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| 6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health | | September 6 - 10, 2009 Verona, Italy | | 1st Mediterranean Conference on Migration and Travel Health |
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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
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| | Meet the Professor
Room 1 | 08.30 – 09.15
Richard Feachem (United States)
Shrinking the Malaria Map: 1900 – 2025 |
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Room 2 | 08.30 – 09.15
Jef Van den Ende (Belgium)
The “Kabisa travel” expert programme |
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Room 4 | 08.30 – 09.15
Ron Behrens (United Kingdom)
Evidence-based Travel Medicine | | | | | Meet the Professor
Room 5 | 08.30 – 09.15
Krister Kristensson (Sweden)
Update on Tropical Neurosciences
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Room 6 | 08.30 – 09.15
Hector Hugo García (Peru)
What’s new on neurocysticercosis
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Room 7 | 08.30 – 09.15
Marleen Bosmans (Belgium)
Gender Based Violence | | |
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| | MC Migrant health between Tropical and Travel Medicine
Auditorium | 09.30 – 11.00 | Plenary Session | | | | | Chairs: Josep Maria Jansa (Spain), Mario Affronti (Italy)
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| | | | Manuel Corachan (Spain)
Tropical vs. Travel Medicine: is the Migrant the neglected link? | | | | | Hani Serag (Egypt)
Access to health care for migrants and asylum seekers
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| | MC From epidemiology of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean to possible solutions
Auditorium | 11.30 – 13.00 | Debate
| | | | | Moderator: Gianni Tognoni (Italy)
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Gianfranco Schiavone (Italy), Giuppa Cassara (Italy) | | |
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| | Translating research into practice:
using systematic reviews in policies , guidelines and influencing change
(Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group – CIDG)
Room 2 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Workshop
| | | | | Chairs: Paul Garner (United Kingdom), Piero Olliaro (World Health Organization), Helen Smith (United Kingdom)
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| | | | Objectives
Cochrane systematic reviews are being used increasingly to help guide evidence-informed decision making. The objectives of this session are to:
1. Outline how the Cochrane Collaboration operates, and give examples of reviews that have influenced policy
2. Highlight new and upcoming Cochrane reviews with policy implications
3. Explain how GRADE is used in guideline development
4. Explore communication strategies to maximise research impact and induce change
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| | | | Speakers: | | | | | Paul Garner (United Kingdom)
Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group: portfolio and how we work
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| | | | Christian Lengeler (Switzerland)
Malaria prevention |
| | | | Joseph Oko (Nigeria)
Iron in malaria |
| | | | Marzia Lazzerini (Italy)
Diarrhoea and zinc |
| | | | Piero Olliaro (World Health Organization) & Paul Garner (United Kingdom)
ACTS | | | | | Xavier Bosch (Switzerland)
GAVI Knowledge Bank
| | | | | Helen Smith (United Kingdom)
Communication and change | | |
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| | T1 Do Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) mechanisms promote access to health care?
(Be-cause Health and GRAP-SWAP, Belgium)
Room 3 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Workshop | | | | | Chair: Dirk Van der Roost (Belgium) |
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| | | | Bruno Dujardin, Dirk Van der Roost (Belgium)
SWAP content and challenges | | | | | Elisabeth Paul, Samia Laokri, Annie Robert, Veronique Zinnen,
Bruno Dujardin (Belgium)
SWAPs in motion: Lessons from case studies in six African countries | | | | | Salif Samake (Mali)
International Health Partnership |
| | | | Aziza Mwinsongo (Tanzania)
Swap as a new policy: Perception of South partners
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| | MC Leishmaniasis in Europe, trends and challenges
(Soci de Pathologie Exotique, France)
Room 4 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Workshop | | | | | Chair: Jean Pierre Dedet (France)
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| | | | Jean Pierre Dedet (France)
Current situation of leishmaniasis in Europe
| | | | | Luigi Gradoni (Italy)
Is leishmaniasis spreading towards northern latitudes in Europe?
| | | | | Paul Ready (United Kingdom)
Risk mapping for leishmaniasis and its vectors in Europe
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| | T5P3 Gender -based violence and unsafe abortion :
public health issues
Room 5 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Marleen Temmerman (Belgium)
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| | | | Marleen Bosmans (Belgium)
A rights based approach to prevention and response to gender-based violence in conflict settings
| | | | | Marleen Temmerman (Belgium)
Organising referral and health care for survivors of sexual violence
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| | | | T5P3-01 The Violence of Silence: Tanzanian girls, poverty and illegal abortion in
times of HIV
G. Van den Bergh
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Is Female Genital Cutting beginning to decline in Ethiopia?
S. Rahlenbeck and W. Mekonnen
T5P3-03
Atrocities against Dalit women in India: an analysis of lay press reports
S. Sweni, P. Thirumalaikolundusubramanian and R. Meenakshisundaram
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| | T6P3 Confronting Avian Flu and the New Global Threats
Room 6 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Fabrizio Pregliasco (Italy) |
| | | | Keynote Speakers:
| | | | | Luigi Bertinato (Italy)
From Plague control in the Republic of Venice to International Health Regulation
| | | | | Ilaria Capua (Italy)
Confronting global threats such as animal influenza viruses with pandemic potential
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Avian influenza, “New” influenza and pandemic preparedness
| | | | | T6P3-03
An Open-Label Phase 1/2 Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of Two Different Doses of a Vero Cell-Derived, Whole Virus Clade 2 H5N1 Influenza Vaccine in Healthy Volunteers Aged 21 to 45 Years
A. Wilder-Smith, K. Yuen, D. Hui, H. Oh, N. Barrett, B. Pavlova, H. Ehrlich and P. Tambyah
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Event-based surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in the EU/EFTA
F. Santos-O’Connor, J. Mantero, P. Vasconcelos, T. Mollet, M. Ciotti and D. Coulombier
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| | T2 Malaria vaccines
Room 7 | 11.30 – 13.00 | Special Session
| | | | | Chair: Christian Lengeler (Switzerland)
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| | | | Joe Cohen (GSK)
The vaccine RTS,S/AS: From the original insight to the development of the most promising candidate
| | | | | Pedro Alonso (Spain)
What should we expect in the near future?
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Are there any promising candidates in the pipeline?
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| | Malaria in VFR immigrants: a changing pattern ?
(GSK Italy)
Auditorium | 13.15 – 14.15 | Satellite Symposium
| | | | | Chairs: Ercole Concia (Italy), Ron Behrens (United Kingdom)
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| | | | Marta Mascarello (Italy)
Increasing risk of complicated malaria among VFR immigrants
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Risk awareness in immigrants: implications for malaria prohpylaxis
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| | MC Chagas disease (1909 – 2009):
From Latin America to Europe and the Mediterranean
(World Health Organization /TDR and FESTMIH)
Auditorium | 14.30 – 18.30 | Workshop
| | | | | Chairs: Jean Jannin (World Health Organization/TDR), Pedro Albajar-Vinas (World Health Organization/TDR)
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| | | | Opening lecture:
Jose Rodriguez Coura (Brazil)
Chagas Disease (1909-2009): What are the perspectives, one century after discovery?
| | | | | Joaquim Gascon (Spain)
Imported Chagas Disease in Europe: a new challenge
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| | Round table
Approach to imported Chagas Disease: towards a shared protocol?
