MSF speakers and MSF sponsored events at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health.
Symposium co-sponsored by MSF
Time to improve snakebite management in the tropics
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 15:30 – 17:00
Room: Shanghai 2
Including the following MSF oral presentations
Introduction: The unknown killer, Gabriel Alcoba (MSF, Geneva)
Introduction - Panel discussion: Julien Potet (MSF Access Campaign, Paris)
Oral presentations
Monday September 7th
Session: Buruli and other NTDs
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 11:00 – 11:15
Room: Shanghai 2
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Performance of a clinical score for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in Akonolinga, Cameroon
MSF presenter: Yolanda K. Mueller (Epicentre, Geneva)
Session: Co-infections: its impact on neglected tropical diseases
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 12:40 – 12:50
Room: Sydney
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Challenges of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection
MSF presenter name: Koert Ritmeijer (MSF, Amsterdam)
Session: Evaluating therapeutic interventions against Ebola: challenges and lessons learned 1
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 13:35 – 13:45
Room: Sydney
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: The Ebola field reality for conducting clinical trials
MSF presenter name: Annick Antierens (MSF, Brussels)
Session: Evaluating therapeutic interventions against Ebola: challenges and lessons learned 2
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 13:45 – 13:55
Room: Sydney
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Ethics of clinical trials in epidemic disasters
MSF presenter: Philippe Calain (MSF, Geneva)
Session: Visceral leishmaniasis - from patient to public health needs: the role of R&D in disease elimination and control
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 13:50 – 14:10
Room: Kairo 2
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Translating treatment options to control programs
MSF presenter: Margriet den Boer (MSF, Amsterdam)
Session: Ebola - vaccination
Date: Monday the 7th of September, 16:30 – 16:45
Room: Sydney
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Malaria prevalence decreased following mass drug administration of malaria chemoprevention during the Ebola outbreak, Monrovia, Liberia, 2014
MSF presenter: Amanda Tiffany (Epicentre, Geneva
Tuesday September 8th
Session: Where there is no market – exploring novel approaches to R&D for diseases of the poor
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 11:25 – 11:40
Room: Sydney
Type: Symposium co-sponsored by MSF Access Campaign
Presentation title: Looking at alternative models for innovation and access for neglected infectious diseases
MSF presenter name: Manica Balasegaram (MSF Access Campaign, Geneva)
Session: Threats to health systems – emergency situations
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 11:45 – 12:00
Room: Shanghai 1
Type: oral presentation
Presentation title: Maintaining low mortality rates in displaced populations: MSF experience in Minkaman
MSF presenter: Monica Rull (MSF, Geneva)
Session: Child health
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 14:15 – 14:30
Room: Shanghai 2
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Monitoring the protective effect and the effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Niger
MSF presenter: Alena Koscalova (MSF, Geneva)
Session: HIV and comorbidities
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 14:45 – 15:00
Room: Samarkand
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Female genital schistosomiasis and human immunodeficiency virus infection: a systematic literature review
MSF presenter: Vanessa Christinet (Manson Unit, London)
Session: Neglected tropical diseases speed talks
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 16:05 – 16:10
Room: Boston 2
Type: Poster speed talk
Presentation title: Consequences of the Ebola outbreak crisis for non-Ebola health care offer and access in Liberia
MSF presenter: Mit Philips (MSF, Brussels)
Session: Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 17:45 – 18:00
Room: Singapore
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Artesunate-amodiaquine is associated with reduced Ebola mortality
MSF presenter: Iza Ciglenecki (MSF, Geneva)
Session: Leishmaniasis
Date: Tuesday the 8th of September, 17:45 – 18:00
Room: Samarkand
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis treated with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome)
MSF presenter name: Sakib Burza (MSF, Delhi)
Wednesday September 9th
Session: Effective development cooperation in a complex environment
Date: Wednesday the 9th of September, 11:45 – 12:00
Room: Shanghai 1
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Effective development cooperation in a complex environmentPolitical pressure from donors to reduce or end health aid on basis of country income classification risks damage to people's health in middle income countries and undermining effectiveness of global health initiatives
MSF presenter: Mit Philips (MSF, Brussels)
Diagnostics: the missing link in the global health agenda
Date: Wednesday the 9th of September, 12:35 – 12:50
Room: Boston 1
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Ebola diagnostics: the key to rapid outbreak control
MSF presenter: Arlene C. Chua (MSF Access Campaign, Geneva)
Thursday September 10th
Session: From global health diplomacy to global health actions: the Northern and Southern perspectives
Date: Thursday the 10th of September, 10:30 – 10:45
Room: Singapore
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: The Global Fund's new funding model in the context of international funding shortfalls: does it foster ambition in scale-up and quality of HIV programs?
MSF presenter name: Kerstin Akerfeldt (MSF, London)
Session: Malaria control
Date: Thursday the 10th of September, 10:45 – 11:00
Room: Shanghai 2
Type: Oral presentation
Presentation title: Malaria control in hyperendemic settings - lessons learned from a Médecins Sans Frontières malaria intervention in Guéckédou, the Republic of Guinea
MSF presenter: Amanda Tiffany (Epicentre, Geneva)