As you know, *World Malaria Day is this Friday, April 25th*. We want to let
you know of some opportunities for you to become even more involved around
this important day that are in your own backyard!
You have to eat sometime, so why not at Pizzeria Paradiso in Georgetown in
honor of World Malaria Day? One quarter of all proceeds from the night will
be donated to *Nothing But Nets*! Bring your friends and family and dine for
a cause.
*Pizza night at Pizzeria Paradiso*
Thursday, April 24th, 5:00 pm 11:00pm
3282 M Street NW
Washington, DC
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Come out to Georgetown University on World Malaria Day and learn more about
the disease and what you can do about it from leading experts! The World
Malaria Day Symposium is open to the DC community and will feature experts
from the National Institute of Health, World Health Organization,
President's Malaria Initiative, and universities across the country. Click
here<http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=qXb7qrV64cFkDb.....>for
more information about the afternoon events being held in the New
Research Building and to RSVP. Space is limited.
*World Malaria Day Symposium*
Friday, April 25, 9:00 am 1:00pm
Georgetown University Gaston Hall
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*Morning Symposium: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University Main Campus*
*Opening Introductions: 9:00-9:10
Panel #1: 9:10 am – 10:25 am. The Intolerable Burden of Malaria*
Chair: Dr. Daniel Lucey, Georgetown Medical School and Mortara Center
Associate, School of Foreign Service.
Keynote Speaker: Admiral Timothy Ziemer, Director
"The President's Malaria Initiative"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joel Breman, Fogarty International Center, NIH.
"The intolerable global burden of malaria".
Commentator: Dr. Mireille Kanda, Dikembe Mutumbo Foundation
Malaria in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the
Congo
*Panel #2: 10:25 am – 11:45 am Prevention and Cure of Malaria
Chair: Dr. Paul Roepe, Co-director, Center for Infectious Diseases,
Georgetown University Medical School*
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steve Hoffman, CEO, Sanaria, Inc.
"Progress with Malaria Vaccines"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Vennerstrom, University of Nebraska
"New Antimalarial Drugs"
Commentators: Dr. Roepe, Dr. David Roos, University of Pennsylvania
Medical School, and Dr. Kirk Dietsch, Cornell
University Medical College
*11:45: First Lady Laura Bush (invited: reply pending as of April 5th)
Panel #3: 12:00 – 1:00 Policy Challenges and Action
Chairs: Ben Berkman and Dr. Jeff Collmann, O'Neill Institute for National
and Global Health Law*
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nelle Temple Brown, World Health Organization,
Director, Washington, D.C. Office
Presentations: Malaria Bednet Activists: (1) Students from Holy Trinity
School; (2) Georgetown University students and the UN
Foundation (DC).
Website for Georgetown student team raising funds to
purchase and
deliver long-lasting insecticide-treated malaria
bednets:
www.nothngbutnets.net/Georgetown
Invited Speaker and Panelists Lunch 1:00 – 2:00
Leavey Center Faculty Club Restaurant
*Afternoon Symposium and Science Break-out Sessions
New Research Building, Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Paul Roepe*
*Panel #4: 2:00 – 5:00 Recent Technological Breakthroughs*
2:00 – 2:30 Dr. David Roos, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
2:30 – 3:00 Dr. David Elliot, University of Arizona
3:00 – 3:30 Dr. Kirk Dietsch, Cornell University Medical College
Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:15 Dr. Carolina Barillas-Mury, National Institutes of Health
4:14 – 4:45 Dr. Paul Roepe, Georgetown University
*5:00 Social and Mixer*
(Outdoor Pavilion level, Georgetown University Medical Center)
Even if you aren't able to make it out for World Malaria Day, there is still
something you can do to save lives from malaria! Play Deliver the
Net<http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=c35WDtkUSAqcgA.....>,
our fun online game. When you sign up and play, a generous sponsor will send
a net to Africa on your behalf. Click
here<http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=js53QHfUt3bPjr.....>to
play, win, and save a life all at once!
Thanks again from *Nothing But Nets*! We hope to see you out this
week! *Together,
we can make a difference this World Malaria Day.*
Malaria kills. Send a net and save a life.
The Nothing But Nets team
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