MSF Scientific Day South Asia 2016 agenda

Online Agenda

Saturday 28 May 2016

India International Centre (IIC),

Multipurpose Hall, Kamladevi Block,

40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi – 110003

0930 – 1000 Registration & breakfast

1000 – 1015 Welcome & introduction Unni Karunakara, Yale University & MSF; Martin Sloot, MSF

1015 – 1135 Session 1 – HIV/TB: ambitious targets, success stories and facing new challenges

Chair: Rohit Sarin, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

• Long-term clinical, immunological and virological characteristics of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in southern Myanmar

  Andrea Incerti, MSF

• HIV-infected female sex workers in Myanmar: a retrospective analysis

  Julie Fontaine, MSF

• TB in children in Uzbekistan: don’t forget MDR TB

  Junia Cajazeiro, MSF

• ‘Too little, too late’; new anti-TB drugs for patients with complex drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai

  Sarthak A Rastogi, MSF

1135 – 1200 Break

1200 – 1245 KEYNOTE – Medical research priorities in India and South Asia and the role of the not-for-profit organizations

Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research

1245 – 1345 Lunch break

1345 – 1455 Session 2 – Delivering care and hope for hepatitis C: barriers, responses and lessons learnt

Chair: Bharat Bhushan Riwari, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)

• Introduction of Direct Acting Antivirals for hepatitis C treatment in a primary care clinic in Karachi, Pakistan

                Safieh Shah, MSF

• ‘The five pillars of care’: an inclusive and equitable medical approach to hepatitis c care in people who inject drugs (pwid’s)

  Simon Janes, MSF

   

• Access to new HCV treatment tools: barriers, responses and lessons learned from MSF’s experiences in South Asia

  Leena Menghaney, MSF Access Campaign

1455 – 1510 Stand-alone presentation

• Rapid manufacturing in the humanitarian sector

  Abi Bush, Field Ready

1510 – 1540 Poster viewing break

1540 – 1710 Session 3 – Febrile illness and NCDs; the unusual suspects

Chair: Vikram Patel, Professor of International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in Clinical Science

• Causes of persistent febrile illnesses in eastern Nepal

  Kanika Deshpande Koirala, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

• Depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms in the Kashmir Valley, India

  Tambri Housen, MSF

• Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and personal attitudes towards pre-marital abstinence vs. sexuality among men and women aged 15-49 years in metropolitan Tehran

  Nasrin Eizadyar, Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR)

• Snakebite incidence and case fatality rate in Agok, South Sudan: a cross-sectional survey using two sampling methods

  Petros Isaakidis, MSF

1710 – 1720 Closing remarks Unni Karunakara, Yale University & MSF; Martin Sloot, MSF

1720 – 2100 Light refreshments on the terrace