Day 1
9 June 2010 8am - 5:30pm
Day 2
10 June 2010 8am - 5:30pm
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Tuesday, 8 June 2010Tuesday, 8 June 2010
08.00 Registration and refreshments09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks
Country Program Leader, PATH, India
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OUTLOOK IN ASIA09.10 Reversing the trend of epidemic infectious diseases in Asia
- Developing the right approach to further improve the understanding and management of infectious disease in Asia
- Finding ways to create various collaborations and working partnerships that will be required to bring a regional strategy in fighting infectious diseases
- Moving forward – what are the necessary steps to prevent and control infectious disease in the region?
Director, Program on Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Director, Asian Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Hawaii, Singapore
09.40 Developing global health partnerships to advance healthcare outcomes
- Focusing on public private partnerships and their impact on creating a sustainable health system
- Partnership efforts in the area of strengthening lab systems, building health care capacity, enabling access to TB diagnostics and improving clinical practices in the area of blood collection
- Describing lessons learnt from public private partnerships
Presented by:
Senior Director (Global Health) , BD, United States
PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES TO FIGHT INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN ASIA10.40 Singapore Perspective – Centralised hospital outbreak response
- Presenting Singapore experienced outbreaks of novel pathogens (Nipah, SARS, Chikungunya, Pandemic H1N1) in one decade.
- Discussing strategies of centralised hospital outbreak responses
Head of Infectious Disease Department and Clinical Director of Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
11.10 Panel Discussion: Health system responses to pandemic threats in Asia
- Planning activities to enhance capacity in pandemic preparedness contingency planning at regional and national levels
- Setting an effective surveillance and effective response capabilities to rapidly identify potential outbreaks
- Enhancing regional immunization coverage and surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases
Professor of Public Health, Head, Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group (CDPRG),, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Thailand Executive Director, Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center, Singapore Director, Program on Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Director, Asian Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Hawaii, Singapore Medical epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
11.50 Improving essential vaccines programs for children in developing economies: Pneumonia and Diarrhea
- Discussing the current programs for essential vaccines in Asia
- Designing effective programs that can provide the evidence base for use of vaccines against pneumonia and diarrhea in developing economies
- Improving developing countries’ vaccine access in order to protect children by vaccine-preventable disease
Medical epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
12.20 Networking lunch and Health Authorities VIP lunch INFECTIOUS DISEASES PREVENTION AND CONTROL PLANNING13.40 Country Case Study: Putting in place a national infectious diseases prevention and control strategy to effectively prevent a pandemic
- Peparing a checklist of all the important factors to be considered for an infectious diseases and control strategy
- Strengthening a country’s surveillance, border control and public health training to tighten its control during a pandemic
- Creating a government response system to identify and clearly determine the alert levels in case of a possible pandemic
- Ensuring efficient and equitable distribution of pandemic vaccine
Consultant, Department of Clinical Epidermiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Senior Medical Advisor, DDC, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, Thailand Dr Yuichiro Yahata, Senior Staff, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Japan Director of Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Malaysia Director, Emergency Preparedness Division, Centers for Disease Control Taiwan, Taiwan Dr SKM, MA. Kuncahyo, Chief of Supervision and Evaluation Section, Subdiractorate Immunization, Ministry of Health, Indonesia Country Program Leader, PATH, India
16.30 Afternoon refreshment INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION17.00 Roundtable discussion:
This round table discussion session is an open moderated session where delegates are divided into groups to discuss a set or topics. This session aims to address the issues, problems and ideas of each delegate. Moderated by key industry experts, the round table discussion will ensure debate and discussion on thought-provoking and controversial issues with industry peers. 17.00 Roundtable 1: plementing effective health programs to control and prevent infectious diseases in national and regional level
In times of a pandemic, health systems should be in place in a national level to prevent and control infectious diseases. In addition to this, a regional pandemic preparedness plan has to be in place to facilitate cooperation and coordination amongst Asian countries. What can health officials at a national level do? How can they work together to create an effective regional pandemic preparedness plan? What are the necessary steps to take? 17.00 Roundtable 2:Emphasizing the role of non-profit organization in controlling and preventing infectious diseases in the region
Non-profit organizations have a major role to play in enabling health programs in the national and regional level. They are instrumental in supporting these efforts by providing funding and expertise advice. With their help, emerging countries are given access to important vaccines. Also, neglected diseases are given priority. How can these organizations prioritize the different needs of Asian countries? How can these organizations strengthen their roles in national and regional levels? 17.30 Chairperson’s closing remarks
Country Program Leader, PATH, India
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