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Scientific Programme
- Day 1October 16, 2019
- Day 2October 17, 2019
- Day 3October 18, 2019
14:00
Registration
18:30
OPENING SESSION: Welcome messages: SASTM, ATMVSK Kenya, NSTM, ISTM,IAMAT
Chair: Lee Baker18:45
Keynote address-Vincenzo Marcolongo Memorial Lecture
Intro: T. Marcolongo
Speaker: Amadou Sall19:30
21:00
Welcome cocktail function
07:00
Registration
Registration is open from 07:00 - 17:0008:00
Session 1: Understanding travel medicine
Speaker: Camilla Rothe08:40
Session 1: Travel medicine in practice #1: Abstract presentations
How is travel medicine practised in your clinic?
Establishment of a travel clinic in Rift Valley Region, Kenya - Paul Yonga
Presentations of patients for travel medicine at GOP clinic, Nigeria - Adeboyega Alao
BMI, obesity and travel medicine - Caroline Mungai
Times they are a-changing - Erik van Vliet
Circulating Zika virus in vulnerable populations, Cameroon - Ernest Tambo
Travel related health problems in Tanzania - Belia Klaassen10:20
TEA
10:50
Session 2: Immunisation: The basic science
Speaker: Lee Baker11:30
Session 2: Vaccines in travel medicine
Speaker: Albie de Frey12:10
Session 2: Rabies: Prevention and vaccination protocols
Speaker: Camilla Rothe12:50
LUNCH
13:50
Session 3: Food and water borne diseases
Speaker: Robert Steffen14:30
15:10
TEA
15:40
Session 4: The Hajj: Travel medicine implications
Speaker: Salim Parker16:20
17:00
The VFR traveller to Africa
Speaker: George Abongomera07:00
Registration
Registration is open from 07:00 - 08:0008:40
09:20
Session 5: Viral haemorrhage fevers: Lassa CCHF, Ebola
Speaker: Pauline Eromon10:00
TEA
10:30
Session 6: Travel medicine in practice #2: The pre and post travel consultation
Moderated by Yetunde Fadipe11:30
Session 6: Psychological health of travellers
Speaker: Tullia Marcolongo12:10
12:50
LUNCH
13:40
14:10
Session 7: Malaria: Issues in prevention and diagnosis
Speaker: Bernhards Ogutu14:50
TEA
15:10
Session 8: Establishing a travel health clinic
Speaker: Marybeth Maritim15:50
Session 8: Travel medicine in practice #3: Dilemmas in travel medicine
Traveller case scenarios
Moderator: Albie de Frey16:30
Session 8: Travel medicine - future perspectives with focus on Africa
Speakers:
Jan Fehr and Andrew Kambugu
