Agenda
27th May 2017 | New Delhi | AISF Building, Lajpat Nagar-IV
09.00 – 09.20 Registration and breakfast
09.20 – 09.30 Welcome and introduction
Philipp du Cros, MSF
Session 1
09.30 – 10.30 Antimicrobial resistance
CHAIR: Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
- Investigation of a reported increase in mortality due to neonatal sepsis in a neonatal unit in Pakistan: a case of antibiotic resistance
Tambri Housen, MSF
- Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illness in paediatric outpatients: a baseline study in Asansol health district in West Bengal, India
Valay Naresh Ashara, MSF
Panel discussion: Antimicrobial resistance
Speaker 1: Alan de Lima Pereira, Medical Coordinator, MSF
Speaker 2: Sirenda Vong, AMR Regional Focal Point, WHO
Speaker 3: Philip Mathew, ReAct Asia Pacific
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Session 2
10.30 – 11.15 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
CHAIR: Rupak Singla, Head, Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, National Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases
- Comparing shorter with conventional MDR-TB treatment in Uzbekistan: 2-month culture-conversion rates and treatment outcomes
Philipp du Cros, MSF
- Beyond ‘cure’ and ‘treatment success’: quality of life of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Mumbai, India
Chinmay Laxmeshwar, MSF
- The MSF home-based multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care model in Manipur, India: a preliminary analysis from a low-resource setting
Himanshu Mohan Kumar, MSF
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11.15 – 11.45 Morning break
Session 3
11.45 – 12.30 Infectious diseases
CHAIR: Suman Rijal, Director of DNDi Regional Office, DNDi India
- High rates of hepatitis C co-infection and advanced chronic hepatitis among HIV cohorts in MSF programmes in Myanmar
Nyan Lynn Tun, MSF
- Increased hepatitis C virus co-infection and risk behaviours in HIV-infected fishermen in Myanmar
Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, MSF
- Cross-sectional surveys in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, and Sudan to understand visceral leishmaniasis treatment seeking, diagnosis, treatment, and household economic burden
Vikas Aggarwal, KalaCORE
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12:30 – 13.30 Lunch and demonstration session
- Population assessment tool (PAT): an asset for community engagement strategies and activities;
- Evaluating electronic survey platforms
Session 4
13.30 – 13.55 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research
13.55 – 14.45 Panel discussion: Climate change and environmental health
CHAIR: Navroz Dubash, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Speaker 1: Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Speaker 2: Jyotsna Puri, Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund
14.45 – 15.15 Afternoon break
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Session 5
15.15 – 16.30 Overlooked populations
CHAIR: Leena Menghaney, Regional Head, MSF Access Campaign, South Asia
- Interim report on the use of a short, simplified regimen for the treatment of children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Jemma Taylor, MSF
- Clinical and immuno-virological characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents on ART in Myanmar
Nan Nwe Yin Soe, MSF
- ‘Working to stay healthy’: health seeking behaviour in two low-resource communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a qualitative study
Jeroen van der Heijden, MSF
- Expectations of perfect adherence: a qualitative study to explore treatment failure amongst Malawian adolescents living with HIV
Rose Burns, Epicentre
- Online harassment: Implication on the mental health of women globally, based on a review of Digital Rights Foundation’s (DRF) operations in Pakistan
Jannat Fazal, Digital Rights Foundation
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Session 6
16.30 – 17.15 Research in emergency settings
CHAIR: Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
- Emergency-room activities of an MSF-supported hospital in Yemen over 1 year
Kalyani Sundari, MSF
- Minds subjected to immutable violence In Yemen: A descriptive analysis of mental health support in acute conflict settings
Nishanth Arulappan, MSF
- Reactive and pre-emptive vaccination strategies to control Hepatitis E infection in emergency and refugee settings: a modelling study
Ruby Siddiqui, MSF
