Media Alert
BOB McMULLAN MP
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FRASER
8 February 2009
Inaugural meeting of Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network
Date: Monday 9 February 2009
Time: 8 – 8. 30 am
Venue: Customs House
399 Queen St
Brisbane
Malaria specialists from around the world will take part in the inaugural meeting of the
Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network, announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at
the high-level Malaria Summit in New York in September 2008.
The network will help countries work together to develop and implement strategies to
eliminate malaria.
The network is coordinated by the Global Health Group at the University of California in San
Francisco, led by Sir Richard Feachem and the Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre at the
University of Queensland.
Media are welcome to attend the opening addresses by Sir Richard Feachem from the
Global Health Group and Australia’s Parliamentary Secretary for International
Development Assistance, Bob McMullan.
Media contacts: Sabina Curatolo (Mr McMullan's Office) 0400 318 205
Elizabeth James (AusAID) 0407 280 188
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