Conference Programme

07.00

Conference registration

09.15

Conference opening by HRH The Princess Royal

REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY
Chair: Richard Horton (Editor, The Lancet)

09.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Reducing child mortality: are we making progress?
Cesar Victora, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

09.55

INVITED SPEAKER
Nutrition in child health: The next 100 years
Rebecca Stoltzfus, Cornell University, USA

10.20

INVITED SPEAKER
Elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections - The Gambian experience
Richard A. Adegbola, MRC (UK) Laboratories, The Gambia

10.45

INVITED SPEAKER
From science to health
Professor Mark Walport, The Wellcome Trust, UK

11.05

INVITED SPEAKER
Achieving health for all in the poorest countries
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute, Columbia, USA

11.25

Coffee break

12.00

A cluster randomised trial of the effect of newborn resuscitation training on health worker practices in Pumwani Hospital, Kenya
O. Newton*², G. Fridah³, W. Fred¹, F. Gregory², W. Aggrey¹, E. Mike²; ¹University of Nairobi, Kenya, ²Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kenya, ³Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya

12.15

The impact of triaging cases of severe acute malnutrition to inpatient or outpatient treatment in Malawi
K. Sadler*¹, A. Seal², S. Collins¹; ¹Valid International, UK, ²Institute of Child Health, UK

12.30

Centenary Conference CD-ROMs: Celebrating the past, present and future of tropical medicine
Steve Lacey and Andy Beanland, The Wellcome Trust, UK

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch

12.45 – 13.45

How I manage TB/HIV co-infection in Malawi
Sam Phiri, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi

How I manage the malnourished child with HIV in Zambia
Beatrice Amadi, Lusaka University Teaching Hospital, Zambia

How I choose the right antibiotic for childhood pneumonia in S Africa
Lisa McNally, formerly of Institute of Child Health, London/Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa

14.00

INVITED SPEAKER
Global child survival: How do we measure?
Zulifqar Bhutta, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

14.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Human resources to enhance maternal health
Steffan Bergstrom, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

15.00

INVITED SPEAKER
“Almost 4 million newborn deaths: Where? When? Why? What is progressing and what is not?”
Joy Lawn, Institute of Child Health, UK in South Africa

15.30

Quality of antenatal services - clients’ perspectives from Rural India
A. Sinha*¹, D. Kumar Pal², P. Kumar Kasar², R. Tiwari², A. Sharma²; ¹R D Gardi MedicaL College, UJJAIN (MP), India, ²NSCB Medical College, JABALPUR (MP), India

15.45

Coverage and uptake of maternal and newborn health services in rural Malawi
P. Kazembe*¹, C. Mwansambo¹, S. Lewycka², T. Phiri¹, M. Rosato², S. Jale¹, et al; ¹Mchinji district and Lilongwe Kamuzu Hospital Department of Paediatrics, Malawi, ²UCL Centre for International Health and Development, UK

16.00

Coffee break

16.30

INVITED SPEAKER
The challenges of caring for HIV patients in Africa
Peter Mwaba, University Teaching Hospital College of Medicine, Zambia

17.00

INVITED SPEAKER
Trials and tribulations of TB-HIV co-infection
Salim Karim, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

17.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Tuberculosis: Can we turn the tide by 2015?
Anthony Harries¹²³, ¹Ministry of Health, Malawi , ²Family Health International, USA, ³London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

18.00

Genotyping of M.tuberculosis strains in Pakistan; drug resistance amongst phylogenetically prevalent clades
R. Hasan*, M. Tanveer, Z. Hasan, et al; The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

18.15

Immunological Characterisation Of The HIV-Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
G.A. Meintjes*², K.A. Wilkinson¹, M.X. Rangaka¹, R. Seldon¹, M. Abrahams⁴, D. Pepper², et al; ¹University of Cape Town, South Africa, ²GF Jooste Hospital Manenberg, South Africa, ³Imperial College London, UK, ⁴Medecins Sans Frontieres, South Africa

18.30 – 19.30

Drinks reception

COMBATING MALARIA
Chair: W. Kilama

08.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Advances in the treatment of malaria
Nick White, Mahidol University, Thailand