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17.15 – 17.30 Closing remarks
Santhosh Kumar, Board Member, South Asia Regional Association (SARA)
17.30 – 18.30 Refreshments
Agenda
27th May 2017 | New Delhi | AISF Building, Lajpat Nagar-IV
09.00 – 09.20 Registration and breakfast
09.20 – 09.30 Welcome and introduction
Philipp du Cros, MSF
Session 1
09.30 – 10.30 Antimicrobial resistance
CHAIR: Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
- Investigation of a reported increase in mortality due to neonatal sepsis in a neonatal unit in Pakistan: a case of antibiotic resistance
Tambri Housen, MSF
- Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illness in paediatric outpatients: a baseline study in Asansol health district in West Bengal, India
Valay Naresh Ashara, MSF
Panel discussion: Antimicrobial resistance
Speaker 1: Alan de Lima Pereira, Medical Coordinator, MSF
Speaker 2: Sirenda Vong, AMR Regional Focal Point, WHO
Speaker 3: Philip Mathew, ReAct Asia Pacific
Session 2
10.30 – 11.15 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
CHAIR: Rupak Singla, Head, Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, National Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases
- Comparing shorter with conventional MDR-TB treatment in Uzbekistan: 2-month culture-conversion rates and treatment outcomes
Philipp du Cros, MSF
- Beyond ‘cure’ and ‘treatment success’: quality of life of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Mumbai, India
Chinmay Laxmeshwar, MSF
- The MSF home-based multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care model in Manipur, India: a preliminary analysis from a low-resource setting
Himanshu Mohan Kumar, MSF
11.15 – 11.45 Morning break
Session 3
11.45 – 12.30 Infectious diseases
CHAIR: Suman Rijal, Director of DNDi Regional Office, DNDi India
- High rates of hepatitis C co-infection and advanced chronic hepatitis among HIV cohorts in MSF programmes in Myanmar
Nyan Lynn Tun, MSF
- Increased hepatitis C virus co-infection and risk behaviours in HIV-infected fishermen in Myanmar
Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, MSF
- Cross-sectional surveys in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, and Sudan to understand visceral leishmaniasis treatment seeking, diagnosis, treatment, and household economic burden
Vikas Aggarwal, KalaCORE
12:30 – 13.30 Lunch and demonstration session
- Population assessment tool (PAT): an asset for community engagement strategies and activities;
- Evaluating electronic survey platforms
Session 4
13.30 – 13.55 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research
13.55 – 14.45 Panel discussion: Climate change and environmental health
CHAIR: Navroz Dubash, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research
Speaker 1: Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Speaker 2: Jyotsna Puri, Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund
14.45 – 15.15 Afternoon break
Session 5
15.15 – 16.30 Overlooked populations
CHAIR: Leena Menghaney, Regional Head, MSF Access Campaign, South Asia
- Interim report on the use of a short, simplified regimen for the treatment of children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Jemma Taylor, MSF
- Clinical and immuno-virological characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents on ART in Myanmar
Nan Nwe Yin Soe, MSF
- ‘Working to stay healthy’: health seeking behaviour in two low-resource communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a qualitative study
Jeroen van der Heijden, MSF
- Expectations of perfect adherence: a qualitative study to explore treatment failure amongst Malawian adolescents living with HIV
Rose Burns, Epicentre
- Online harassment: Implication on the mental health of women globally, based on a review of Digital Rights Foundation’s (DRF) operations in Pakistan
Jannat Fazal, Digital Rights Foundation
Session 6
16.30 – 17.15 Research in emergency settings
CHAIR: Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
- Emergency-room activities of an MSF-supported hospital in Yemen over 1 year
Kalyani Sundari, MSF
- Minds subjected to immutable violence In Yemen: A descriptive analysis of mental health support in acute conflict settings
Nishanth Arulappan, MSF
- Reactive and pre-emptive vaccination strategies to control Hepatitis E infection in emergency and refugee settings: a modelling study
Ruby Siddiqui, MSF
17.15 – 17.30 Closing remarks
Santhosh Kumar, Board Member, South Asia Regional Association (SARA)
17.30 – 18.30 Refreshments
