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All times in the program are Cabo Verde time (GMT-1).

(PT) - Session in Portuguese; (EN) - Session in English; (PT/EN) - Session in Portuguese and English

WORKSHOPS

09:15 - 10:45  Workshop (online): Machine Learning Methods for Malaria Data (PT/EN)

Dr. Ana Santos-Pereira | ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal

10:50 - 12:20  Workshop (online): Calculating Sample Size in R for Malaria Studies: From Planning to Simulation

Dr. Luzia Gonçalves | z-Stat4life & Center for Statistics and Applications at the University of Lisbon (CEAUL), Portugal

TALKS AND POSTER SESSION

14:00  Reception of audience, registration and networking

14:30  Opening Session

14:40  Speaker

Dr. Hermínio Cossa | CISM - Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (Mozambique)
Talk: Environmental, climatic, and socio-ecological determinants of malaria transmission in Mozambique: epidemiological challenges for control in the context of extreme weather events, vector resistance, and population mobility (PT)

15:10  Speaker

Dr. Marta Moreno Leirana | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Univeristy of London (United Kingdom)

Talk: Climate Change challenges on Malaria vector ecology and control (EN)

15:40  Coffee-break

15:55  Poster session (PT/EN)

16:15  Speaker

Luzala Elizabeth Garcia, Msc | Ministry of Health, Department of Disease Control (Angola)

Talk: Distribution of Plasmodium spp. vectors: Update of the Entomological Map of Angola (PT)

16:45  Speaker

Dr. Eleanore Sternberg | Tropical Health & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom)

Talk: Investigating decarbonization and reduction in plastics linked to vector control products - WHO led project under the Unitaid Climate and Health Initiative (EN)

17:30  End of session