MSF Scientific Days – Asia 2025 is a conference to showcase research, innovation, and experiences from treatment and humanitarian programmes across the region. MSF Scientific Days bring together researchers, practitioners, academics, and patient representatives to catalyse improvements in the quality of care provided to patients and populations at risk. The experts in humanitarian global health will come together to discuss and challenge research from within the sector.
Event Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
Timing: 9:00 AM IST/ 3:30 AM UTC Onwards
Location: Galadari Hotel, Colombo
The conference will also be live-streamed for online audiences.
This year, we will host MSF Scientific Days Asia with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (UCFM) as an academic partner and Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement as community collaborator.
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, established in 1870, is Sri Lanka’s oldest and most prestigious medical school. With over 150 years of excellence, it leads in medical education, research, and community health. The faculty offers top-tier undergraduate and postgraduate programs and clinical training is provided through partnerships with major tertiary hospitals in Colombo.
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement is Sri Lanka’s largest and most broadly embedded non-governmental community development organization. Its integrated and holistic approach to development based on people’s participation, self-reliance, and self-sustainability has reached over 15,000 underprivileged communities in Sri Lanka.
Themes in focus for this year’s Scientific Days Asia 2025:
- Infectious Disease/ Neglected Disease/ Vector Borne Disease Stream
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Tuberculosis
- Dengue
- Malaria
- Leishmaniasis
- Any other infectious/ NTD / Vector Borne Disease
- Maternal and Child Health and Child Protection stream
- Gender and Health stream
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Any other Gender and Health related issues
- Mental Health stream
- Occupational Health and Environmental Health stream
- Health Promotion and Community Engagement stream
- Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Security stream
- Health Systems Strengthening stream
- Health innovations
- Community Health Development
- Digital Health
- Access to Care
- Quality of Care
- Patient Centered Care
- Medical Education
- Health Economics
- Health Care Workforce
- Humanitarian Health and Public Health Emergencies
- Humanitarian challenges
- Conflict
- Forced displacement
- Climate and Health
- Climate migration
- Climate Sensitive/ Induced Diseases
