N°1

Editorial

Victoria Falls conference:
Allocution Address

Subject 1
Focus on recent discoveries concerning the epidemiology of malaria in the African region
- Professor Albert Same Ekobo; Yaounde, Cameroon
- Doctor John Henry Ouma; Nairobi, Kenya

Subject 2
The unequivocal diagnosis of malaria in individuals and during mass screening
- Doctor Jean Bosco Ouédraogo; Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
- Professor Charles M. Kihamia; Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Subject 3
Severe complicated malaria in Africa
- Professor Théodore Niyongabo (with Ph. Deloron and P. Aubry); Bujumbura, Burundi
- Professor Lateef A. Salako; Ibadan, Nigeria

Subject 4
Drug resistance: its appearance and mechanisms in West Africa
Doctor Oladapo Walker; Ibadan, Nigeria
Drug resistance: its appearance in East and Southern Africa, chemoresistance mechanisms and the implications of this findings for control
Doctor Brian L. Sharp; Congella, Durban, South Africa

Subject 5
Treatment regimens for malaria as a function of level of chemoresistance in Africa
- Professor Léonard Mashako Mamba; Kinshasa, Zaire
- Doctor O.J. Ekanem; Lagos, Nigeria

Subject 6
Malaria chemoprophylaxis and physical prevention in Africa
- Professor Ogobara Doumbo; Bamako, Mali
- Doctor Aggrey J. Oloo; Kisumu, Kenya

Subject 7
Local malaria research
- Doctor Stephen K. Chandiwana; Harare, Zimbabwe
- Professor Robert Tinga Guiguemdé; Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Fasso

Conclusion
by Dr Timothy Stamps / Dr Yves Dutheil

The Pan African Malaria Team