Scientific Day 2022

Epidemiology, medical research, innovation: a day to review current advances

Scientific Day is over for this year! It took place on 9 June 2022 at the Espace Niemeyer. But you can watch the replays in the section below.

Moderator: Manica Balasegaram, GARDP, Switzerland

• Integration of an all-in-one bacteriology laboratory (Mini-Lab) in MSF hospital: evaluation in Carnot, CAR. Céline Langendorf  | Read the abstract
• The antibiotic resistance patterns shown in an acute trauma hospital in Aden, Yemen from 2018 – June 2021. Rami Malaeb & Yousef Nagwan | Read the abstract
• Treating post-trauma osteomyelitis cases in the conflict setting of Gaza: a retrospective cohort study. Rasha Aqel  | Read the abstract

Moderator: Alain Alsalhani, Access Campaign, MSF, France 

• Immunogenicity of fractional dose Yellow Fever vaccine in children and HIV+ adults. Maria Namulwana | Read the abstract 
• Fexinidazole in patients with Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma Brucei (T.b.) Rhodesiense. Elisabeth Baudin | Read the abstract
• Pharmacovigilance monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines in Niger. Abdoul-Moumouni Issa-Soumana | Read the abstract

Moderator: Myriam Henkens, MSF International

• Mass drug administration as a tool for rapid reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality in emergency settings. Lise Grout | Read the abstract
• Incidence of Malaria, with or without Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in Moïssala, Chad 2014-2021. Jessica Sayyad Hilario & Arielle Calmejane | Read the abstract

Moderator: Myriam Henkens, MSF International

Introductory presentation to the round table:

• Evidence and new recommendations for malaria prevention tools. Matthew Coldiron | Read the abstract

Round table with:

• Umberto Dalessandro, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
• Alassane Dicko, MRTC-University of Bamako, Mali
• Saschveen Singh, MSF, France

Moderator: Daniela Garone, MSF International

• Development and validation of a simple outbreak alert system to improve measles control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Catherine Eisenhauer & Birgit Nikolay | Read the abstract
• Identifying zones for preemptive vaccination activity during measles epidemics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Catherine Eisenhauer | Read the abstract
• CATI - Case Area Targeted Interventions for cholera response. Flavio Finger | Read the abstract
• The first reactive mass vaccination campaign against Hepatitis E in Bentiu, South Sudan. Robin Nesbitt | Read the abstract

Moderator: Pierre Lombrail, Université de Paris 13, France 

• Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among homeless and precariously housed people in France: a cross-sectional population-based study (the PREVAC study). Charline Vincent | Read the abstract
• The second wave of COVID-19 in EHPAD: A mixed study in the PACA and Occitania regions. Thomas Roederer | Read the abstract

Moderator: Salha Issoufou, MSF WACA 

• Impact of Covid-19 on HIV care in Malawi and Uganda. Jihane Ben-Farhat | Read the abstract
• Retrospective mortality and COVID seroprevalence during the pandemic in three African settings: in Cameroon and in the cities of Abidjan and Lubumbashi. Erica Simons | Read the abstract

Moderator: Salha Issoufou, MSF WACA 

• John Amuasi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
• Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, WHO, Zimbabwe
• Helen Rees, WITS RHI, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Abstract booklet