RBM MIP Teleconference Meeting Minutes

RBM MIP Teleconference Meeting Minutes

RBM MIP Teleconference Meeting Minutes

June 4, 2015

Participants:

  1. Mary Nell Wegner, MTF
  2. Emily Ricotta, JHU CCP
  3. Kate Wolf, JSI
  4. Jane Coleman, Jhpiego/MCSP
  5. Wanjiku Manguyu, PATH
  6. Elaine Roman, Jhpiego/MCSP, RBM MIP co-chair
  7. Konstantina Boutsika, RBM
  8. Jenny Hill, LSTMED
  9. Erin Ferenchik, Columbia University
  10. Koki Agarwal, Jhpiego/MCSP
  11. David Brandling-Bennett, Gates
  12. Valentina Buj, UNICEF
  13. Mary Hamel, CDC
  14. Susan Youll, PMI
  15. Matthew Chico, LSHTM
  16. Ib Christian Bygbejerg, Copenhagen
  17. Lee Pyne-Mercier, Gates

Agenda Item 1: World Malaria Day Activities Recap:

  • Global Call to Action (C2A) Launch
  • UNICEF held a WMD where Elaine Roman presented, If you would like to watch the event it is now available on:
  • An radio interview with Matthew Chico took place with Channel Africa to discuss the C2A,
  • JHU CCP held a MIP WMD event where Koki Agarwal and Clara Menendez spoke
  • RBM held events and MIP messages where disseminated through the MAWG

Agenda Item 2: Call to Action to increase coverage of preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Aim: To heighten awareness of the need to increase the protection of pregnant women against malaria and calls on national malaria programs, donors, researchers, pharmaceutical industry and civil society to reinforce national IPTp policy adoption, and implement the 2012 WHO guidelines to maximize the public health impact of the prevention of malaria in pregnancy.

Phase One: The launch around World Malaria Day and dissemination of the C2A document. Translation into French and Portuguese will be final soon.

Malaria Journal Seminar Report:

Phase Two: Moving the C2A forward and into country action plans. How to do that?

  • During the RBM MIP WG meeting, July 8-10, Matthew Chico will lead a session on the C2A (the development, the phases, and how to build in country buy-in). We will break out into groups and create actions plans and measurable inputs with deliverables for countries (country participation this year is Malawi, Liberia, Angola, Sierra Leone). It will be an interactive session.
  • What are the priority areas for countries and how can the MIP partners work together to encourage countries to ensure IPTp is being addressed at the national level and strategies for scale-up are developed?
  • RBM regional network meeting: A key opportunity to talk about the C2A and get countries motivated to develop action plans. More MIP representation is needed at these meetings to move MIP forward.
  • Regional/national stakeholder meetings- with support from donors- to work with countries on the C2A and learn what countries are doing to increase their coverage.
  • Support for case studies and success stories to be written about countries that have increased their coverage (Ghana, DHS states 68%)

Action Items:

  • To encourage MIP partners to think about budgets for more MIP representation at the RBM regional meetings
  • How can the working group support the developed of case studies/success stories

Agenda Item 3: RBM MIP WH Annual meeting, July 8-10 at the GF headquarters in Geneva

The agenda will be adapted based on the C2A conversation to ensure there is time for break out session. Information is being sent to the presenters about presentation expectations, times, dates.

Action Items:

  • Please complete the registration form and send back to Jane Coleman, Jane/ by June 10th. (Form attached to this email)
  • Book your hotel as it is a busy time of the year in Geneva

Other items discussed:

  • Case Management Job Aid-the importance of it how to get providers to use it
  • The important of SP and mass administration when talking about malaria elimination
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