09.00

INVITED SPEAKER
A paradigm shift for malaria and dengue vector control
Janet Hemingway, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK

09.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Clinical development of malaria vaccines
Pedro Alonso, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

10.00

Perfusion abnormalities in children with cerebral malaria and malarial retinopathy
NAV Beare¹²*, SP Harding², TE Taylor³, S Lewallen⁴, ME Molyneux²; ¹St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK ²Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Clinical Research Programme, Malawi ³College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, USA ⁴Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Tanzania

10.15

Randomised controlled trial of intermittent preventive treatment in schoolchildren: Impact on malaria, anaemia & school performance
SE Clarke¹, MCH Jukes², JK Njagi³, L Khasakhala⁴, C Crudder¹, J Otido⁵, B McGlone1, BBA Estambale^5*, S. Brooker¹; ¹London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; ²Harvard University, USA; ³Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Kenya; ⁴African Mental Health Foundation, Kenya; ⁵University of Nairobi Institute for Tropical & Infectious Diseases, Kenya

10.30

Coffee break

11.00

INVITED SPEAKER
Treating acute malnutrition seriously
Stephen Collins, Valid International and Institute of Child Health, UK

11.30

INVITED SPEAKER
Water: The liquid and landscape of health and disease, local and global
David Bradley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

12.00

INVITED SPEAKER
Air pollution in the Developing World: Sources, patterns, and health effects
Majid Ezzati, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

12.30

De Novo development of a clinical staging system for Podoconiosis (Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis)
G. Davey*¹, Z. Ayele¹, K. Desta², M. Newport³; ¹Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, ²Mossy Foot Association, Ethiopia, ³Sussex University, UK

12.45

A new strategy for the control of schistosomiasis in China
L.D. Wang¹, L.Y. Wang*¹, X.N. Zhou², et al; ¹Ministry of Health, China, ²National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

12.45 – 13.45

How I manage severe malaria in Kenya
Samuel Akech, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

How I manage visceral leishmaniasis in India
Shyam Sundar, Banaras Hindu University, India

How I manage neurocysticercosis in Peru
Hector Garcia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru

14.00 – 17.00

Poster session

15.30 – 16.30

Japanese Perspective of Tropical Medicine
Milestone of tropical medicine by Japan in the last 100 years
Masamine Jimba, Japan

Japanese experience as a developing country from the viewpoint of international health
Yasuhide Nakamura, Osaka University, Japan

Beyond de-worming: The promotion of school-health-based interventions by Japan
Jun Kobayashi, International Medical Centre, Japan

From mainland Africa to islands: Malaria diversity and control
Akira Kaneko, Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan

16.30 – 17.30

Tropical Disease Research Symposium
Dr. Robert Ridley, Dr. Jane Kengeya Kayondo

19.00 – 21.30

Conference dinner aboard the Dixie Queen and The Elizabethan

08.00 – 09.00

RSTMH AGM
(Fellows only)

09.00 – 10.30

CONTROL OF MAJOR INFECTIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES –
Round Table Discussion led by A. Asamoa-Baah and David Molyneux

INVITED SPEAKER
The development of community directed treatment programmes in onchocerciasis control - sustainability, access and coverage
Uche Amazigo, Burkino Faso

INVITED SPEAKER
Drug Donation Programmes: bridging pharmaceutical donors, national control programmes, NGDOs & WHO in the control of neglected tropical diseases
Nana Twum-Danso, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development, USA

INVITED SPEAKER
NGDOs and NTDs (+) in Africa
Adrian Hopkins, CBM, Nairobi

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.20

INVITED SPEAKER
The future of tropical medicine – Will a metabolically active, non-replicating Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite vaccine contribute to health in the tropics?
Stephen Hoffman, Senaria Inc., Maryland, USA

11.20 – 11.40

INVITED SPEAKER
Vaccines against bacterial enteric pathogens of importance in the tropics
Myron Levine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

11.40 – 12.00

INVITED SPEAKER
Beyond tropical medicine in the tropics
Hassan Mshinda, Ifakra Health Research Centre, Tanzania

12.00 – 12.20

INVITED SPEAKER
Economics and tropical medicine: origins, current status and future developments
Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

12.20 – 12.30
12.30

Award ceremony and conference closing
Packed lunch available for collection