| | | | | Moderators:
Jean Jannin (World Health Organization/TDR),
Pedro Albajar-Vinas (World Health Organization/TDR)
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| | | | Part I
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| | | | State of the art in European Countries: experiences from different countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Germany)
| | | | | Belgium: Yves Carlier | | | | | France: Dominique Dejour-Salamanca | | | | | Italy: Mariella Anselmi | | | | | Germany: August Stich
| | | | | State of the art in European Countries: experiences from different countries (Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom)
| | | | | Portugal: Jorge B.A. Seixas
| | | | | Spain: Carmen Canavate
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| | | | Switzerland: Yves Jackson
| | | | | United Kingdom: Peter Chiodini
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| | | | Part II
| | | | | Critical issues of imported Chagas Disease: clinical cases
| | | | | Patricia Martin Rico (Spain)
Transfusional transmission
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| | | | Margherita Nardi (Italy)
Transplant/immune suppression/Chagas reactivation
| | | | | Francois Chappuis (Switzerland)
Congenital transmission
| | | | | Xavier Lescure (France)
Chronic Chagas: access to diagnosis and treatment
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| | | | | Operational issues of imported Chagas Disease to Europe | | | | | Josep Maria Jansa (Spain)
Chagas database: WHO information system
| | | | | Ana Padilla (World Health Organization)
Implementation of a biological reference Centre for diagnosis of Chagas Disease
| | | | | Pierre Ambroise-Thomas (France)
Main recommendations from French Consensus Conference on Chagas Disease 2009
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| | | | Alessandro Bartoloni (Italy)
Presentation of the technical document on imported Chagas Disease in Europe: keypoints and critical issues
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| | | | Discussion with a panel of invited experts, the chairs and speakers listed above plus: Emanuel Bottieau (Belgium), Azzedine Assal (France), Andrea Agheben (Italy), Luigi Gradoni (Italy), Silvia Salueda (Spain), Elias Canas (Spain), Maria Grazia Pompa (Ministry of Health, Italy)
| | | | | Concluding remarks: Chagas Disease and Public Health | | |
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| | T4 Neglected Diseases Control , Equity and Human Rights
Room 1 | 14.30 – 16.00 | Main Session
| | | | | Chairs: David Molyneux (United Kingdom), Marco Albonico (Italy)
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| | | | Eduardo Gotuzzo (Peru)
Diseases, communities, essential drugs, human rights:
Which is the most neglected?
| | | | | Theresa Gyorkos (Canada)
The Gender Divide of Tropical Parasitic Diseases
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Integrated Control of NTDs: Thinking beyond the Health System
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| | Reverse brain drain:
reasoning the training of tropical doctors in Europe
(The Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health )
Room 3 | 14.30 – 16.00 | Workshop
| | | | | Chair: Albert Mantingh (The Netherlands)
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| | | | Martin Boeree (The Netherlands)
Introduction to the theme
| | | | | Axel Hoffmann (The Netherlands)
Overview TropEd programme
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Pre-service training across Europe
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Presenting the 'Dutch Model' in training for tropical doctors
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The African view: Responses from recipient countries
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| | T6 Space technology contribution to infection surveillance and to the Health related MDG goals
(United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs )
Room 5 | 14.30 – 18.30 | Workshop
| | | | | Chairs: Maria M. Lleo (Italy), Viktor Kotelnikov (UNOOSA)
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| | | | Viktor Kotelnikov (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs – UNOOSA)
Space Technology and Health-related MDG Goals: the Role of UNOOSA
| | | | | Pierluigi Mancini (European Space Agency – ESA)
ESA Developments in the Field of Tele-epidemiology and the New Opportunities Ahead Satellite-based Applications in Human Health
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CNES Approach and International Cooperation
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'Landscape epidemiology': the Experience of CONAE and the Mario Gulich Institute. Space Technology in Tele-health, Epidemic Prevention and Management
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Integrating Space Technologies into Public Health Surveillance Programmes: from Theory to Operation
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Impact of Space Technology on Countering Infective Disease Epidemics – an Opportunity for India. Tele-epidemiology Applications for Environment-related Diseases
| | | | | Maria M. Lleo (Italy)
Application of Space Technologies to the Surveillance and Modelling of Water-borne Diseases
| | | | | Graciela Russomando (Paraguay)
Space Technologies in Strategies for Vectors' Control and Surveillance in National Programmes of Paraguay
| | | | | Jacques-Andre Ndione (Senegal)
