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Dr Ferdinand Laihad from Indonesia is a globally recognized malariologist. Dr. Ferdinand Laihad has spent over 25 years in malaria prevention and control. Dr Ferdinand Laihad led the National Malaria Control Program in Indonesia, as Program Manager for 12 years. He provided technical guidance in the planning, design, and implementation, management of Malaria programs throughout the country. He also provided strategic guidance on various aspects of malaria control policies. He subsequently worked as Technical Officer, Malaria at the World Health Organization South East Asia Region (WHO SEARO) for three years and in that position, he provided technical and operational support to national health authorities of countries in the Region for malaria control and returned back to Indonesia to work with UNICEF as Health Specialist (Malaria) to support UNICEF Malaria Staff in Aceh, Sulawesi, Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, and NTT for 3 years as well as technical support to National Malaria Control Program in Indonesia (April – Dec 2015),
After completing the work with UNICEF Dr. Ferdinand Laihad did national consultancy works as a Malaria expert for Entomology study in Indonesia by University Hasanuddin, Makassar (2014), Senior National Consultant for Health System and Advocacy, UNICEF Jakarta (2015), Thematic Desk Review for Joint Malaria Program Review (JMPR), WHO Indonesia (2016), National Consultant, technical assistance on acceleration for Malaria elimination, UNICEF Jakarta (2017-2018), Senior Consultant for Development of National Strategy for Malaria Elimination 2020-2024, UNICEF Jakarta, Indonesia (2019-2020), Provincial Supervisor for Covid response in West Java Province, Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), Jakarta, Indonesia (2021), National Consultant to Support the Malaria Elimination Audit in Cross Border Districts Between Indonesia and Timor-Leste (2021), National Consultant to Support the Mid-Term Malaria Program Review (MTMR) of Indonesia as A National Coordinator (2022). At the same time, Dr. Ferdinand Laihad did International consultancy work for the preparation of a technical paper on the national process for sub-national certification of Malaria free districts and other tasks, WHO SEARO (2015), International Consultant (International Malaria expert) on Malaria Burden Reduction Assessment in Myanmar, Defeat Malaria, GH-Pro, USAID (2018), International Consultant for Monitoring to track progress on cross-border coordination of the deliberations initiated in four priority countries of SEA to accelerate malaria elimination (2022), WHO International STC on Malaria MTR Program Management in Vietnam (2022).