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5th Initiative against Diarrheal and Enteric diseases in Asia (IDEA)

March 6-9, 2017 - Hanoi (Vietnam)

Summary

The primary goal of this meeting is to provide a place of exchange about the current cholera situation in Asia and the activities being implemented at different levels nationally and internationally gearing towards defining and reducing the global burden of this disease in Asia. This meeting intends to foster linkages and collaboration amongst country members, international partners, the private / public sectors and from policy makers, as well as to better visualize common work to catalyze future interventions to prevent and control cholera.

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Program

Day 1 Tuesday, March 7

Day 2 Wednesday, March 8

  • 9:40-10:40

    Keynote address: Diarrheal diseases: overview of up-to-date disease burden in Asia

    G.B NAIR

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Session I – Country situation update (Part 1)

Anu P GAUTAM & Phan Trong LAN

Session II – Country situation update (Part 2)

Dominique LEGROS & Hubert ENDTZ

Session III - Existing interventions on cholera prevention and control in Asia (Part 1)

Ana L LOPEZ & Robert HALL

Session III - Existing interventions on cholera prevention and control in Asia (part 2)

Julia LYNCH & Claudio DEOLA

Session IV - Developing national integrated cholera action plans in cholera-prone countries

Moderator and facilitator: Vanessa HANIFA

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