Improved Rift Valley Fever Early Warning System in Senegal: Classification of Ponds from High-spatial Resolution Remote Sensing
| | | | | Santiago Ramos/Laura Delgado (Venezuela)
Landscape Ecology, Anthropogenic Action and Malaria disease. Tele-epidemiology Applications for Animal Health and Zoonosis
| | | | | Mohammed Bouslikhane (Morocco)
Projects and Experiences from the Maghreb Countries
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Prediction of Avian Flu Potential Spread in Java-Indonesia Based on Temperature Humidity Index and Land Use Mixture Index Using Remote Sensing Data
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| | MCP5 Dealing with the returning traveler
Room 4 | 14.30 – 15.10 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Emmanuel Bottieau (Belgium) |
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Prospective Multicentre Evaluation of the Expert System Kabisa Travel in Diagnosing Febrile Illnesses Occurring after a Stay in the Tropics
R. Demeester, E. Bottieau, Z. Bisoffi, A. Pini, J. Wetsteyn, L. Visser, D. Torrús Tendero, M.-J. Pinazo Delgado, J. Van den Ende |
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Recognition of Tropical Illness in the Returned Traveller by Healthcare Professionals Working in an Irish University Teaching Hospital
G. Flaherty, A. Scott and T. O’Brien |
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T6 Bioterrorism : Myth or Reality? (Realistic threat or a waste of money?)
Room 6 | 14.30 – 16.00 | Debate
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| | T2P5 Malaria epidemiology and control
Room 7 | 14.30 – 16.00 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair and Keynote Speaker: Claudio Tadeu Ribeiro (Brazil)
Dreaming about Malaria Eradication in South America: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience
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Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection following intermittent preventive treatment in infants
I. Danquah, U. Buchholz, E. Dietz, P. Ziniel and F. Mockenhaupt |
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Impact of the introduction of artemether-lumefantrine as first line treatment policy on malaria transmission and under five mortality in two rural districts of Tanzania
B. Genton, A. Kabanywanyi, M. Alexander, A. Malila, R. Schlienger and C. Lengeler
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Anopheles resistance against pyrethroid insecticide in urban areas and villages with different agriculture practices in the Nouna region, Burkina Faso
V. Louis, T. Schoer, N. Sagnon, A. Badolo, M. Guilbeogo and O. Muller
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The Relevance of Understanding Residence and Mobility Patterns for Forest Malaria Control in South East Asia: the Case of the Ra-glai in Vietnam
K. Peeters, X. Nguyen Xuan, A. Erhart, T. Ngo Duc, H. Le Xuan, T. Le Khan and U. D’Alessandro
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Extended follow-up of children who received sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infancy (IPTi)
R. Kobbe, B. Hogan, S. Adjei, O. Adjei and J. May
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Bayesian geostatistical modeling of Angola Malaria Indicator Survey data
L. Gosoniu and P. Vounatsou
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The epidemiology of P. falciparum in Uganda: a population study in Mulanda, Eastern Uganda
R. Pullan, H. Bukirwa, S. Staedke, R. Snow and S. Brooker
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| | MCP6 Women, children and migration
Room 4 | 15.10 – 16.00 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Marleen Bosmans (Belgium)
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| | | | Marleen Bosmans (Belgium)
Sexual and reproductive health consequences of sexual violence in immigrants
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| | | | Fosca Nomis (Save the Children)
Migrating minors: invisible children and hidden health problems
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Eosinophilia and Hiper IgE in immigrant children with helminthic infestations
C. Manzardo, M. De Pieri, B. Trevino, S. Otero and J. Cabezos
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| | T4P10 Dengue : Novel diagnostic makers and vaccine development
Room 1 | 16.30 – 17.30 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: María Guadalupe Guzmán (Cuba)
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| | | | Stephen J. Thomas (Thailand)
Perspectives of dengue vaccine development and potential role for disease control
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Comparison of a NS1 Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Conventional and Real time PCR for Diagnosis of Primary and Secundary Acute Dengue Virus infection
A. F. Tateno, L. S. V. Boas, A. O. Guilharde, M. D. Turchi, C. M. Martelli, J. Levi, C. S. Pannuti and V. A. U. Souza
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Multi-country evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of two commercially-available NS1 ELISA assays for dengue diagnosis
M. G. Guzman, T. Jaenisch, R. Gaczkowski, V. T. T. Hang, S. Devi, O. Horstick, A. Kroeger and C. P. Simmons
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Assessment of two Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Dengue
M. Mistretta, M. Degani, M. Gobbo, A. Angheben, S. Tais, F. Gobbi, Z. Bisoffi | | |
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| | T1 Removing user fees: selective or comprehensive?
