On December 7th, 2022, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) and BK21FOUR Center for Human Resource Development in Bio-Health Industry, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University (GNU), Republic of Korea signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for research collaboration on tropical diseases, especially malaria and parasitic diseases in Viet Nam.
On August 15th 2022, a delegation of experts from the US Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) visited and worked at the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN). This was the 2nd visit of NAMRU-2 delegation to IMPE-QN in 2022 with the purpose of exchanging, sharing information and seeking cooperation opportunities in the field of research and treatment of malaria as well as other infectious diseases.
On June 15th 2022, the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) welcomed and worked with the Independent Monitoring Panel (IMP) of the RAI Regional Steering Committee (RSC) on assessing the quality and effectiveness of the RAI3E project.
On June 3th, 2022, a delegation of experts from VinUniversity (Ha Noi), Purdue University (USA) and Turine University (Italy) visited and met with the leadership of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN). The visit was aimed to learn about malaria situation and antimalarial drug resistance in Central Vietnam; besides, the partners presented some initial results of their clinical study Phase 2 in some Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries and introduced the next steps for clinical trial Phase 3 with larger sample sizes in malaria-endemic areas of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
In order to have updates on malaria situation in the field and find out difficulties and challenges in malaria prevention and elimination, on May 17, 2022, a collaborative mission between the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE-QN) and World Health Organization (WHO) Representative's Office to Viet Nam visited and worked at the Heath Center of Krong Pa district (HC-KP), Gia Lai province.