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MSF Scientific Days – Asia 2021: Agenda

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MSF Scientific Days - Asia 2021 will be held virtually on 25th and 26th August 2021

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25th August 2021, Wednesday (India time zone).

14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome

Dr Farhat Mantoo, General Director, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) India

14:10 – 14:15 | Introduction to AMR by Dr Aula Abbara

14:15 – 15:00 | Session 1: MDR-TB care outcomes in Mumbai and Myanmar – Joint interview session

Dr Aparna Iyer, Project Medical Referent, MSF Mumbai, India

Dr Khin Zarli Kyi Lay, Project Medical Reference, MSF Yangon, Myanmar

15:00 – 15:25 | Session 2: Development of an all-in-one transportable clinical bacteriology laboratory: feedback from testing the Mini-Lab prototype in Haiti

Dr Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Scientific & Technical Manager, MSF Mini Lab prototype, MSF OCP

15:25 – 16:30 | Panel Discussion: Understanding barriers to TB treatment completion in Kandahar, Afghanistan through qualitative research

Moderator: Dr Claudia Truppa, Health Coordinator, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

16:30 – 16:35 | Closing remarks

16:35 – 16:50 | Break

16:50 – 16:55 | Introduction to Patient Centricity by Dr Kiran Jobunputra

16:55 – 17:20 | Session 3: Promoting patient-centered HIV services with Community Advisory Boards in Vietnam

Nguyen Hoai Linh, Prevention Coordinator of The Partnership for Health Advancement in Vietnam (HAIVN)

17:20 – 17:45 | Session 4: Session on Patient Centricity

Dr Farha Hossain, Deputy Cell Manger (OCP), MSF Tokyo, Japan
Dr Arshad Altaf, Senior Advisor, WHO
Moderator: Kate Leyritana, founding medical director of Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines

17:45 – 17:55 | Closing Remarks & Sneak Peek: Day 2

26th August 2021, Thursday

14:00 – 14:10 | Introduction

14:10 – 14:15 | Introduction to Innovation by Rika Hayashi

14:15 – 14:40 | Session 1: Innovative paediatric DR-TB counseling package implemented in a government hospital in Mumbai, India

Amruta Shaligram, Patient Support Supervisor (DR-TB, HIV Supervisor), MSF OCB, Mumbai, India

14:40 – 15:05 | Session 2: Holistic approach for children’s health using a Children Immunization App reminders for health promotion – Zaatari refugees camp, Jordan

Dr Ziad Khatib, Associate Professor Global Health, Karolinska Institute

15:05 – 16:20 | Panel Discussion: Hepatitis C: Decentralized approach in HCV management healthcare delivery systems

Dr Khin Pyone Kyi, President of the Board of Directors of the Myanmar Liver Foundation

Dr Huma Qureshi, Government of Pakistan- Prime Minister’s Program for the elimination of Hepatitis C from Pakistan

Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Head of Service for Internal Medicine, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Tanyaporn Wansom, MD PhD, Protocol Chair and Director of Research, C-Free Study

Moderator: Dr Margaret Hellard, Deputy Director at the Burnet Institute, Head of Hepatitis Services in the Infectious Diseases Unit at The Alfred Hospital, Australia

16:20 – 16:25 | Closing remarks

16:25 – 16:40 | Break

16:40 – 16:45 | Introduction to the impact of COVID-19 on the existing health infrastructure by Clara Van Gulik

16:45 – 17:10 | Session 3: Trends in reproductive health services in Bangladesh: consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020

Md. Irfan Hossain, Senior Program Officer, Population Council, Bangladesh

17:10 – 17:55 | Session 4: Impact of COVID-19 on HIV/ AIDS service delivery in Philippines and Pakistan

Moderator: Dr Farha Hossain, Deputy Cell Manger (OCP), MSF Tokyo, Japan

17:55 – 18:00 | Closing remarks

18:00 – 18:10 | Vote of Thanks

Dr Monique Kamat, MSF SARA Board President

Disclaimer: The agenda is subject to change.