ccAccording to the World Health Organization, most deaths from infectious diseases - almost 90% - are caused by only a handful of diseases. The top three single agent disease killers are HIV/ AIDS, TB and Malaria. While the number of deaths due to nearly every disease has decreased, deaths due to HIV/AIDS have increased.
With the emergence of many new and re-emergence of old infectious agents and a marked increase in antimicrobial resistance, healthcare professionals are challenged to maintain their fund of knowledge in order to provide optimal care for their patients with infectious diseases.
The 2nd Pan-African Infectious Diseases Conference will offer delegates a 2 day review designed to provide up-to-date information on diagnosing, treating and preventing a wide range of common and significant infectious diseases in the African Nations.
Benefits of attending:
- Discuss climate change and the connection to fatal disease outbreaks
- Review the current state of Tuberculosis in the 21st century
- Explore the latest controversies and treatment issues in HIV
- Assess the current burden of Malaria and the need for improved surveillance
- Examine Hemorrhagic Epidemic Outbreaks such as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Who should attend:
- Infectious Disease Physicians
- Microbiologists
- Epidemiologists
- Paediatricians
- Internists
- Internal Medicine Physicians
- Chief Medical Officers
- Public Health Professionals
- VPs Directors, Heads, and Managers in:
• Microbiology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
DAY 1 – Thursday, May 10 2012
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| 10.20 |
Opening Remarks by Chair:
Dr. Kas Kasongo, Coordinator, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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SESSION 1: GLOBAL HEALTH
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Moderator: Dr. Kas Kasongo, Coordinator, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 10.30 |
Keynote Presentation - Climate Change: Adding Impetus to Infectious Diseases in Africa
Dr. James Van Hasselt, Independent Advisor, Climate Change (Health), Johannesburg, South Africa
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| 11:15 |
Medical Research Council Funding and General Health Research
Dr. Thabi Maitin, (Chair) Research Capacity Development, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa |
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SESSION 2: HEMORRHAGIC EPIDEMIC OUTBREAKS
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Moderator: Dr. Thabi Maitin, (Chair) Research Capacity Development, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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| 11.45 |
Overview of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever in the African Region
Dr. Francis Kasolo, MD, MSc, PhD, DTM&H RCP, Program Area Coordinator for Disease Surveillance and Response, WHO AFRO, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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| 12.15 |
LUNCH & NETWWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL |
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SESSION 3: ORPHAN DISEASES
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Moderator: Dr. Francis Kasolo, MD, MSc, PhD, DTM&H RCP, Program Area Coordinator for Disease Surveillance and Response, WHO AFRO, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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| 13.45 |
Human African Trypanosomiasis/ African Sleeping Sickness
Henrick Kunkeyani, Director of Health Programs, Christian Health Asssociation of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 14.15 |
Rabies – A Neglected Disease in Africa
Prof. Lucille Blumberg, Deputy Director, Surveillance, Outbreak Response, Travel Health and FELTP Division of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 14.45 |
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
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SESSION 4: HIV/AIDS
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Moderator: Henrick Kunkeyani, Director of Health Programs, Christian Health Asssociation of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
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| 15:15 |
Managing HIV in a Managed Care Context - The UDIPA Experience
Dr. Kas Kasongo, Coordinator, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 15.45 |
Vertical HIV Intervention on the Health System in Developing Countries
Dr. Nyika Mahachi, MBchB, HAM, Ssc, Executive Director, Zimbabwe Aids Prevention & Support Organization (ZAPSO), Harare, Zimbabwe |
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SESSION 5: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
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Moderator: Dr. Nyika Mahachi, MBchB, HAM, Ssc, Executive Director, Zimbabwe Aids Prevention & Support Organization (ZAPSO), Harare, Zimbabwe
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| 16.15 |
Management of MRSA
Prof. Guy Richards, Director, Intensive Care Unit, Charlotte Maxeke, Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pulmonology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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16.45
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt |
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17:15
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Q & A |
| 17.30 |
CLOSE OF DAY 1 |
DAY 2 – Friday, May 11 2012
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SESSION 6: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
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Moderator: Dr. Kas Kasongo, Coordinator, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 10.30 |
Keynote Presentation - Discovering Drugs against Infectious Diseases in Africa: Challenges, Status and Opportunities
Prof. Kelly Chibale, Founder and Director, UCT Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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| 11.15 |
Malaria and the Need for Improved Surveillance
Mr. George Allan Phiri, Managing Director, Institute of Research, Development & Training, Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 11:45 |
Tackling Tuberculosis in Africa
Dr. Douglas Wilson, Head of Medicine, Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| 12:15 |
LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL |
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SESSION 7: OUTBREAKS
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Moderator: Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt
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| 13:45 |
Cholera Outbreak
Maggie Kambalame, Community Mobilization & Capacity Building Specialist, Save the Children, Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 14.15 |
Meningitis Outbreak
Dr. Warren Lowman, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 14.45 |
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING |
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SESSION 8: Paediatric Infectious Diseases
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Moderator: Prof. Mark Cotton, Director, Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU), University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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| 15:15 |
Anaemia as seen in Children with HIV Infection in Paediatric Wards in Nairobi
Dr. S.E.N. Waweru, Consultant Paediatrician, The Nairobi Hospital Consulting Rooms, Kenya, Nairobi |
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Update on Paediatric HIV/ AIDS
Prof. Mark Cotton, Director, Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU), University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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| 16.15 |
Outcome of some of the Vertical Transmission Intervention Roles as a Determinant of Paediatric HIV Infections
Dr. S.E.N. Waweru, Consultant Paediatrician, The Nairobi Hospital Consulting Rooms, Kenya, Nairobi |
| 16.45 |
Q & A |
| 17.00 |
Close of 2nd Pan-African Infectious Diseases Conference
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Scientific Organising Committee:
Dr. Kas Kasongo, Coordinator, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Dr. Thabi Maitin, (Chair) Research Capacity Development, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Speaker Faculty:
Prof. Lucille Blumberg, Deputy Director, Surveillance, Outbreak Response, Travel Health and FELTP Division of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
Prof. Kelly Chibale, Founder and Director, UCT Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. Mark Cotton, Director, Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU), University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Maggie Kambalame, Community Mobilization & Capacity Building Specialist, Save the Children, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dr. Francis Kasolo, MD, MSc, PhD, DTM&H RCP, Program Area Coordinator for Disease Surveillance and Response, WHO AFRO, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Henrick Kunkeyani, Director of Health Programs, Christian Health Asssociation of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Dr. Warren Lowman, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Nyika Mahachi, MBchB, HAM, Ssc, Executive Director, Zimbabwe Aids Prevention & Support Organization (ZAPSO), Harare, Zimbabwe
Mr. George Allan Phiri, Managing Director, Institute of Research, Development & Training, Lilongwe, Malawi
Prof. Ossama Rasslan, MD, PhD, Chair, International Section, APIC, Director, EMRNIC, President, ESIC, APIC/ Egypt Chapter, Secretary General, EPSA, Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Guy Richards, Director, Intensive Care Unit, Charlotte Maxeke, Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pulmonology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. James Van Hasselt, Independent Advisor, Climate Change (Health), Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. S.E.N. Waweru, Consultant Paediatrician, The Nairobi Hospital Consulting Rooms, Kenya, Nairobi
Dr. Douglas Wilson, Head of Medicine, Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa