K.S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) constituent of NITTE University in association with API-DK Chapter, National institute of Health and PennState University, USA has successfully conducted a two days International conference on “Malaria in Global Health” on March 17th &18th, 2017 at K.S Hegde Auditorium, Deralakatte, Mangalore. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that has been an important health problem in many tropical countries. This conference was aimed at improving knowledge and skills to combat Malaria.
Mangalore has been the hub of malaria in last many decades. We have seen different kinds of fluctuations in terms of species, severity and number of deaths related to malaria. It is truly a global problem currently endemic in many tropical countries with serious threat of spread to other countries. This menace has been effectively eliminated in our neighboring country like Sri lanka. K.S Hegde Medical Academy, a prestigious medical institute in India, Association of physicians India (API) includes committed doctors managing malaria, NIH , National institute of allergy and infectious diseases (NIAID) are the prime agencies in the U.S federal government supporting malaria research and development.
The aim of the International Conference on “Malaria in Global Health” is to enhance our knowledge regarding various aspects of the challenges and empower ourselves. The scientific program of the conference encompassed all the major disciplines of malaria biology and allied areas. In addition, the conference focused on some special front line areas like drug resistance to malaria, placental malaria, Immunology and pathophysiology, entomology, epidemiology and molecular biology of plasmodium infestation.
The conference has encouraged biologists, medical physicists, physicians, research scholar, laboratory technologists, and those who are engaged in pursuits of improving health and quality of life have attended the conference, presented their research work and share their professional experiences. The conference held in an ambient atmosphere to exchange ideas, discuss the latest research and explore new avenues for scientific development and collaborations. The efforts specially to encouraged young scientists and scholars to participate in keeping with the main objective of the conference as to promote further education and research on malaria. There were 350 delegates participated in the conference.
During the conference, 16 eminent International / National speakers have delivered the lecture on different topics in Malaria. There were 16 young scientists presented their scientific work in the field of malaria and three winners were awarded with the prizes. We have conducted Three workshops 1) Peripheral smear based- Parasite identification and load estimation, 2) Parasite identification – RT-PCR based, 3) Clinical treatment workshop, posters/skit/quiz competitions were also arranged. Many of the delegates have benefited from the above programme.
The conference was enriched with the presence of Dr. Channe Gowda, Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PENNSTATE university, USA who is the key role to conduct this prestigious conference at our Institute and also had delivered a lecture on "Insight of NIH project about Malaria in Global Health" The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Vishal Ravi, IAS, Directorate of Municipal Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka, Dr. S. Shantharam Shetty, Pro-Chancellor, of Nitte University has presided over the function. Dr. Sateesh Kumar Bhandary, Dean, KSHEMA, Dr. Sudhindra Rao, Organizing Secretary, Dr. Tanmay Bhat and Dr. Suchetha Kumari , Co-Organizing Secretary were also present. This International Conference was funded by NIH, CSIR, MCI, Karnataka Bank, Syndicate Bank, Advaith Hyundai , Micro Lab, Durga Laboratories, Radha Medicals, Ganesh Medicals, and Basil Biotech . Over all the conference was well appreciated by Dr. Channe Gowda and the delegates. We hope to conduct similar scientific programs in future at our institution.
Mangalore has been the hub of malaria in last many decades. We have seen different kinds of fluctuations in terms of species, severity and number of deaths related to malaria. It is truly a global problem currently endemic in many tropical countries with serious threat of spread to other countries. This menace has been effectively eliminated in our neighboring country like Sri lanka. K.S Hegde Medical Academy, a prestigious medical institute in India, Association of physicians India (API) includes committed doctors managing malaria, NIH , National institute of allergy and infectious diseases (NIAID) are the prime agencies in the U.S federal government supporting malaria research and development.
The aim of the International Conference on “Malaria in Global Health” is to enhance our knowledge regarding various aspects of the challenges and empower ourselves. The scientific program of the conference encompassed all the major disciplines of malaria biology and allied areas. In addition, the conference focused on some special front line areas like drug resistance to malaria, placental malaria, Immunology and pathophysiology, entomology, epidemiology and molecular biology of plasmodium infestation.
The conference has encouraged biologists, medical physicists, physicians, research scholar, laboratory technologists, and those who are engaged in pursuits of improving health and quality of life have attended the conference, presented their research work and share their professional experiences. The conference held in an ambient atmosphere to exchange ideas, discuss the latest research and explore new avenues for scientific development and collaborations. The efforts specially to encouraged young scientists and scholars to participate in keeping with the main objective of the conference as to promote further education and research on malaria. There were 350 delegates participated in the conference.
During the conference, 16 eminent International / National speakers have delivered the lecture on different topics in Malaria. There were 16 young scientists presented their scientific work in the field of malaria and three winners were awarded with the prizes. We have conducted Three workshops 1) Peripheral smear based- Parasite identification and load estimation, 2) Parasite identification – RT-PCR based, 3) Clinical treatment workshop, posters/skit/quiz competitions were also arranged. Many of the delegates have benefited from the above programme.
The conference was enriched with the presence of Dr. Channe Gowda, Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PENNSTATE university, USA who is the key role to conduct this prestigious conference at our Institute and also had delivered a lecture on "Insight of NIH project about Malaria in Global Health" The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Vishal Ravi, IAS, Directorate of Municipal Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka, Dr. S. Shantharam Shetty, Pro-Chancellor, of Nitte University has presided over the function. Dr. Sateesh Kumar Bhandary, Dean, KSHEMA, Dr. Sudhindra Rao, Organizing Secretary, Dr. Tanmay Bhat and Dr. Suchetha Kumari , Co-Organizing Secretary were also present. This International Conference was funded by NIH, CSIR, MCI, Karnataka Bank, Syndicate Bank, Advaith Hyundai , Micro Lab, Durga Laboratories, Radha Medicals, Ganesh Medicals, and Basil Biotech . Over all the conference was well appreciated by Dr. Channe Gowda and the delegates. We hope to conduct similar scientific programs in future at our institution.
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