The theme of the 2025 edition of the Prince Mahidol Award Conference is ‘Harnessing technologies in an age of AI to build a healthier world‘.
Side meeting
South-South collaborations against neglected tropical diseases for health security and equity in an era of polycrises
Co-organized by Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, DNDi, and the Dengue Alliance
Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Time: 09:00-12:30
Venue: World Ballroom A, FL. 23
Session 1: Affordable innovation: Lessons from an alternative R&D model for hepatitis C
Moderator: Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES)
Speaker: Datuk Dr Muhmammad Radzi, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Panel discussion:
- Tawesak Tanwandee, Siriraj Hospital
- Yasser Fayed, CEo EEPI & Corporate Business Development Director, Pharco
- Marco Krieger, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
- Isabela Ribeiro, Viral Diseases Cluster Director, DNDi
- Mingkwan Suphannaphong, Managing Director of the Governement Pharmaceutical Organization, Thailand
Session 2: The hope for a dengue treatment: A model of endmic-country led collaborative R&D for climate-sensitive diseases
Moderator: Prasert Auewarakul, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Speaker: André Siqueira, Head of Dengue Global Programme, DNDi
Panel discussion:
- Datuk Dr Nor Fariza Ngah, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
- Panisadee Avirutnan, Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
- Mauro Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
- Ganesan Karthikeyan, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), India
- Marco Krieger, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
