The Thailand Melioidosis Network (TMN) have held two meetings:
Update from 1st TMN Meeting:
The meeting was held on 22nd March 2012 at Mahidol- Oxford Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand. Here researchers meet Policy Makers, a consensus agreement on assignning a Thai name for melioidosis have been agreed upon "Melioid" or “โรคเมลิออยด”.
Other important issues that have been raised include the importance of translating the existing evidence regards the incidence and reports of melioidosis outbreak into an effective prevention and control measurement and policy. Melioidosis vaccine is desperately needed for Thailand but it is not currently available. Bottlenecks of vaccine development include lack of, but not limit to, knowledge on immunology, good vaccine candidates and appropriate animal models.
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Update from 2nd TMN Meeting:
The meeting was held on 17th September 2012 at Mahidol- Oxford Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand. A panel of melioidosis researchers and representatives from Ministry of Public Health, Thailand discussed about 4 important topics:
1) How to enhance surveillance system for melioidosis
2) How to increase public awareness of melioidosis
3) How to improve diagnosis of melioidosis
4) How to improve prevention for melioidosis.
More information can be seen in the link provided below: