Watch the WFP Webinar 2: Celebrating 2026 World Parasite Awareness Day, Thursday 26 March 2026 with our two wonderful speakers:
Dr Sadura Tiwananthagorn (Associate Prof. , DVM, Faculty of veterinary Medicine Chiang Mai University, Thailand) presenting “Leishmania martiniquens infection in humans & animals”.
and Dr. Elshafie Ibrahim Elshaf (Associate Prof., BVM, MTAH, Dept of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman) presenting “Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels”.
Celebrating World Parasite Awareness Day takes place on March 20 each year World Parasite Awareness Day website
Watch this Webinar 3: Malaria Elimination Roadmap: The What, How and When
Malaria elimination remains one of the most complex and closely followed challenges in global health. As part of The Road to ICOPA 2026 webinar series, Webinar 3 will focus on a critical question: what does a realistic elimination roadmap actually look like in practice? This session will look at the what, how, and when of malaria elimination, offering a structured perspective on timelines, implementation, and the steps required to move from control to elimination. Watch the recording of this Webinar on the WFP YouTube channel.
This Webinar was recorded on Friday, 24 April 2026, 15:00 (BST, UTC+01:00)
The Road to ICOPA2026 webinar series in May focused on permanent ectoparasites of humans and the challenges they continue to present in both clinical and public health settings.
Webinar 4: Tracing Humanity Through Its Lice: Evolution, History, and Today
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026, 15:00 (CET)
Speaker: Prof. Kosta Mumcuoglou
Webinar 4 featured Prof. Kosta Mumcuoglou speaking on the biology, epidemiology, clinical impact, and control of permanent ectoparasites of humans – bringing attention to organisms that remain highly relevant to diagnostics, transmission, and patient care worldwide.
As we build toward ICOPA 2026 in Montréal, these monthly webinars are designed to keep the parasitology community connected through timely scientific exchange across research, clinical, and applied perspectives.
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