ), ACT Malaria Foundation 3 Groups ( A, B, C )

6. Logistics Pretest Course evaluation ( daily –including detailed feedback on the guide for participants) At the end – Post test – Certificate at the end of the course – CD at the end of the course

7. Check emails prohibited during the course time Printed documents Return if not plan to take