Streaming Live now MSF Scientific Days 2017
Session 1
9.10 – 10.45 Beyond the basics in HIV and tuberculosis
Chair: Ibrahim Abubakar, Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH)
Comparing shorter with conventional MDR-TB treatment in Uzbekistan: 2-month culture-conversion rates and treatment outcomes, Jay Achar, MSF
Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for the treatment of Kaposi’s sarcoma in Maputo, Mozambique: first results of a prospective study, Matthew Coldiron, Epicentre
Implementing systematic HIV testing in a nutritional programme in Niger, Cecilia Ferreyra, MSF
Gaps in the cascade of care in two high HIV prevalence settings in Zimbabwe and Malawi, Nolwenn Conan, Epicentre
Expectations of perfect adherence: a qualitative study to explore treatment failure amongst Malawian adolescents living with HIV, Alison Wringe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
10.45 – 11.15 Morning Break
Session 2
11.15 – 12.15 What have we learned from our responses to major conflicts?
Chair: Bayard Roberts, Professor in Health Systems and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Emergency-room activities of an MSF-supported hospital in Yemen over 1 year, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, MSF
Very high and rapidly decreasing malnutrition and mortality in Banki IDP camp in northern Nigeria, Franck Ale, MSF
Access to non-communicable disease health care among non-camp Syrian refugees in northern Jordan, Manuela Rehr, MSF
12.15 – 12.45 Round Table Discussion: What do we know? Getting and using data from emergency settings – challenges and opportunities
Speaker 1: Iza Ciglenecki, MSF
Speaker 2: Francesco Checchi, LSHTM
Speaker 3: Vanessa Cramond, MSF
Speaker 4: Fernanda Falero, MSF
12.45 -13.45 Lunch break and poster viewing and voting
Session 3
13.45 – 14.15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Under Secretary General for Partnerships, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
14.15 – 15.30 Improving access and quality of care
Chair: Dame Claire Bertschinger, Assistant Professor and Director for Tropical Nursing, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Too many barriers: associations between the setup of sexual violence care programmes and access for male victims, Marwa Mahmoud Ramadan, MSF
A qualitative evaluation of nursing care in humanitarian settings, Josie Gilday, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Causes of bacteraemia in children <5 years in southern Mali, Rupa Kanapathipillai, MSF
Development and external validation of a clinical prognostic score for death in visceral leishmaniasis patients in an area of Ethiopia with a high burden of HIV co-infection, Charles Abongomera, MSF and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon break
Session 4
16.00 – 17.15 Prevention and elimination
Chair: Lorenz von Seidlein, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Closing in on the reservoir while implementing passive case detection activities: pro-active case detection as a strategy to contribute to Plasmodium falciparum elimination in an area of multidrug resistance in Cambodia, Gabriele Rossi, MSF
Evaluating the coverage of bucket chlorination, hygiene promotion, and hygiene kit distribution in response to a hepatitis E outbreak in Am Timan, Chad, David Beversluis, MSF
Reactive and pre-emptive vaccination strategies to control hepatitis E infection in emergency and refugee settings: a modelling study, Ruby Siddiqui, MSF
Efficacy of a low-cost, heat-stable oral rotavirus vaccine in Niger: a randomised, controlled trial, Amadou Matar Seck, MSF
17.15 – 17.30 Poster prize award and closing remarks Kiran Jobanputra, Interim Head of Manson Unit, MSF UK
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