The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has made available a series of podcasts from the MIM conference. They may be accessed on the School’s Audio News site. The podcasts include the following.

Professor Brian Greenwood discusses the presentation he gave to the conference, in which he explained that combined prophylactic and therapeutic use of malarial drugs can play an important part in programmes to control the disease.

Epidemiologist Diadier Diallo, co-ordinator of a trial of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) for children in Burkina Faso and Mali, discusses what has been learned from this project. In another podcast, Dr Harry Tagbor describes his IPT work in Ghana.

Geoffrey Targett Professor of Parasitology says the prospects for malaria elimination are good in many regions.

There is also an interview with Bianca D’Souza, Manager of the ACT Consortium. Other interviews focussing on the Consortium involve Ugandan Health Ministry Commissioner Dr Anthony Mbonye and - from the School - Professor David Schellenberg and Dr Harparkash Kaur.