Venue: Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda Campus, Lilongwe, Malawi
Date: 2026 Sep 8 - Sep 9
Symposium organizer: Dr. Elisha Chatanga
We are pleased to announce the second symposium for the JSPS Core-to-Core project, “Establishment of a One-Health research network for controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa @LUANAR, MALAWI”
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to face a high burden of NTDs, many of which are zoonotic. Through the NTDs Core-to-Core project, experts from Zambia, Japan, and Malawi in the fields of medicine, veterinary science, and vector research will gather to exchange knowledge on NTD research, as well as to explore new and effective collaborative studies, infectious disease education, and the training of young researchers.
To ensure productive discussions, we will hold an international symposium every year during the project period to promote international exchange. For the second year, we will have a symposium in Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi. We will also have presentations from closely related projects, such as the Zambia Zoonosis Research Project by Hokudai Center for Zoonosis Control and the Leishmania project.
Schedule & Venue
[Sep 8, 2026] Tuesday Main Talk Event
@Lecture theater Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda Campus
10:00- 16:00
⚫︎ Presentation by team members and invited guest speakers from LUANAR (Malawi) and UNZA-Vet (Zambia), and Hokkaido University and Tokyo University (Japan).
[Sep 9, 2026] Wednesday Site visit tour to Kasungu National Park
Topic: Conservation and Zoonotic Disease Management at the human-animal interface
⚫︎ Strategies to manage sustainable ecotourism led by the local communities.
⚫︎ African Trypanosomes in animals and humans, and the importance of tsetse fly population management
⚫︎ Hands-on training in tsetse fly/Sandfly field sampling strategies and identification.
Program
Speakers (Only showing fixed members. We will invite some more speakers, coming soon)
Dr. Elisha Chatanga Faculty of Veterinary Science, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi
Dr. Kyoko Hayashida International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
'Understanding of the epidemiology of Sleeping Sickness in Zambia and Malawi from a one-health perspective'
Prof. Yasuyuki Goto Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Tokyo
' Zoonotic leishmaniasis in Zambia and Malawi'
Prof. Janelisa Musaya Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome (MLW) Programme, Kamuzu University of Health Science, Malawi
'The Silent Crawl of STH in Malawi: An Overlooked Threat in the Era of NTD Elimination'
Dr. Walter Muleya School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, University of Zambia, Zambia
'Mapping Viral Lineages and Host Switch Dynamics of Rabies in Zambia'
Dr. Mable Mutengo Institute of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Zambia
'Schistosomiasis in Zambia: Current Epidemiology and Implications for Elimination'
Dr. Lavel Moonga School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, University of Zambia, Zambia
'Rickettsial diversity in arthropods and Zoonotic risk in Zambia".
Dr. Misheck Shawa School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, University of Zambia, Zambia
'From Rapid AMR Detection to Genomic Surveillance: Developing One Health AMR Tools in Zambia'