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Conferência internacional «Doenças tropicais neglicenciadas: sucessos escondidos, oportunidades emergentes»

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Dias 8, 9 e 10 de Fevereiro de 2010 realiza-se, no Auditório 3 da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, em Lisboa, a 2ª Conferência internacional no âmbito do apoio das Fundações Europeias às doenças tropicais negligenciadas. Durante a manhã do dia 8 a entrada é livre. Nos restantes dias a entrada é válida mediante inscrição.



Programa:

8 February 2010

9h00 Register and reception of the participants

9h30 OPENING SESSION (Auditorium 3)

Welcome Remarks - Isabel Mota, Trustee, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (on behalf of the European Foundation Initiative for Neglected Tropical Diseases - EFINTD)

- Lorenzo Savioli
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva
Preventive chemotherapy and disease management, a balanced approach to fight NTD`s

10h00 COFFEE BREAK

10h15 KEYNOTE LECTURE (Auditorium 3)
- Paulo Ferrinho
Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
The Importance of Reinforcement of Health Systems to Countries
Development

10h45 6 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS FROM CANDIDATES (Room 1)
Facilitators: Detlef Hanne and Martina Gliber, EFINTD

- Anthony Ablordey: Scaling up early detection and treatment to reduce buruli ulcer morbidity in the Asante Akim North District of Ghana

- Christelle Mbondji: Potential role of mosquitoes in the transmission of M. ulcerans to humans in a buruli ulcer disease endemic area in Cameroon

- Fred Nuwaha: Integrated control of neglected tropical diseases in Uganda

- Jacqueline Badaki: Strategy on enhance the participation of pastoral populations in Integrated NTD Control Programmes in South-Western Nigeria

- Roch Dabire: Evaluating the transmission of lymphatic filariasis in malaria endemic sentinel areas of Burkina Faso: can an integrated strategy reduce the burden of these pathologies?

- Themba Mzilahowa: Vector competence and filariasis transmission in Malawi

14h15 WORKSHOP 1 (Room 1)
- Bernhard Fleischer
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
The Biomedical Side of NTD

16h30 COFFEE BREAK

17h00 POSTER PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE 1ST EDITION POS-DOC FELLOWS (Room 1)
Moderator:
- Jorge Pedrosa
School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal

- Richard Phillips - Buruli Ulcer
- Alexander Yaw Debrah - Lymphatic Filariasis
- Nicholas Tendongfor - Filiarisis


9 February 2010

9h00 KEYNOTE LECTURES (Room 1)
Moderator: Jorge Soares, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

- Marcel Tanner
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
Schistosomiasis: From risk factors to treatment and control

- Pius Agbenorku
School of Medical Sciences, UST Komfo, Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Epidemiology and treatment challenges of Buruli Ulcer

10h15 COFFEE BREAK

10h30 8 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS FROM CANDIDATES (Room 1)
Facilitators: Riccardo Porro and Sarah Lock, EFINTD

- Charles Lange: Promoting Schistosomiasis surveillance and control through mapping freshwater snails distributions in Kenya

- Elia Mmbaga: Female genital Schistosomiasis and HIV-1 Infection in Lower Moshi, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)

- Mathurin Koffi: Host and parasite genetic polymorphisms and gene for gene potential influence on disease manifestation on Human African Trypanosomiasis

- Pauline Mwinzi: Implementation of Community Directed Intervention (CDI) for Schistosomes and Soil Transmitted Helminthes (STH) in an urban setting: Western Kenya

- Savino Biryomumaisho: Molecular epidemiology of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense: influence of livestock movements on spread of sleeping sickness in northern Uganda

- Wabyahe Malenganisho: Evaluation of CCA reagent strips for diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni in urine of individuals living in high and low endemic areas for S. mansoni transmission before and after treatment

- Lansana Sangaré: Schistosoma Haematobium and HIV co-infection in Mali

- Viviane Tchinda: Monitoring the effectiveness of school-based deworming programme for Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes in two rural communities in Cameroon

14h15 WORKSHOP 2 (Room 1)
- Ayoade Oduola
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva
Translational Research on NTD

16h30 COFFEE BREAK

17h00 POSTER PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE 1ST EDITION POS-DOC FELLOWS (Room 1)
Moderator:
- Jorge Atouguia
Center for Malaria & Tropical Diseases, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

- Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo - Schistosomiasis
- Thomas M. Kariuki - Schistosomiasis
- Sammy M. Njenga - Schistosomiasis
- Robert Tweyongyere - Schistosomiasis
- Enock Matovu - Trypanosomiasis
- Gustave Simo - Trypanosomiasis


10 February 2010

9h00 KEYNOTE LECTURES (Room 1)
Moderator: Rui Victorino, Medical School of Lisbon, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

- Raffaele Bruno
Divisione Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Management of patients with HIV and other co-infections

- Joseph Ndung`u
HAT Diagnostics Programme, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva
Epidemiology of animal and human trypanosomiasis in Africa: a relationship with impact on health

10h15 COFFEE BREAK

10h30 6 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS FROM CANDIDATES (Room 1)
Facilitators: Maria Hermínia Cabral and Detlef Hanne, EFINTD

- Aboubakary Sanou: Dynamic of bacterial meningitis prevention in Burkina Faso: reinforcing health services and communities` reaction to new vaccines

- Ayodeji Olayemi: Ecology of transmission of the deadly Lassa Virus from rodents to man across various flashpoints within Nigeria

- Mike Osei - Atweneboana: Development of genetic markers for early detection and monitoring of Ivermectin resistance in Onchocerca volvulus and its implication for onchocerciasis control

- Nilsa de Deus: Comparative study of Rotavirus infection between HIV positive and negative children less than 5 years with acute and severe diarrohea

- Salome Bukachi: a gender assessment of the social and behavioural aspects and consequences of HAT in the Trypanosoma brucei gambiense T.b. rhodesiense interface districts of Northern Uganda

- Marycelin Baba: Differential diagnosis of febrile illness in Nigeria with emphasis on arboviruses

14h15 WORKSHOP 3 (Room 1)
- Lesong Conteh
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
Economic Aspects of NTD`s






Inscrições:
Email: ntd2009@gulbenkian.pt
É necessário mencionar o nome, instituição, função e contacto.
Dia 8 de manhã - Entrada Livre
Restantes dias – Entrada mediante inscrição
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian