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The 5th Pan-African MIM conference
The 5th Pan-African MIM conference was held at the Kenyatta Centre in Nairobi, Kenya from the 2nd to the 6th November. AntiMal took the podium, hosting two symposia on antimalarial drug development. The consortium was represented by 28 members, each presenting either an oral or poster presentation during the symposia.
The first symposium focussed on early stage drug discovery and the invited speaker was Kelly Chibale from the University of Cape Town who discussed the challenges and opportunities of discovering and developing antimalarial drugs in Africa by Africans. This was followed by another 8 presentations from students and researchers within the consortium.
The second symposium was dedicated to later stage antimalarial drug discovery. The invited speaker was Jose Garcia Bustos from GSK who was followed by 6 speakers from the AntiMal consortium. This session described current research activities associated with the development of a range of antimalarial drugs
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From Left: Fatima Bousejra-El Garah, Vicky Barton, Archana Kaniti |
Kenyatta Conference Centre, Nairobi |
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Kenyatta Conference Centre, Nairobi |
From Left: Steve Ward, Kelly Chibale, Patrice Mimche, Fatima Bousejra-El Garah, Vicky Barton, Archana Kaniti, Adama Gansané, Alexis Nzila |