Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: A round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group

K Thriemer; A Bobogare; B Ley; CS Gudo; MS Alam; NM Anstey; E Ashley; JK Baird; C Gryseels; E Jambert; M Lacerda; F Laihad; J Marfurt; AP Pasaribu; JR Poespoprodjo; I Sutanto; WR Taylor; C Van Den Boogaard; KE Battle; L Dysoley; P Ghimire; B Hawley; J Hwang; WA Khan; RNB Mudin; ME Sumiwi; R Ahmed; MM Aktaruzzaman; KR Awasthi; A Bardaji; D Bell; L Boaz; FH Burdam; D Chandramohan; Q Cheng; K Chindawongsa; J Culpepper; S Das; R Deray; M Desai; G Domingo; W Duoquan; S Duparc; R Floranita; E Gerth-Guyette; RE Howes; C Hugo; G Jagoe; E Sariwati; ST Jhora; W Jinwei; H Karunajeewa; E Kenangalem; BK Lal; C Landuwulang; E Le Perru; SE Lee; LS Makita; J McCarthy; A Mekuria; N Mishra; E Naket; S Nambanya; J Nausien; TN Duc; TN Thi; R Noviyanti; D Pfeffer; G Qi; A Rahmalia; S Rogerson; I Samad; J Sattabongkot; A Satyagraha; D Shanks; SN Sharma; CH Sibley; A Sungkar; D Syafruddin; A Talukdar; J Tarning; F Ter Kuile; S Thapa; M Theodora; TT Huy; E Waramin; G Waramori; A Woyessa; C Wongsrichanalai; NX Xa; JS Yeom; L Hermawan; A Devine; S Nowak; I Jaya; S Supargiyono; KP Grietens; RN Price

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Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: A round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group

K Thriemer, A Bobogare, B Ley, CS Gudo, MS Alam, NM Anstey, E Ashley, JK Baird, C Gryseels, E Jambert, M Lacerda, F Laihad, J Marfurt, AP Pasaribu, JR Poespoprodjo, I Sutanto, WR Taylor, C Van Den Boogaard, KE Battle, L Dysoley Show all

Malaria Journal | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2380-8

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Abstract

The goal to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific by 2030 will require the safe and widespread delivery of effective radical cure of malaria. In October 2017, the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group met to discuss the impediments to primaquine (PQ) radical cure, how these can be overcome and the methodological difficulties in assessing clinical effectiveness of radical cure. The salient discussions of this meeting which involved 110 representatives from 18 partner countries and 21 institutional partner organizations are reported. Context specific strategies to improve adherence are needed to increase understanding and awareness of PQ within affected communities; th..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The meeting was funded through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1164105) to the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Vivax Working Group (VxWG). The meeting was held in conjunction with the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium (MiP) and back to back with the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) stakeholder meeting who provided additional support for the meeting. Further support for the meeting was provided through a grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) supported by the Australian Government [Grant Agreement Number 72904]. KT, BL and JM are funded by the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) and OPRA clinical trial funding, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1164105 and OPP1054404). NMA is supported by and NHMRC Research Fellowship (1135820).