
2025 Isdell:Flowers Round Table

Meeting resources
Presentations and videos
Thursday, 8 May
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Opening session
Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recorded remarks
Confronting a new malaria Landscape: existing and emerging challenges
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Dr. Vonai Chimhamhiwa, Sub Regional Coordinator for East and Southern Africa, RBM Partnership to End Malaria: Big Push Against Malaria
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Chimbi Maponga, Senior Regional Manager, East & Southern Africa Malaria Elimination, Clinton Health Access Initiative: Malaria funding outlook
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Responding to new realities: examples of advocacy, prioritization, and innovation from government, civil society and non-governmental organizations
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Margaret McDonnell, Executive Director, United to Beat Malaria: recorded remarks
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​Fidèle Bemadoum, Senior Civil Society Engagement Officer, Impact Santé Afrique: Malaria civil society, an indispensable leverage for maintaining essential treatments for communities vulnerable to malaria
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Jenny Njuki, Head of Innovation Programmes and External Relations, Malaria No More UK: Change the Story
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Dr. Godwin Beene, Chair, End Malaria Council Zambia: Zambia End Malaria Council, Efforts in Domestic Resource Mobilisation
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Christina Riley, Portfolio Lead, Akros: Presentation
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More important than ever: continuing critical malaria work in the face of challenges
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​Rosh Dhanai, Chief Executive Officer, LSDI2: Presentation
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Benjamin Limbo, Victory Forever Ministry/Chairperson, Zambezi FLAME Coalition: Community-Based Malaria Prevention and Response in Namibia: A Call to Action
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Praise Phiri, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Healthy Learners: Video and Presentation
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Kevin Obede, Programs Manager, Lean on Me Foundation: Protecting Tomorrow: Community-led solutions for women and children affected by HIV and malaria
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Partnership case study, southern Angola
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João Baptista Nelo, Country Coordinator, Missionary Diocese of Center and South of Angola/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Supporting the optimization of all available resources near the Southern and South-eastern Angolan borders
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Rev. Vladimir Agostinho, General Secretary, Christian Churches in Angola (CICA): Presentation
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Topical session: Addressing malaria in pregnancy through social and behaviour change communication
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Grace Miheso, Immediate Past Country Manager/ Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION Kenya: Empowering Communities to Address Malaria in Pregnancy
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Monitor Chimango, Programme Manager, Methodist Church in Zimbabwe/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Care Group Model: A community-driven social and behaviour change (SBC) approach for sustainable malaria impact
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Saviour Kasonde, Programme Coordinator, Anglican Diocese of Lusaka/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Community action for malaria in pregnancy
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Friday, 9 May
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Joint session with the Malaria Drug Accelerator (MalDA) Consortium
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Jean-Luc Bodmer, Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation; MalDA Member: Malaria must be Destroyed – and we can’t afford to be patient
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Elizabeth Winzeler, Professor, University of California San Diego; Program Director, MalDA: Basic malaria research: the innovation engine for new antimalarial treatments
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Topical session: Themes in vector control
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Dr. Jessy Goupeyou, Medical Entomologist & Health Policy Analyst, Nkafu Policy Institute, Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation: Vector control in a changing landscape
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Philmar Vinga, Programme Manager, Anglican Diocese of Harare/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Interventions to reduce malaria within the high-risk mining, farming and fishing communities in Chikova Village, Hurungwe, Zimbabwe
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Saviour Kasonde, Programme Coordinator, Anglican Diocese of Lusaka/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Community action for malaria in pregnancy
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Sifelani Ntini, Binga District Environmental Health Officer with Newton Mudenda, Field Officer, Anglican Diocese of Matabeleland/ Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative: Efforts to strengthen vector control through community engagement and leadership: experience from
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Bishop Elias Mponela, Bishop, Bread of Life Church - Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia: Faith Leader Advocacy for Malaria Elimination (FLAME): Advocacy for Proper System Improvement During the Mass Campaign of Mosquito Bed Nets 2023/2024
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Panel discussion: Integrated community case management and the role of community health workers – experience from Zambia
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Dr. Busiku Hamainza, Grants Coordinator, Global Fund Programme Coordination Unit, Zambia Ministry of Health: History of Partner Support to NMEC and CHWs in Zambia
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Todd Jennings, Technical Project Manager, PATH/ Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge
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Martha Lungu, Executive Director, Malaria Partners Zambia
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Dr. Busiku Hamainza, Grants Coordinator, Global Fund Programme Coordination Unit, Zambia Ministry of Health
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Luundu Machona, Projects Manager, Amref Health Africa
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Constance Njovu, Regional Coordinator, Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative
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Malindi Sikwezi, Community Health Worker, Silumbu, Zambia​
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Additional resources
Media coverage:
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Real Times: Faith Leaders Applauded for Malaria Elimination Efforts
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Photographs:​
Check back soon for a link to professional conference photographs
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For additional information about Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative, view our annual report and additional resources here.
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