Kickstart of Malaria Project in Peruvian Amazone

Introduction: Launch of the 4 year VLIR TEAM project between two Peruvian universities and the Global Health Institute (UAntwerp). Malaria is a national public health priority in Peru, which mainly affects the Amazon region. Today, the Government shows a sustained political and financial commitment to achieve malaria control and elimination. This new TEAM project therefore aims to promote and improve health amongst the Peruvian population, specifically in the less developed areas in the Amazon affected by malaria disease. Via this TEAM project a triangular collaboration has been set up between UAntwerp, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), the best university on Biomedical sciences of Peru, and Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP), a public university that seeks to play a key role in the development of the Peruvian Amazon region. The project intends to perform capacity building at UNAP, through academic support, training and exchange of staff (professors and students) in courses and a clinical trial organised within this project. On Monday 19 February 2018 a joint workshop named "Taller de actualización tratamiento de la malaria" (Update on antimalarial treatments) was organised by Ministry of Health of Peru (MINSA), UPCH and the Flemish coordinators of the UAntwerp Global Health Institute.