Room 3 | 16.30 – 17.30 | Debate
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Christopher Whitty (United Kingdom) |
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Mitt Philips (Medecins sans Frontieres), Neelam Sekhri Feachem (United States)
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| | MCP7 Human mobility and sex
Room 4 | 16.30 – 17.30 | Parallel Session
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| | | | Chair: Andrea Rossanese (Italy) |
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| | | | | Frederic Sorge (France)
Children and sexual tourism
| | | | | Miriam Navarro (Spain)
Can we prevent HIV in migrants?
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Foreign borne status and incidence of syphilis in HIV infected subjects, Italy
A. Matteelli, A. C. Carvalho, I. El-Hamad, M. Comelli, G. Paraninfo, G. Cristini, C. Fornabaio, V. Bergamaschi, F. Castelnuovo and G. Carosi
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Migration and HIV/AIDS in the European Union
F. Santos-O'Connor, T. Noori, M. van de Laar, G. Likatavicius, J. Fontaine and S. Tsolov
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| | T2P6 Malaria vector control and ITN
Room 6 | 16.30 – 18.30 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Umberto D’Alessandro (Belgium)
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Wash-resistance and residual efficacy of long-lasting polyester netting coated with alpha-cypermethrin (InterceptorTM) against malaria transmitting mosquitoes in Northeastern India
V. Dev
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Two years experience with a long lasting, insecticidal bednet, Netprotect®: impact on malaria, bio-efficacy and net quality
O. Odhiambo, O. Skovmand, J. Vulule, L. Odeny, N. Mulaya and E. D. Kokwaro | | | | | T2P6-03
Long-lasting insecticidal hammocks for controlling forest malaria: a community-based trial in a rural area of Central Vietnam
T. Ngo Duc, A. Erhart, N. Speybroeck, X. Nguyen Xuan, T. Nguyen Ngoc, K. Pham Van, H. Le Xuan, T. Le Khanh, M. Coosemans and U. D’Alessandro |
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Long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net usage in eastern Sierra Leone – the success of free distribution
S. Gerstl, S. Dunkley, A. Mukhtar, P. Maes, M. De Smet, S. Baker and J. Maikere
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Patterns of change in awareness, ownership, and use of ITNs in Africa from 2000 to 2008
C. Baume
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The Biological Performance and Home Improvement Value of Durable Residual Wall Lining (DL) When Used in a Rural Village of Mali
M. Coulibaly, M. L. Larsen, B. Diallo, A. S. Traore, M. Konate, A. Guindo and S. F. Traore
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The Effect of Washing on Insecticide Impregnated Cotton Fabrics against
Vector Species of Mosquitoes under Laboratory Conditions
N. Kapoor | | | | | T2P6-08
Durable Residual Wall Lining (DL) as a Replacement for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Malaria Vector Control
J. Thomas and R. Allan | | | | | T2P6-09
Housing Structure, Poverty and the Acceptability of Long Lasting Insecticidal Bed Nets in the Peruvian Amazon
K. Peeters Grietens, A. Erhart, U. D’Alessandro, A. Llanos Cuentas and D. Gamboa
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On the validity of self-report in ascertaining malaria prevalence in remote rural communities of the Amazon Basin, Peru
M. Maheu-Giroux, M. Casapia and T. W. Gyorkos
| | | | | T2P6-11
Epidemiology and first approach to estimate vulnerability to malaria outbreaks: Step to implement a malaria early warning system (MEWS) as adaptation measure for climate change in Colombia-INAP project
V. Ceron | | | | | T2P6-12
Risk factors for Malaria in an area with Artemisinine resistance in the forests of Cambodia
F. Hazeleger, T. Sochantha, A. Erhart, M. Coosemans and J.-P. Van Geertruyden | | |
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| | T2 Home / near-home treatment: Is this the way forward?
