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Workshop Participants

28-29 January 2015Magaliesburg, South Africa

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Alain Marcel RahetilahyChef de ServiceLutte contre les Maladies Endémiques et Négligées Ministère de la Santé Publique, Madagascar

Alan FenwickDirector, SCI Professor of Tropical ParasitologyImperial College London, UK

Amadou GarbaScientist / SchistosomiasisWHO - HQ, Switzerland

Amaya BustinduyPaediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Research FellowSt. George’s University of London, UK

Barbara MukasaExecutive DirectorMildway, Uganda

Bellington VwalikaConsultant Obstetrician and GynaecologistUniversity Teaching Hospital, Zambia

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Benjamin MarfoDeputy Program ManagerNTDs, Ghana

Bhavani PoonsamyLaboratory Manager, Parasitology Reference LaboratoryCentre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa

Bodo Sahondra RandrianasoloMedical DoctorIndependant Consultant, Madagascar

Bonnie WebsterCentre for Neglected DiseasesImperial College London, UK

Borghild RoaldProfessorFaculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway

Charles Emile RamarokotoMedical DoctorInstitut Pasteur de Madagascar

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Charles KingProfessor of International HealthCenter for Global Health and Diseases School of MedicineCase Western Reserve University, USA

Claude OeuvrayHead of Fundraising and Stakeholder Management External Translational Innovation Platform Global Health R&DMerck KGaA, Switzerland

Claudia CecalupoSenior ConsultantIKU Consulting, Switzerland

Collen MasimirembwaPresident and Chief Scientific OfficerAfrican Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST), Zimbabwe

Deon BezuidenhoutSite Relationship and Operations Lead / Clinical Trial ManagerMerck KGaA, South Africa

Desiree du PlessisMedical ScientistCentre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital InfectionsNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa

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Elisabeth KleppaPhD studentNorwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical DiseasesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Ellen TownleyMedical OfficerHenry M. Jackson Foundation, US

Elly Kourany-LefollHead of Neglected Tropical Diseases Drug DevelopmentExternal Translational Innovation Platform Global Health R&DMerck KGaA, Switzerland

Emmy KavereAssistant Research OfficerCenter for Global Health Research Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Ennet ChipunguObstetrics and Gynecology Specialist; Deputy Head of DepartmentMinistry of Health, Bwaila Maternity Hospital; Freedom from Fistula Foundation, Malawi

Eyrun Floerecke KjetlandResearch Fellow, Clinician; Honorary Senior LecturerNorwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Discipline of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Francis HyeraHead of DepartmentPublic Health MedicineUniversity of Limpopo, South Africa

Gita RamjeeDirector, HIV Prevention Research UnitSouth African Medical Research Council, South Africa London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Govert van DamSenior Research ScientistDepartment of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Hashini Galapaththi-ArachchigeMedical Doctor, PhD studentOslo University Hospital, Norway

Hermann FeldmeierProfessor of Tropical MedicineInstitute of Microbiology and Hygiene Charité University Medicine, Germany

Huldah SangGraduate Research FellowCenter for Global Health Research Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

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Ida Amelie HelgesenCommunications OfficerVIBE / Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Idrissa TallaDirecteurLutte contre la Maladie Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action Sociale, Senegal

Isaac PhiriDeputy Director Epidemiology and Disease Controlin charge of Communicable Diseases Control & PreventionNTD Coordinator, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe

Janis LazdinsIndependent R&D AdvisorSwitzerland

Jennifer DownsAssistant Professor of MedicineCenter for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA Department of Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Tanzania

Jennifer DentPresidentBIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), USA

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John FreanAssociate Professor and Head of CentreCentre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable DiseasesUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Joyce Tsoka-GwegweniAssociate ProfessorDept. of Public Health, School of Nursing & Public HealthUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Jutta Reinhard-RuppHead of External Translational Innovation Platform Global Health R&DMerck KGaA, Switzerland

Karen LevyDirector, Africa RegionDeworm the World Initiative, Evidence Action, Kenya

Karien ViljoenMedical EpidemiologistNational Institute of Communicable Diseases, South Africa

Kate HawkinsDirectorPamoja Communications, UK

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Kumud HenriksenParticipant SupportCentre for Bilharzia and Tropical Health Research, Norway

Lester ChitsuloPublic Health ConsultantMalawi

Louis-Albert Tchuem TchuentéDirectorCentre for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology, Cameroon

Lucille BlumbergHead, Division of Public HealthNational Institute of Communicable Diseases, South Africa

Luisa MarenaAssociate ScientistRBM Merck KGaA, Italy

Margaret GyapongDirectorDodowa Health Research Centre, Ghana

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Michael HsiehAssociate ProfessorThe George Washington University, USA

Michael MakangaDirector South South Cooperation, Head of Africa OfficeThe European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), South Africa

Moses ChimbariCollege Dean of ResearchCollege of Health Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Myra TaylorProfessorDiscipline of Public Health Medicine University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Nicholas MidziLecturerCollege of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology University of Zimbabwe

Olufemi OlowookorunDistrict Family PhysicianUgu Health District, South Africa

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Pauline MwinziChief Research OfficerNTDs Research Unit for Global Health Research Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Pavitra PillaySenior LecturerDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Technology, Faculty of Health SciencesDurban University of Technology, South Africa

Peter LeutscherID Consultant, MD, PhDDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Peter MakaulaSenior Health ResearcherResearch for Health Environment and Development (RHED), Malawi

Refilwe SelloTechnical Lead PolicyFamily Health International 360, South Africa

Roland Edgar Eddie MhlangaChief Specialist, Obstetrics and GynaecologyRob Ferreira Hospital and Provincial Specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa

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Russell StothardProfessor of Medical ParasitologyLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Sandra FuelbierHead of Business OperationsExternal Translational Innovation Platform Global Health R&DMerck KGaA, Germany

Sibone MocumbiHead, Service of GynecologyGynecology and Obstetrics DepartmentHospital Central de Maputo (HCM), Mozambique

Sigve HolmenMedical Doctor, PhD StudentInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Siphosekosi ZuluResearch AssistantUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sonja SkoppDirector Analytical DevelopmentChemical and Pharmaceutical DevelopmentMerck KGaA, Germany

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Stefan MaronGeneral Manager Merck South East AfricaMerck KGaA, South Africa

Svein Gunnar GundersenProfessorUniversity of Agder, Norway

Takafira MduluzaProfessor of Biochemistry and ImmunologyBiomedical Research ScientistBiochemistry Department, University of Zimbabwe

Thomas KisimbiDirectorDeworm the World Initiative, Evidence Action, Kenya

Tsakani FurumeleDirector, Communicable Disease ControlNational Department of Health, South Africa

Vanessa ChristinetPhysician Responsible, MD, MIH STI clinic Checkpoint, SwitzerlandResearch Consultant MSF, Switzerland

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Velda Mushangwe-MtisiObstetrician and GynaecologistMinistry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe

Zilungile KwitshanaLecturer, Senior Research ScientistUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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