11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Organized by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (RSTMH), the 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) aims to bring together scientists and experts to share research and innovation in the field of tropical medicine and global health.
Free public side event
Better than boiling oil or amputation? Stories behind the treatment needs of two of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases, cutaneous leishmaniasis and mycetoma
Date: Monday, 16 September 2019
Time: 14:00-15:30
Venue: Foresight Centre
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Symposia
Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Global burden, mental consequences, and treatment opportunities
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019
Time: 17.00 – 18.30
Room: Room 1A
Co-chairs: Jorge Alvar, Senior Leishmaniasis Advisor, DNDi and Byron Arana, Head of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, DNDi
| Leishmaniasis epidemiology, burden, and stigma Álvaro Acosta Serrano, Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Parasitology and Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK |
| Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Clinical myths and realities Sevim Uzun, Turkey |
| The psychosocial burden of localised cutaneous leishmaniasis – A point of view. Issam Bennis, University of Antwerp and National School of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Morocco |
| Psychological and psychosocial consequences of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis among women in Tunisia Hedia Bellali, University of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia |
| The future of global treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis Byron Arana, Head of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, DNDi |
Mycetoma: An update on new evidence, approaches and tools for managing one of the most neglected NTDs
Co-organized by DNDi and the Mycetoma Research Centre, Sudan
Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
Time: 8:30-10:00
Room: Room 11
Co-chairs: Fahal, Mycetoma Research Centre, Sudan and Roderick Hay, King’s College, University of London
| A holistic approach to mycetoma management Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Sudan, |
| What can we learn from sequencing mycetoma fungi? Anastasia Litvintseva, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA |
| Mycetoma and integrated skin NTD management. Roderick Hay, King’s College, University of London |
| Molecular diagnosis in mycetoma: From development to implementation. Wendy Van de Sande, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands |
Panel discussion
The future of research and development
Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Time: 08:40-9:30
Room: Room 1 – The Auditorium
Chair: Dan Bausch, Director of the United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), LSHTM
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Satellite symposium
Commitment of multiple Public Private Partnerships (PPP) for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) management. Focus on human African trypanosomiasis
Organized by Sanofi
Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Time: 13:00-14:00
Room: Room 3B
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Poster
| Exploring barriers to an effective supply of leishmaniasis drugs and diagnostics in eastern Africa: A qualitative study Sunyoto T, Potet J, den Boer M, Ritmeijer K, Postigo J.A.R, Ravinetto R, Alves F, Picado A, Boelaert M |
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