San José, Costa Rica, 7–10 November 2005

Objectives

• Update National Directors of Epidemiology and Malaria Programs in the Americas on the current situation of malaria worldwide and in the Region of the Americas.

• Carry out consultations with heads of the regional and country malaria program leaders, as well as with national directors of epidemiology, on various matters, including the proposed 2006–2010 Regional Strategic Plan for Malaria. Look into potential interprogrammatic work with GEF/DDT Project Network and the PAHO Strategic Fund and carry out technical cooperation between the Regional Malaria Program and Global Fund country projects.
• Create a space for the countries to share experiences and for networking and information exchange.

Participating Countries

Along with the PAHO Regional Program on Malaria and representatives from the WHO Roll Back Malaria Global Partnership, representatives from 21 endemic countries attended the meeting:

Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic	Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras	Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Venezuela

Epidemiological Data on Countries and Region

DETAILS

• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Meeting Photos
• Indicators (In Spanish)
• Country Profiles

Presentations

Title (language as shown in title)	File
2005–2010 Roll Back Malaria Global Strategic Plan	Download
Hacer retroceder la malaria en las Américas: Situación en la Región y la Resolución del 46o Consejo Directivo	Download
PAHO’s 2006–2010 Regional Strategic Plan for Malaria in the Americas: Overview of the Proposal	Download
Red Amazónica de Vigilancia de la Resistencia a los antimaláricos RAVREDA-AMI	Download
Programa Regional de Acción y Demostración de Alternativas Sostenibles para el Control de Vectores de la Malaria sin el Uso de DDT en México y Centroamérica	Download
Résponse haïtienne à la malaria	Download
Proyecto Fondo Mundial: Nicaragua, Compromiso y Acción ante el SIDA, Tuberculosis y Malaria (Componente Malaria)	Download
El Fondo Estratégico de la OPS: En apoyo a los Programas Nacionales de Malaria	Download
Programa de Trabajo en la República Dominicana: Plan de Adquisición y Gestión de Suministro de Medicamentos e Insumos para Malaria	Download
Diagnóstico (RAVREDA-AMI)	Download
Acceso y uso de antimaláricos: herramientas en uso en RAVREDA	Download
The PAHO Prequalification System: External Quality Control Program of Official Drug Quality Control Laboratories (EQCP)	Download
Esquemas de Tratamiento: México, América Central, Hispaniola	Download
Esquemas terapéuticos de la malaria en Sudamérica	Download
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de vigilancia entomológica para el control de la malaria en los países	Download
Indicadores para malaria	Download