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One-Day Workshop on
MALARIA RISK MANAGEMENT USING CLIMATE INFORMATION

Friday, 21st September 2007 (0830 – 1500 hrs)
Organized by the

POSTGRADUATE INSITITUTE OF SCIENCE (PGIS), UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

Co-organized and Sponsored by
Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology (FECT), Digana Village and
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), New York, U.S.A.

Download the workshop programme (MSword)

Resource Persons:

Key Note Address: Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Acting Director, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Colombo

Other contributors:

• Dr. Stephen Connor, Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre on Climate Sensitive Diseases, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute,
  Columbia University, U.S.A.
• Dr. Lareef Zubair, Associate Research Scientist, IRI, Columbia University, U.S.A.
• Prof. Manel Wijesundara, Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya
• Prof. Parakrama Karunaratne, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Priyanie Amerasinghe, International Water Management Institute, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Rupika Rajakaruna, Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya
• Dr. Gawrie Galappaththy, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Colombo
• Ms. Janaki Chandimala, Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, Digana Village
• Mr. H.M. Faizal, Regional Malaria Officer, Kegalle

Topics to be covered:

• Forecasting of Malaria: its importance for Malaria control in Sri Lanka
• Malaria Early Warning Systems (MEWS): Recent Progress, Constraints, Challenges and Future Actions - A Global Perspective
• Climate and Malaria Linkages in Sri Lanka
• Climate and Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction for Sri Lanka
• Case Studies in MEWS with examples from Africa
• Malaria Situation in Uva and Early Warning
• Panel Discussion

Coordinator - Dr. Rupika Rajakaruna, PGIS & Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya
(Phone: 081 2394481, rupikar@pdn.ac.lk)

Eligibility - Suitable for researchers, academics & research students working in the fields of malaria, infectious diseases, climatology, medical geography, community medicine, public health and environmental engineering.

Registration Fee (includes tea, lunch and course material) - Rs. 500/-

Please submit a self-made application with the payment on or before September19, 2007 to

Conference Division, Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS),
University of Peradeniya, P.O. Box 25, Peradeniya (Phone: 081 2394784; 081 2385669).

Copies of application and money order can also be faxed to Fax No: 081 2389026 or e-mailed to proco@pgis.lk. Application should include your name, address, contact information, educational qualifications and work experience/interest in the field. Payment of Registration fee could be made by:

- Money Order drawn in favour of Postgraduate Institute of Science (to be cashed at Peradeniya Post Office) or
- Cheque written in favour of Postgraduate Institute of Science or
- Cash (accepted only at the PGIS office during weekdays).

Prof. M A K L Dissanayake
Director, Postgraduate Institute of Science