Room 7 | 16.30 – 17.30 | Debate
| | | | | Moderator:
Franco Pagnoni (World Health Organization)
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| | | | Discussants:
Ambrose Talisuna (Uganda), Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima (Burkina Faso)
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| | T4P11 Neglected Zoonotic diseases
Room 1 | 17.30 – 18.30 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair: Hector Hugo Garcia (Peru)
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| | | | Francois-Xavier Meslin (World Health Organization)
WHO and its partners’ initiative for the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs)
| | | | | Santiago Mas-Coma (Spain)
Present Worldwide Emergence of Human Fascioliasis: Control Strategies
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Araraquara virus: the most virulent Hantavirus causing Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in Brazil
L. Figueiredo
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Cystic hydatidosis: proposal of a management algorithm
E. Cappello, A. Montineri, B. Cacopardo, F. Fatuzzo and L. Nigro
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| | T1P5 Community based interventions : an opportunity for integration?
Room 3 | 17.30 – 18.30 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chair and Keynote Speaker: Uta Lehmann (South Africa)
Successes and failures in community based interventions
| | | | | T1P5-01
The implementation of a participatory method for planning, implementation and evaluation of community health actions in Centro Habana, Cuba
I. Sosa, M. Guerra, L. Ferrer, I. Abreu, A. Rodriguez, P. De Vos, P. Lefèvre, M. Bonet and P. Van der Stuyft
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Social Mobilization for Health – Maternal and Child Health Weeks
M. Mungai
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A community-based randomized trial to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Burkina Faso: Acceptability and impact of the intervention
H. Diallo, E. Zabsonre, J. Rouamba, G. Traore, N. Meda and T. Tylleskar
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Community epidemiology as a strategy bridging care delivery and research
M. Anselmi, R. Prandi, M. Marquez, D. Armani, C. Caicedo, J. Murillo, J. Caicedo, F. Caicedo, M. Quinonez, R. Sabando, H. Cuero, J. Moreira, G. Tognoni
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| | T2P7 Malaria Diagnosis :
Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) and traditional microscopy
Room 7 | 17.30 – 18.30 | Parallel Session
| | | | | Chairs: Valerie d’Acremont (Switzerland), Jef Van den Ende (Belgium)
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Walther Wernsdorfer (Austria)
The Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tools - the End of Traditional Microscopic Diagnosis of Malaria?
| | | | | T2P7-01
Molecular diagnosis of malaria in the field: development of a novel, onestep Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Immuno-Assay for the detection of all 4 human Plasmodium species and its evaluation in Mbita, Kenya
P. Mens, A. van Amerongen, P. Sawa, P. Kager and H. Schallig
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Development and Evaluation of a Novel Magneto-Optical Test (MOT) for the Diagnosis of Malaria
H. Schallig, P. F. Mens, R. Matelon, L. Savage, L. Wears, J. Beddow, M. Cox, J. Heptinstall and D. Newman
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Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests, with follow-up of positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area
S. Gerstl, S. Dunkley, A. Mukhtar, M. De Smet, S. Baker and J. Maikere
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Changes in costs following the implementation of routine microscopybased diagnosis of malaria in a peripheral health care centre in Northern Uganda
M. Engl, M. Vigl, W. Wernsdorfer, D. Gluderer, C. Gostner, M. Ogwang and C. Prugger
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Development of a real time PCR assay for differentiation of Plasmodium species in a pediatric sample from Luanda
M. J. Gargate, M. C. Drago, A. Vilares, L. Monteiro, M. Correia, L. Bernardino and H. Angelo
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