MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024 is organised in partnership with Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
Date: October 25, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM IST/ 3:00 AM UTC Onwards
Location: Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The conference will also be live-streamed for online audiences.
October 25, 2024 (Friday)
08:30 am – 09:00 am | Registration
09:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome Remarks
Dr Farhat Mantoo, Executive Director, MSF South Asia
09:15 am – 09:45 am | Opening Remarks
Dr Ajay Shukla, Director & Medical Superintendent, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital
Lamp Lighting Ceremony and Exhibition Opening
09:45 am – 10:15 am | Keynote Address: Science to Serve Better: Using Research to Address Health Problems of the Most Marginalized
Dr Yogeshwar Kalkonde, Public Health Practitioner and Researcher, Member Executive Committee, Sangwari, Chhattisgarh, India
10:15 am – 11:30 am | Session 1: Driving Health Reform: Community-led Action, Evidence, and Advocacy For Equitable Health Outcomes
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Chair: Dr Sutapa B. Neogi, Director and Professor, IIHMR-Delhi
11:30 am – 11:50 am |Tea Break
11:50 am – 1:00 pm |Session 2: Antimicrobial Resistance: Introduction of New Antibiotics and Associated Surveillance Systems: Barriers and Potential Solutions
Panel Discussion
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01:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Lunch Break
02:00 pm – 02:20 pm | Special Talk: Climate Crisis and Health: Role of the Health Community as Advocates for Climate Change
02:20 pm – 03:30 pm |Session 3: Health Inequities: Barriers to Healthcare Access Among Populations Vulnerable to Structural Violence
Abstract Presentation Risk factors for non-communicable diseases among the transgender population in Kerala: A cross-sectional study
Trans-affirmative mental health care provision during public health emergencies: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic
The ubiquity of violence in the lives of women with disabilities in Odisha
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Chair: Dr Aqsa Shaikh, Professor Community Medicine, HIMSR
03:30 pm – 03:50 pm | Tea Break
3:50 pm – 5:00 pm | Session 4: Human Cost of Violence: Healthcare Challenges for Populations Affected by Conflict
Abstract Presentation Health Inequities in a Conflict Area – An In-Depth Qualitative Study in Assam Balawansuk Lynrah, Independent Researcher, The Action Northeast Trust, Assam, India Women’s access to healthcare and emerging needs in forcibly displaced settings in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands
Exploring the intersections of maternal mental health and protracted conflict: A case of Kashmir women
Chair: Dr Farhat Mantoo, Executive Director, Médecins Sans Frontières South Asia |
05:00 pm – 05:15 pm | Closing Remarks
Dr Sujata Mathews, Professor-Medicine, RML, New Delhi Ghada Khemissi, Director-Programmes Unit, MSF South Asia |
Disclaimer: The agenda is subject to change.
