The theme of the 6th Joint Scientific Meeting HAT Platform-EANETT is ‘Bringing innovation to contribute to the interruption of HAT transmission by 2030’.
This innovation-focused scientific meeting is being organized to contribute to the World Health Organization’s roadmap for interrupting HAT transmission by 2030 and will provide an opportunity for national programmes and researchers to share their results and control efforts to date, so that HAT control programmes can use them to improve their national strategies and policies.
Roundtable
Innovative WHO strategies for eliminating and interrupting HAT transmission by 2030 and research perspectives
Date: Monday, 14 October 2024
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Chair: Mohamed Cissé, Chairman of Scientific Committee
Deputy chair: Olaf Valverde, DNDi and Mamadou Saliou Sow
| Efforts and advances towards interruption of HAT transmission: A Situational Overview: Keynote Address Gegardo Prieto |
| Summary of HAT epidemiological situation and needs for research Mamadou Camara, Oumou Camara, Makana Don Paolo, Charles Wamboga |
| HAT DNDi program progress and evolution in the path to elimination Stéphane Hugonnet, NTD HAT-Filarial-Chagas Cluster Director, DNDi |
Session
Innovation in screening strategies, community engagement, diagnostic options, treatment and pharmacovigilance
Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
| Active search strategy for cases of human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic villages 10 years ago by the management team of the rural health zone of bagata, Kwilu province in the DRC Matthieu Nkieri, Co-investigateur FEX09 & OXA 02 HGR BAGATA, DNDi |
| Safety of acoziborole in people with T.b. gambiense-confirmed HAT and not confirmed by parasitological testing: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study Adeline Prêtre, Clinical Project Manager, DNDi |
6ème Réunion Scientifique Conjointe Plateforme THA-EANETT
Le thème de le 6ème Réunion Scientifique Conjointe Plateforme THA-EANETT est ‘Apport de l’innovation pour contribuer à l’interruption de la transmission de la THA d’ici 2030’.
Axée sur l’innovation, cette réunion scientifique est organisée pour contribuer à la feuille de route de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé dont l’objectif est l’interruption de la transmission de la THA d’içi 2030. Elle va donner l’occasion aux programmes nationaux et aux chercheurs de partager leurs résultats et leurs efforts de contrôle réalisés à ce jour afin que les programmes de lutte contre la THA puissent s’en servir pour améliorer leurs stratégies et leurs politiques nationales.
