Annual Scientific Day: share research experiences with partners within and outside MSF, debate and network across disciplines and organisations.
The MSF Scientific Day 2011 was held on Friday, 1st July, at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Agenda:
8.30–9.30 Registration and coffee
9.30–9.40 Welcome
Leslie Shanks, Medical Director, MSF
9.40–11.05 Session one: Co-morbidity and resistance
Chair: Graham Cooke, Imperial College, London
Infections in severe acute malnourished children: results of a descriptive study
Anne-Laure Page, Epicentre, Paris
Highly drug-resistant bacteria in burn-associated sepsis in an Iraqi burn centre
Jean-Baptiste Ronat, MSF Paris
Liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected patients: two-year treatment outcomes in Bihar, India
Johan van Griensven, MSF and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
Determinants of drug resistant tuberculosis in Swaziland
Frauke Jochims, MSF
11.05–11.30 Break
11:30-11:50 Keynote speech: The ethical imperatives of research and data sharing
Professor James Whitworth, Head of International Activities at the Wellcome Trust
11.50–13.00 Session two: Controlling cholera in Haiti
Chair: Sid Wong, Chair of the MSF UK Board
Field-friendly spatial analysis tool to aid MSF cholera response in Haiti
Ludovic Dupuis, MSF
Physicochemical treatment of cholera treatment centre wastewater in Haiti
Huw Taylor, University of Brighton
Outcomes from a specialised cholera treatment unit for pregnant women in Leogane, Haiti
Iza Ciglenecki, MSF
13.00–14.00 Lunch break
14.00–14.05 Teleradiology quiz
Saskia Spijker, MSF International Office
14.05–15.30 Session three: Responding to unmet needs
Chair: David McCoy, UCL Centre for International Health and Development
Tele-consultation and tele-mentoring—does this service improve health care delivery in a remote conflict setting in Somalia?
Latifa Ayada, MSF
A review of the spinal cord injury rehabilitation program of the Vavuniya Project, Sri Lanka
Roy Cosico, MSF
Indications for Caesarean Section in Resource Limited Settings: A Study in Three African Countries / K08 Post-operative infection after Caesarean section in resource-limited settings
Hilde Cortier, MSF
Description of the Outpatient Partially Observed DMSA (OPOD) chelation therapy programme to treat lead toxicity in children under-5 in Zamfara, northern Nigeria
Natalie Thurtle, MSF
15.30–16.00 Break
16.00–17.30 Session four: Improving delivery of care
Chair: Alison Rodger, University College London
Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a decentralised ART programme in rural Zimbabwe: Impact of targeted adherence strategies and extended ART supply
Helen Bygrave, MSF
TB and HIV service integration within a South African primary health care setting reduces the time to ART initiation, facilitates coordinated care, and improves case note recording without negatively impacting TB outcomes
Colin Brown, King`s College London
Integrating mental health into primary care for displaced populations: the experience of Mindanao, Philippines
Yolanda Müller, Epicentre, Paris
Assessing exposure to physical, sexual violence and the health needs of most vulnerable population groups in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Javier Rio Navarro, MSF
17.30–18.00 Closing remarks: Nathan Ford, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
18.00–20.00 Evening drinks
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at scientificday@london.msf.org