Asia Infectious Diseases Forum will bring together CDCs, NGOs, public and private academic institutions, pharmas, biotechs, diagnostic companies and other stakeholders from Asia and beyond at one platform to address challenges facing the infectious diseases prevention and control today.

We have prepared a special sessions dedicated for CDCs to talk about their strategies in infectious disease control as well as network with other CDCs in Asia. Learn how your organisation and other Asian CDCs can work together in overcoming infectious disease challenges in the region.

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Highlights of Asia Infectious Diseases Forum 2010

• Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Planning Country Presentation
  Join us in this dedicated country presentation where you can present your country’s infectious disease prevention and control plans and strategies. Find out innovative ways from other Asian CDCs in their dedication in fighting infectious disease
   
• Public Health Leaders Roundtable Discussion
  NGOs, CDCs and key public opinion leaders will thoroughly discuss the most compelling issues on infectious disease. Join this roundtable discussion and raise critical problems that you are facing in your country. Get the answers from Asia’s top public health leaders in this focused session
   
• Asian Public Health Leaders’ Night
  After a long day of intense discussion, we are inviting you to attend the Asia CDC Night especially prepared for you to network with public health leaders. Take this opportunity to have 1 to 1 discussion with other Asian CDCs and explore the possibility of collaboration.
   

Speakers at Asia Infectious Diseases Forum 2010

Prof Yee-Sin Leo, Head of Infectious Disease Department and Clinical Director of Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Anjali Nayyar, Country Program Leader, PATH, India

Duane Gubler Director, Program on Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Director, Asian Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Hawaii

Richard Coker, Professor of Public Health, Head, Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group (CDPRG), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Thailand

Rodney Hoff, Executive Director, Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center, Singapore

Jai P Narain, Director, Communicable Diseases, Department Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization, India

Nobuhiko Okabe, Director of Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Director General, Disease  Control and Environmental Health, Director of Direct Transmitted Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Indonesia

Adam Cohen, Medical epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Supamit Chunsutiwat, Senior Medical Advisor, DDC, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Chang-Hsun Chen, Director, Emergency Preparedness Division, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan

Duc Anh Dang, Deputy Director, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam

Lokman Hakim Sulaiman, Director of Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia