Colloquium 2013
 

Schedule

Inauguration (20th November 2013)
10:30 – 16:30

Satellite workshop of the FA3 Strategic Network on Neglected Diseases and Zoonoses (on invitation only)

16:00 – 20:30

Session 1: Inauguration

  • Registration (from 16:30 to 18:00)

  • Inauguration of the colloquium(18:00 to 19:00)

    • Shri U.T. Khader – Hon’ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare (Bangalore, India)
    • Dr LS Chauhan, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (New Delhi, India)
    • Prof Marleen Boelaert, Head of Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp, Belgium)
    • Dr N Devadasan, Director of the Institute of Public Health (Bangalore, India)
  • Welcome reception(19:00 to 20:30)

Day 1 (21st November 2013)
8:30 – 12:45

Session 2: State of the art of the control of a selection of neglected diseases in Asia. Part 1.

  • Key note speakers:
    1. Prof. T. Jacob John (Christian Medical College, Vellore, India)
    2. Prof.Suman Rijal (B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences,Dharan, Nepal)

  • Oral presentations:

        1. Outbreak of Kyasanur Forest Disease  in Karnataka, India. 2012.

 Kasabi Gudadappa

       2. Diagnosis and referral practices related to persistent fever syndrome in Nepal.

Surendra Uranw

      3. Zoonotic TB in a resource poor African community: A perceived or real risk?

Anita Michel

     4. Long term Efficacy of Liposomal Amphotericin B for the treatment of VL in Bihar

Raman Mahajan

    5. Added value of insecticide treated curtains to control dengue in Cuba

Toledo Maria Eugenia

   6. Progress in Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in India

Pradeep Kumar Srivastava.

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch & Networking

13:45 – 17:00

Session 3: Planning and evaluation in disease control.

  • Key note speakers:
    1. Dr.Freddie Ssengooba (Makerere School of Public Health,Kampala,Uganda)
    2. Prof. Guy Kegels (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium)
    3. Prof Venkat Raman (University of Delhi, India)
    4. Prof. Melissa Parker (Brunel University, UK)

  • Oral presentations:

    1. Barriers in equitable control of Schistosomiasis, China by Julie Balen

    1. Added value of anthropological studies in Neglected Zoonotic Disease control by Severine Thys

19:00 – 21:30

ITM Alumni social event (on invitation only)

Day 2 (22nd November 2013)
8:30 – 12:45

Session 4: State of the art of the control of a selection of neglected diseases in Asia. Part 2.

  • Oral presentations:

  1. Latent infection with Leishmaniadonovani, Bihar, India

AnkitaChourasia

        2.High parasite burden in Healthy individuals contribute to progression of VL

Abhishek Kumar Singh

        3.Replacement of indoor residual spraying to control Visceral Leishmaniasis, Nepal

MurariLal Das

         4.Effectiveness of long lasting insecticidal bed nets in reducing domestic sandfly density.

AdithyaPradyumna 

         5.Leishmaniasis after initial cure with Miltefosine in India and Nepal

Bart Ostyn

         6.In vitro susceptibility of Leishmaniadonovani to Miltefosine: promastigote assay

Vijay Kumar Prajapati

         7.Prevalence of HIV-Vl co-infections and long term outcomes of co-infection patients with Liposomal Amphotericin B, Bihar, India.

Deepak Kumar

         8.Reemergence of El Tor variant Vibrio  cholerae O1 causing cholera epidemic during 2010 in the tribal areas of Odisha, India.

BibhutiBhusanPal

11:30—12:45

Session 5:Posters’ Presentations

12:45 – 13:45

 Lunch & Networking

13:30 – 17:30

Session 6: Control of neglected diseases and social determinants of health.

Panel Discussion

Expert panel:

  1. Prof Fran Baum (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
  2. Dr May Wejebe-Shanahan (Autonomous University of Yucatan, Merida, Mexico)
  3. Dr Devaki Nambiar(Research Scientist, Public Health Foundation of India,New Delhi)
  4. Dr Upendra Bhojani (Institute of Public Health, Bangalore)

19:00 – 21:30

Colloquium dinner – all Colloquium participants 

Day 3 (23rd November 2013)
8:30 – 12:45

Session 7: Control of neglected diseases and health systems strengthening (HSS) in Asia.

  • Key note speakers:
    1. Prof. Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong (Prince of Songkla University,Hat Yai, Thailand)
    2. Dr.Bruno Marchal (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp,Belgium)

 

  • Oral presentations:

1.Role of Village health workers in control of Visceral Leishmaniasis, Bihar

Paritosh Malaviya

2.Active case finding strategy for TB case detection in urban slum

Muralidhara Prasad

3.Vertical, horizontal, diagonal: the policy debate continues, but where is the evidence?

Julie Balen

4.Integrating and adapting human resources at service delivery level with national disease control programmes

Preetha Menon

5.Community level morbidity control of lymphedema using self care and integrative treatment

AM Guruprasad

6.Unmet needs of health system for tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases in Bangladesh

SS Rahman

7.Experience of Sputum collection and transportation in TB care and control.
Muralidhara Prasad

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch & Networking 

14:00 – 15:00

Session 8: Closing session

  1. Interactive feedback from the participants

  2. Concluding remarks

    1. Prof Bruno Gryseels (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp)
    2. Dr N Devadasan (Institute of Public Health, Bangalore)

 

Poster presentations Days 1,2,3 : (21st, 22nd and 23rd November 2013)

1. Scrub typhus: a re-emerging and neglected disease of Rajasthan

J. Rathore Singh

2. Where do PLHIV (People Living with HIV/AIDS) go and what do they prefer? Engaging private providers in HIV/AIDS service provision in Tamil Nadu, India

Asirvatham Edwin Sam.

3. Assessing maternal and neonatal tetanus risk in a tribal district of Odisha

Raveesha R Mugali.

4. From clinics to community? Detection of ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae from community water samples in Cochin, Kerala

Sushma Krishna.

5. Challenge of melioidosis in Cambodia

Ellen Maling.

6. An Epidemiological investigation of Cholera outbreak in Poonamallee Municipal area, Tamil Nadu, India, December’2011-January’2012

Dhruba Mahajan.

7. Is cash transfer program a viable option to support children affected and infected with HIV?: Evidences from Tamil Nadu State, India

Asirvatham Edwin Sam.

8. Molecular identification of Hookworm species in a Multi-Centric efficacy trial across seven soil transmitted helminths endemic countries

Santosh George.

9. An epidemiological study of drugs availability related to three infectious childhood diseases: Where does the compass point?

Nayan Chakravarty.

10. Morbidity and mortality of meningococcal diseases in Gaza Strip during 2012

Nedal Ghuneim.

11. Syndromic approach to neglected infectious diseases (NID) at primary health care level: an international collaboration on integrated diagnosis-treatment platforms

Marleen Boelaert.

12. Outcome of MDR-TB treatment at DOTS Plus site: A retrospective study from Maharashtra

Shriram Vitthal Gosavi .

13. Single and Multiple Species Helminth Infections and Associated Morbidity in Hunan Province, China: Lessons Learnt and Implications for Integrated Control

Julie Balen.

14. The effect of increasing private sector representation in a dengue fever surveillance network on incidence rates

Melo Furtado Kheya.

15. Burden of diarrhea, hospitalization and mortality due to cryptosporidial infections in Indian children

Rajiv Sarkar

16. Epidemiology and risk factors of cryptosporidial infections among children in a semi-urban slum in southern India

Rajiv Sarkar.

17. A ten year experience of PPTCT clinic: Can we strengthen our health care system

Ravishekar N Hiremath.

18. Vertical programs and health systems strengthening in India: Lessons from three programs

Sudha Ramani.

19. Prevalence and risk factors for soil transmitted helminth infection among school children in south India

Deepthi Kattula.

20. Patients’ perception on available public health facilities and services for lymphatic filariasis: a qualitative study in Odisha, India

Gupteswar Patel.

21. Comparison of the effectiveness of two different health education strategies on the utilization of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated bed Nets among the tribal population of Chhattisgarh – A community based intervention study

Mehul Chourasia

22. Public Health Standards and Filaria Control in India: A Review

Pratap Kumar Jena.

23. Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Practices in Hunan Province, China: Implications for the Control of Neglected Diseases and Health System Strengthening

Julie Balen.

24. Neglected Brucellosis: A community based explorative study in Odisha, India

Sarthak Sarathi Pattanaik.

25. Clinico-epidemiological profile and management practices for snakebites in Himachal Pradesh, India, 2008-2012

Anadi Gupt.

26. An assessment of knowledge of prevention and management of Rabies in interns and final year students of Shri M.P. Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat

Amrita Sarkar.

27. Role of NGOs and public health partnership to improve accessibility to health entitlements in rural India

Ashley Mary Thomas.

28. Lessons learnt from Kaladrug-R: New tools for monitoring drug resistance and treatment response in Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

Marleen Boelaert.

29. Comparative Evaluation Of Three PCR-Based Assays For The Diagnosis and Genotyping Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Hamid Sahibi.

30.Role of private health providers in Tuberculosis control: Preliminary findings from a qualitative research.

Vijayashree Holalkere Yellappa.

 

 

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