In order to carry out research on the role of computer science in malaria elimination, promote its application in malaria surveillance, and optimize upgrade monitoring and early warning products, the International Workshop on AI-enabled Malaria Control and Prevention was held in Hong Kong on July 8-10. Invited by the organizer, Hong Kong Baptist University, a group of 6 people from the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention attended the workshop. The seminar attracted participants from diverse regions, including ......
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2019-02-02
On the morning of January 26, 2019, the China-Tanzania demonstration project on malaria prevention and control coordination and management committee meeting was held in Beijing. Yan Jun, Director of department of Parasitic Diseases and Endemic Disease Prevention and Control of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control of National Health Committee, Gu Zhiqiang, deputy director of the Africa Division of the Department of International Cooperation of National Health Committee, Dr. Tigest Mengestu, representative of the World Health Organization in Tanzania,Dr. Ally Mohamed, Director of the National Malaria Control Agency (NMCP),Wu Wen-Da, deputy director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in China,......
2018-08-21
In order to implement the “Belt and Road” initiative, promote the construction of “Healthy Silk Road” and deepen China-Africa health cooperation, August 17-18, 2018, the High-Level Meeting on China-Africa Health Cooperation was held in Beijing as scheduled. This conference is one of the supporting activities of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. More than 300 people from 36 African countries and ......
2017-09-15
To drive the malaria elimination on the Sino-Burmese border, the 3rd Seminar on Sino-Burmese Border Malaria Elimination was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on September 6-8, 2017, which was sponsored by WHO and hosted by the Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar. Mr. Xie Guoxiang......
2017-03-20
On March 17, 2017, witnessed by Academician Zhu Chen, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, and Academician Kaixian Chen, a total of 14 scientists from China, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR executed a consensus document to ...
2017-01-06
2016-11-30
BEIJING, China | 31 December 2013 - The World Health Organization warmly welcomes the joint policy by the General Office of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on promoting smoke-free public places, issued on 29 December 2013, WHO Representative in China Dr Bernhard Schwartländer...
2016-09-02
Kick-off meeting for the project of “Development of easy to use and affordable biomarkers as diagnostics for Types II and III diseases” and the first technical coordination meeting had been convened in Lagos, Nigeria during 24 to 26 February 2016. On behalf of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), China CDC, Prof. Zhou Xiaonong...
2016-09-02
On 14 June 2016, leading experts in the control and elimination of schistosomiasis from around the world gathered in Shanghai to advance the World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate the disease in the world. Organized by the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance (GSA) and co-organized by National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), Chinese...
2014-04-02
Two years ago, the global community convened in London to hold the most significant international meeting on NTDs in history. The event galvanized major commitments from a diverse set of partners to eliminate or control 10 NTDs by 2020 – these commitments are now known as the London Declaration. On April 2, the Uniting to Combat Neglected...