MSF UK's Annual Scientific Day took place on 1 June at St Bart's hospital.
Abstracts and Presentations
For an overview of the day and all abstracts- click here.
Presentations from the day can be downloaded below.
1. Operational research in humanitarian contexts part I: an overview of the process and its limitations
Overview of operational research in MSF
- Myriam Henkens, MSF International Medical Coordinator
Research ethics in practice: the experience of the MSF Ethical Review Board
– Dr Doris Schopper, Ethical Review Board
Changing practice with operational research : treating acute malnutrition seriously
- Kate Sadler, Nutritionist, Valid International
2. HIV/AIDS and TB
Lagos, Nigeria: is paying for treatment bad for your health?
– Dr Jens Wenkel, MSF
Bukavu DRC: treating HIV/AIDS in insecure contexts
– Dr Heather Culbert, MSF
48 months outcome of free ART in a peri-urban resource limited setting: the Khayelitsha experience
– Dr Eric Goemare, MSF
Uzbekistan: Risk of acquired resistance during DOTS tuberculosis treatment in a setting of high resistance
- Dr Yared Kebede, MSF
3. Innovations in Treatment and Diagnostics
Rapid diagnostics for TB using bleach
– Dr Maryline Bonnet, Epicentre
Sputum cytology for pulmonary TB diagnosis
– Derryck Klarkowski MSF
Assessment of new pan-pLDH tests for diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria
– Jean-Paul Guthmann, Epicentre
Efficacy and safety of sodium stibogluconate (SSG) vs paromomycin (PM) and SSG/PM combination to treat visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan
- Dr Manica Balasegaram MSF
4. Operational research in humanitarian contexts part II: the process in action
TB DOTS programme in Chechnya: a ‘remote control’ approach
– Dr Gabit Imsailov, MSF
Measles vaccination in epidemic contexts
– Rebecca Grais, Epicentre
“Fast and dirty” research in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
– Paul Foreman, MSF
Niger 2005: acute malnutrition and nutritional interventions
– Dr Milton Tectonidis MSF
Abstracts and Presentations from previous years
Abstracts and published articles relating to previous Scientific Days can be found through the following links:
Scientific Day 2007
Scientific Day 2005
Scientific Day 2004
For information on this year's Scientific Day click here.