Schistosomiasis talks and sessions at ECTMIH

Tuesday 17^th of September

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Details of schistosomiasis related talk/session

10:00 - 11:30

1B

Organised Session: NTD R&D Through the lens of public-private partnership model.

Organiser: Joseph Hargan-Calvopiña (BIO Ventures for Global Health), Chairs: Hargan-Calvopiña J. and Hotez P.J.

Speakers:

• Paul Jackson (Johnson & Johnson)
• Audrey Odom John (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Alister Craig (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
• Joseph Hargan-Calvopiña (BIO Ventures for Global Health)

10:00 - 11:30

1C

Organised Session: Health systems and NTDs a policy and practice debate: Inclusion, integration, innovation and implementation

Organisers: Sally Theobald (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) and Akinola Oluwole (COUNTDOWN Nigeria), Chair: Thomson R. (UK)
Speakers:

• Karsor Kollie K (Ministry of Health, Liberia)
• Lar L (COUNTDOWN Project, Sightsavers, Kaduna State, Nigeria)
• Kelly–Hope L. (Monitoring and Evaluation Operational Research, Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, LSTM)

11:50 - 12:10

1B

Presentation: The hidden hand of asymptomatic infection hinders control of NTDs

• Rock K.S., Chapman L.A.C., Dobson A., Adams E.R., Hollingsworth T.D. (UK & USA)

12:00 - 12:30

4

Turbo Talk on One Health and the Changing World

Chair: Dr Hayley MacGregor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Turbo Talk:

• Bonnie Webster - A One Health perspective for schistosomiasis control in Africa
• Louise Vince - Towards a One-Health cost-effectiveness evaluation of African schistosomiasis control, a systematic review

12:10 - 12:30

1B

Presentation: Are we there yet? Assessing who is being left behind and why in PC treatment for NTDs

• Simpson S.J., Muleta M.D., Negussu N., Zeleke Z.K., Adekeye O., Shu’aibu J., Isiyaku S., Dean L., Koller T.S., Mbabazi P.S. (France, Ethiopia, Nigeria & Switzerland)

14:00 - 15:30

3B

Organised Session: Surveillance and response systems in geospatial health

Organiser: Laura Rinaldi (International Society of Geospatial Health (GnosisGIS)), Chairs: Rinaldi L. (Italy) and Stothard J.R. (UK)

Speakers:

• Bergquist N.R. - Currently available geospatial surveillance systems for vector-borne diseases
• Stothard J.R. - Use of low-cost GPS datalogging units in microepidemiological studies of schistosomiasis, loiasis and lymphatic flariasis in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Eyre M. -  An integrated approach to mapping urogenital schistosomiasis transmission risk for environmental control using GPS-captured water contact patterns in mothers and pre-school-aged children in Cameroon.

16:20 - 17:00

4

Turbo Talk on One Health and Surveillance

Chair: Dr John Amuasi, (Executive Director, African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission)

Turbo Talk:

•  Elsa Leger - Identifying the role of the different reservoir hosts of zoonotic schistosomiasis in West Africa

16:40 - 17:00

1B

Presentation: A behaviour change model for latrine construction and use in rural Cote D'Ivoire

• Koff A.V., Essé C., Kouassi D., Yapi B.R., Moro M.H., Kouakou C., Bonfoh B., N’Goran K.E., Utzinger J., Raso G. (Côte d’Ivoire & Switzerland)

Wednesday 18^th of September

Time

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10:00 -11:30

1A

Organised Session: Schistosomiasis control through the ages

Organiser: Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, Chairs: Russell Stothard and Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Speakers:

• N’Goran E.K - Paediatric praziquantel: Randomised clinical trials in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Osakunor D.N.M - Innovative approaches to schistosome control in pre-school age children: Applying lessons from immunology.
• Downs J.A - Possible mechanisms of HIV susceptibility in reproductive-aged women with schistosome infections.
• Faust C.L - The contribution of pre-school-aged children and adults to Schistosoma mansoni transmission in high endemic communities
• Kayuni S.A - Pathologies associated with male genital schistosomiasis and efficacy of praziquantel treatment in Malawian fishermen

11:30 - 11:45

1A

Presentation: Diagnosis of genito-rectal schistosomiasis in a female traveller 8 years after exposure

• Van Den Broucke S., Bottieau E. (Belgium)

14:15 - 14:30

1A

Presentation: A major hurdle in the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis revealed: Identifying communities and health workers perceptions and experiences of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Ghana

• Kukula V.A., MacPherson E.E., Tsey H.I., Stothard J.R., Theobald S., Gyapong M. (Ghana, Malawi & UK)

16:00 - 17:00

3A

Organised Session: Beyond 2020 with NTDs Leaving no one behind in the journey to 2030

Organisers and Chairs:

• Julie Jacobson (Bridges to Development and Uniting to Combat NTDs)
• Camilla Ducker (Uniting to Combat NTDs)
• Laura Dean (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

16:16 - 16:24

1A

Presentation: Testing novel diagnostic strategies to public health interventions against human schistosomiasis: A study protocol of the freeBILy clinical trial in Madagascar

• Fusco D., Rakotoarivelo R. A., Rakoto Andrianarivelo M., Puradiredja D. I., Klein P., Stahlberg K., Rakotozandrindrainy N., Rakotozandrindrainy R.,Schwarz N.G., and the freeBILy consortium.(Germany & Madagascar)

16:24 - 16:32

1A

Presentation: Prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma infection on Ijinga Island, Magu Distrcit, north-western Tanzania, after an intensified treatment protocol with praziquantel

• Mueller A., Fuss A., Mazigo H.D. (Germany & Tanzania)

16:40 - 16:48

1A

Presentation: Test and treat campaign: Adult individuals as a source of Schistosoma mansoni infection in fishing communities of Ilemela and Nyamagana municipalities north-western Tanzania

• Bakuba E., Kaatano G., Kreibich S., Parisi S., Müller M., Kasang C., Mazigo H.D. (Tanzania & Germany)

17:00 - 18:30

1A

Organised Session: Towards the 'endgame' for NTDs: The role of modelling to achieve control, transmission break, and elimination

Organisers: The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease
Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Royal Veterinary College University of London, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Natural History Museum

Chair: Pullan R.

Speakers:

• Toor J. – 17:00 – 17:15 - Breaking transmission for Schistosoma mansoni: Determining post-treatment surveillance criteria for detecting elimination

17:00 - 18:30

3B

Organised Session: Advocacy networks addressing NTDs in Europe and beyond - An impressive recent approach of solidarity with the most neglected people worldwide

Organisers and Chairs:

Carsten Köhler (German network against Neglected Tropical Diseases (DNTDs))

David Maurer (Swiss Alliance against Neglected Tropical Diseases (SANTD))

Speakers:  

• Hoerauf A. - The German network (DNTDS) and its perspective  
• Stäheli R. - The Swiss network (SANTD) and its perspective -
• Debré P. and Solano P. - The French network and its perspective -
• Fahy J. - The UK network and its perspective
• Krentel A. - The Canadian network (CNNTD) and its perspective.

Thursday the 19^th of September

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11:50 – 12:10

3B

Presentation: Agrochemical pollution increases abundance of Schistosoma host snails in western Kenya

• Ganatra A.A., Becker J., Kandie F., Muehlbauer L., McOdimba F., Torto B., Lelo E., Brack W., Fillinger U., Liess M. (Kenya)

14:00 -15:30

1B

Organised Session: Advances in diagnostics for NTDs

Organisers: The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Imperial College London, Dept. of Infectious Disease
Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Royal Veterinary College University of London, Dept. of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Natural History Museum

Chair: Littlewood T.

Speaker:

• Webster B.L. – 14:30 – 14:45 - Development and application of a Real Time Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RT-RPA) fluorescence assay for the molecular diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis at the point-of-need
• Phillips A.E. – 14:45 – 15:00 - Optimizing strategies to diagnose intestinal schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

17:15 - 17:30

3A

Presentation: Schistosoma mansoni infection amongst school-aged children in Marolambo Madagascar: Results from a three year annual follow-up study

• Spencer S.A., Penney J., Linder C., Russel H., Hyde K., Henstridge-Blows J., Young I., Stothard J.R., Bustinduy A.L., Rahetilahy A

Friday the 20^th of September

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08:00 – 08:20

1C

Presentation: Participatory research methods to improve community engagement and programme coverage for mass drug administration.

• Lar L.A., Adekeye T., Oluwole A., Yashiyi J.N., Isiyaku S., Dixon R., Dean L., Thomson R., Theobald S., Bongkiyung P., Ozano K. (Nigeria & UK)

08:20 - 08:40

1C

Presentation: The PARASAHARA project: Schistosomiasis epidemiology and control in the Sahara Desert in Chad

Moser W., Ott R., Batil A.A., Greter H. (Switzerland & Chad)

08:30 - 10:00

14

Organised Session: Zoonotic helminthiasis in south-east Asia

Organisers: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), China CDC, Shanghai, National Public Health Institute (NPHI), Sisattanack district, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Reginal Network on Asian Schistosomiasis (RNAS)

Chairs: Zhou X.N. (China CDC) and Sayasone S. (Lao PDR).

Speakers:

• Zhou X.N. – 08:45 - 09:00 - Integrating ecological approaches to interrupt schistosomiasis transmission: Opportunities and challenges. 
• Wu Z. – 09:00 – 09:15 - Distribution and current infection status of Schistosomiasis mansoni transmitting snails in Guangdong Province of China.
• Hu W. – 09:15 - 09:30 - Co-dispersal of the blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum and homo sapiens in the neolithic age.

09:20 - 09:40

1C

Presentation: Integrating soil-transmitted-helminthiasis and schistosomiasis control programs in primary health care: A step forward for universal health coverage in endemic areas

• Amor A., Anegagrie M., Barrio E., Tashu B., de los Santos J.J. (Ethiopia & Spain)

09:40 - 10:00

1C

Presentation: Following up community wide treatment for schistosomiasis in three communities from the greater Accra region, Ghana

• Cunningham L.J., Campbell S.J., Armoo S., Koukounari A., Watson V., Selormey P., Stothard J.R., Idun B., Adams E.R., Osei–Atweneboana M. (UK, Australia & Ghana)

10:30 - 12:00

1A

Organised Session: NTDs in Europe: Emerging diseases on the move

Organisers: Societa’ Italiana di Medicina Tropicale e Salute Globale (SIMET), Société de Pathologie Exotique (SPE), Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional (SEMTSI)

Chairs: Albonico M. (Italy), Bargues M.D. (Spain) and Jannin J. (France).

Speakers:

• Zammarchi L. – 11:00 – 11:15 - Case management of imported urogenital schistosomiasis: Proposed consensus recommendations by SIMET.

10:30 - 12:00

11

Organised Session: Splicing the schemes: Quality assessment for molecular diagnostics of parasites

Organisers: Peter Chiodini and Jaya Shrivastava (UK NEQAS Parasitology, Public Health England)
Chair: Shrivastava J.

Speaker:

• Van Leieshout L. – 11:10 – 11:30 - How accurate is the diagnostic performance of your stool PCR? Experiences from an international external quality assessment scheme for PCR-based detection of parasites in clinical stool samples.