| Sunday March 19th |
| 13.00 |
Registration & check in at Panafric Hotel; Set up exhibition |
Stella Muasya / Jonathan Muriuki |
ICRAF, Kenya |
| Monday March 20th |
| 08.00–08.15 |
Registration, display of posters, products etc. |
Stella Muasya |
ICRAF, Kenya |
| 08.15–08.20 |
Welcome |
Dennis Garrity |
Director General, ICRAF |
| 08.20–09.05 |
Introduction of delegates |
| 09.05–09.20 |
ICRAFs medicinal plants programme |
Anthony Simons |
ICRAF, Kenya |
| 09.20–09.35 |
The CDE herbal programme in Africa |
Henriette Dodet-Malenge |
CDE, Belgium |
| 09.35–09.45 |
Official opening |
James Nyikal |
Director Medical Services, Kenya |
| 09.45–10.00 |
Meeting Objectives and Expected Results |
Denzil Phillips |
CDE Associate Consultant, UK |
| 10.00–10.30 |
Tea Break |
| 10.30–10.50 |
Malaria in Africa, present drug status |
Clive Ondari |
WHO, Switzerland |
| 10.50–11.10 |
African medicinal plants against malaria – RITAM |
Merlin Willcox |
RITAM, UK |
| 11.10–11.30 |
Problems of commercialisation of herbals in Africa |
Ulrich Feiter |
Parceval, South Africa |
| 11.30–11.50 |
Cultivation of Artemisia annua – Links to the market |
Antony Ellman |
Antony Ellman Consulting, UK |
| 11.50–12.10 |
AAMPS, developing the potential of African medicinal plants |
Kobus Eloff |
AAMPS, Mauritius |
| 12.10–12.30 |
WHO's position on combination therapy |
Ossy Kasilo |
WHO, Congo |
| 12.30–13.30 |
Lunch Break |
| 13.30–13.50 |
ARTEPAL – ACTs in developing countries |
Jacques Pilloy |
AEDES/OTECI, France |
| 13.50–14.10 |
Registration of ACT products – implications and potentials |
Tom Chapman |
Essential Nutrition Ltd, UK |
| 14.10–14.40 |
Extraction technologies and delivery systems |
Adam Walker |
Biocentre York, UK |
| 14.40–15.00 |
Determining artemisinin levels in Artemisia annua |
Ermias Dagne |
Arithi Products, Ethiopia |
| 15.00–15.30 |
Tea Break |
| 15.30–16.00 |
EU experience with regulatory problems and solutions |
Arnold Vlietinck |
EMEA, Belgium |
| 16.00–16.30 |
LAPDAP – Lessons for safety assessment |
Ralph Edwards |
WHO Monitoring Center, Sweden |
| 16.30–17.15 |
Working session on safety assessment |
Edwards / Vlietinck / Githae |
|
| 17.15–18.00 |
Video BBC documentation – MALARIA: FEVER ROAD – Mosquito!, part of the BBC's Horizon series |
Films of Record |
UK |
| 18.00 |
Cocktail reception |
| Tuesday March 21st |
| 08.00–08.20 |
Display of posters, products etc. |
Stella Muasya |
ICRAF |
| 08.20–08.40 |
Progress on Artemisia production in East Africa |
Lisa Amenya / Barney Gaston |
Advanced Bio Extract, Kenya |
| 08.40–09.00 |
Phyto-Laria: A promising herbal antimalarial from Ghana |
Dianne Winn |
Phyto-Riker; Ghana |
| 09.00–09.20 |
Products from Madagascar |
Charles Giblain |
BIONEXX, Madagascar |
| 09.20–09.40 |
Doctors For Life's perspective on malaria in Southern Africa |
Bola Ominiya |
NSC, South Africa |
| 09.40–10.00 |
Products from Mali |
Chiaka Diakite |
Traditional Medicines Centre, Mali |
| 10.00–10.30 |
Tea Break |
| 10.30–11.50 |
Plants as a source of antimalarial agents – A review |
Geoffrey Rukunga |
KEMRI, Kenya |
| 10.50–11.10 |
BCDP work on malaria |
Ngozi Aligwekwe |
InterCEDD / BCDP, Nigeria |
| 11.10–11.30 |
Market/product and regulatory issues in Kenya |
Joseph Yano |
Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Kenya |
| 11.30–11.50 |
Market/product and regulatory issues in Uganda |
Grace Kyeyune |
NCRL, Uganda |
| 11.50–12.10 |
Market/product and regulatory issues in Ghana |
Bruno Dery |
Food and Drugs Board, Ghana |
| 12.10–12.30 |
Market/product and regulatory issues in Nigeria |
Dora Akunyili / Charles Wambebe |
NAFDAC, Nigeria |
| 12.30–12.50 |
Market/product and regulatory issues in South Africa |
Gilbert Matsabisa |
MRC, South Africa |
| 13.00–17.00 |
Excursion to plantations |
Jonathan Muriuki / O. Icharia |
ICRAF / Natural U |
| (lunch at a countryside restaurant) |
| Wednesday March 22nd |
| 08.00–08.20 |
Display of posters, products etc. |
Stella Muasya |
ICRAF |
| 08.20–08.40 |
Traditional healers' approach to malaria treatment |
Togbega Dabra VI |
Prometra |
| 08.40–09.00 |
The Anamed approach to malaria treatment |
Keith Lindsay |
Anamed, Germany |
| 09.00–09.20 |
The Chinese approach to malaria treatment |
Xiaohua Yan |
Guilin Co, China |
| 09.20–09.40 |
The Dafra approach to malaria treatment |
Frans Herwig Jansen |
Dafra Pharma, Belgium |
| 09.40–10.00 |
Import and distribution – a businessman's point of view |
Victor Attufua |
Vicdoris Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ghana |
| 10.00–10.30 |
Tea Break |
| 10.30–10.50 |
Herbal antimalarials – a banker's point of view |
Davinda Sikand |
Aureos Ltd, Kenya |
| 11.00–13.00 |
Session 1 Manufacturing and technology – Mini presentations |
Henriette Dodet-Malenge |
CDE, Belgium |
| Session 2 Regulatory and policy issues – Mini presentations |
Mohamed Farah |
WHO Monitoring Center, Sweden |
| Session 3 Herbal cultivation and agro-business – Mini presentations |
Anthony Simons |
ICRAF, Kenya |
| 13.00–14.00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.00–14.20 |
Session 1 recommendations |
Henriette Dodet-Malenge |
CDE, Belgium |
| 14.20–14.50 |
Session 2 recommendations |
Mohamed Farah |
WHO Monitoring Center, Sweden |
| 14.50–15.10 |
Session 3 recommendations |
Anthony Simons |
ICRAF, Kenya |
| 15.10–16.00 |
Plenary discussions |
| 16.00–16.30 |
Tea break |
| 16.30–17.00 |
Closing Ceremony: President of PROMETRA |
Jeff Odera |
PROMETRA, Senegal |
