The European and Dutch Societies for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Knowledge Centre Global Health, and University Medical Center Utrecht are hosting the 13th European Congress on Global Health. The aim at ECTMIH 2023 is to accelerate the understanding, appreciation, and connections between tropical medicine, global health, and the urgent field of planetary health. It will build on global health traditions to emphasize the importance of health equity and universal health coverage to ensure that all populations – and especially those in low(er) resource settings – have optimal chances of health and wellbeing. Crosscutting themes supporting this central planetary health focus will include prevention, diagnostic innovation, treatment and care; public and community health; Universal Health Coverage and health equity; health policy and the role of social sciences in global health research.
Sessions
Closing the gap for children affected by neglected tropical diseases
Date: Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Moderator: Janice Lee, Access Leader, Viral Cluster, DNDi
Moderator: Hye Lynn Choi, Technical Officer, Medicines Assessment, WHO
| GAP-f role in accelerating the availability and access to paediatric formulations for children with NTDs Martina Penazzato, GAP-f Team Lead, Research for Health, Science Division, WHO |
| Paediatric Drug Optimization for visceral leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis José Ramon Franco Minguell, Medical Officer, Human African Trypanosomiasis Programme, WHO Fabiana Alves, NTD Leishmaniasis-Mycetoma Cluster Director, DNDi |
| Paediatric Drug Optimization for schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis Sabine Specht, Head of Filarial Disease, DNDi Peter Steinmann, Head of the Diseases and Programmes Unit, Swiss TPH Amadou Garba Djirmay, Scientist, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO |
Prevention and morbidity management of female genital schistosomiasis: how to optimise strategies to meet the neglected tropical diseases roadmap goals for schistosomiasis
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
Organizers:
- Amaya Butsinduy, Professor of Global Paediatric and Adolescent Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Sabine Specht, Head of Filarial Disease, DNDi
- Daniela Fusco, Researcher, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
More information to come.
The road towards optimizing the medical treatment for mycetoma
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
Chair: Sahar Bakhiet, Research Coordinator, Mycetoma Research Centre
Speakers:
- Ahmed H Fahal, Professor of Surgery, The Mycetoma Research Centre
- Wendy W J van de Sande, Associate Professor, Erasmus MC
- Borna Nyaoke, Head of Mycetoma Disease, DNDi
- Ed Zijlstra, Consultant Expert PKDL/Mycetoma, DNDi
Symposia
Involving patients at different stages of product development and implementation for infectious diseases
Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Chair:Piero Olliaro, Professor of Poverty Related Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford
Co-chair: Maria del Mar Castro, Clinical Research Fellow Leishmaniasis, Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM)
| Involving patients in drug development for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): A qualitative study exploring and incorporating preferences of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis into Target Product Profile development Astrid Erber, Research Associate, Medical University of Vienna |
| Engaging the community during PLATINUM: a randomised controlled trial of tecovirimat in non-hospitalised mpox patients Ashleigh Cheyne, Public Engagement Officer, Epidemic Diseases Research Group Oxford, University of Oxford |
| Evaluation of treatment preferences in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia and Perú Byron Arana, Head of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Disease, DNDi |
| Influenza vaccine uptake in Tunisia from two high-risk groups’ perception and attitudes: a qualitative study Aicha Boukthir, Institute Pastuer de Tunis |
Research and development on novel drugs for nematode infections: insight from academia and product development partnerships working together in the EU-funded HELP project
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
Organized by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
DNDi, a member of the HELP project, will participate in this symposium. More information to come.
