Malaria -- Meeting de Cairo, Dec. 2006

1
WHO Global Malaria Programme Technical Expert
Groups
2
Principles of coordination with RBM WGs

• Joint chairpersons
• TEG on Economics, Finance and Impact co-chaired
  by chair of RBM Finance and Resources WG
• Cross-cutting membership
• Transparent presentation and review of work plans
  and ToRs
• Forum for discussion of ongoing and planned
  research efforts
• Joint consensus statements
• RBM Working Group for Scalable Malaria Vector
  Control WHO GMP

3
WHO/GMP advisory structure
Technical and Research
Advisory Committee (TRAC)
Expert Group
Expert Group
Expert Group on
on Economics, Finance
on Case Management
Malaria Vector Control
Impact
Preventive Treatment
Meeting on Economics, Finance and Impact of
Malaria Control Programmes (12-13 Apr 07)
Meeting on ITNs
Meetings on Treatment Guidelines
Meeting on IRS
Meeting on IPTi (25-27 Oct 06)
Meeting on IPTp (July 07)
(10-11 Dec 06)
(22-23 Mar 07)
4
GMP Technical Expert Groups

• What will TEGs deliver?
• Reviews of available evidence (e.g. IPTi
  efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness,
  acceptability)
• Recommendations for adapting policy and
  guidelines (e.g. Malaria treatment guidelines)
• Identification of evidence gaps and
  recommendations for further research (e.g.
  bottlenecks to ACT scale-up )
• Coordination of research efforts
• Selection of TEG members
• Independent technical experts, scientists, policy
  makers, implementers
• Core group and co-opted members
• WHO criteria (representation of prof.
  affiliation, areas of interest, geographical and
  gender balance)
• Coordinated with RBM?

5
Early outcomes malaria vector control TEG

• Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS)
• Conditions for safe and effective use of IRS
• Recommendations and work plan for WHO
• Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs)
• New GMP approach for LLIN implementation
• Update on LLIN technologies
• Operational research priorities

6
Early outcomes case management PT TEG

• Treatment guidelines
• Revision of WHO Treatment Guidelines for Malaria
• Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infancy
  (IPTi)
• Policy recommendation on IPTi
• Identification of areas of uncertainty which may
  impact risk-benefit assessment
• Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy
  (IPTp) (meeting July 07)
• Will review latest evidence on, and agree on
  methods to monitor, IPTp effectiveness in
  relation to SP resistance

7
Early outcomes Economics, finance and impact TEG

• Drawing the linkages between malaria control and
  health systems
• Identification of tools and methods for economic
  and epidemiological measurement
• Highlighting country needs for measuring disease
  burden, financial flows and programme performance
• Recommendations for WHO partner roles in
  implementation research on
• Expanding access to ACTs
• Estimates of malaria burden
• Tools development