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ASTMH 2021 Annual Meeting

About the ASTMH Annual Meeting: The ASTMH Annual Meeting draws tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, foundations, government, not for profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, military and private practice. The meeting is designed for researchers, professors, government and public health officials, military personnel, travel clinic physicians, practicing physicians in tropical medicine, students and all healthcare providers working in the fields of tropical medicine, hygiene and global health.

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Achille Kabore, Act | West Technical Director, presenting at ASTMH 2019. PC: USAID's Act to End NTDs | West, Eric Weber/FHI360

 

Listed below are Act | West-associated scientific sessions, poster presentations and symposiums at the 2021 ASTMH Annual Meeting.

 

Scientific Sessions

Thursday, Nov 18, 8:10 am

 

Thursday, Nov 18, 8:40 am

  • 0040-Effect of COVID-19 risk mitigation measures on the coverage of mass treatment campaigns against schistosomiasis and vitamin A supplementation in the regions of Kayes and Ségou in Mali in 2020

 

Thursday, Nov 18, 1:35 pm

Poster presentations

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Daniel Cohn, presenting his poster at ASTMH 2019. PC:USAID's Act to End NTDs | West, Eric Weber/FHI360

Thursday, Nov 18, 11:00 am

  • 356 – Progress toward elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Cameroon following successful TAS2 in 41 health districts of the East, Far-North, Littoral, South and West Regions

 

     

    Friday, Nov 19, 10:15 am 

     

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    Dr. Mary Hodges from Sierra Leone presenting her poster at ASTMH 2019. PC: USAID's Act to End | NTDs | West, Eric Weber/FHI360

    Friday, Nov 19, 12:00 pm

     

     

     

     

    • 0798 – Compliance with COVID-10 preventive and barrier measures during recent MDA and DSA in six Act | West countries

     

    Saturday, Nov 20, 11:00 am

    • LB-5353 – Blueprint for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (BELF) and Trachoma (BETR) – Excel based tools for monitoring Act to End NTDs | West program progress

     

    Symposiums

    Thursday, November 18 from 5:15-7:00 PM

    • 0045 - SYMPOSIM: The Long and Winding Road: Data Gathering, Documentation and Advocacy as Trachoma and LF Programs Near Elimination

      • Symposium Organizer and Chair: Stephanie Palmer, Trachoma Technical Advisor, Act | West, FHI 360
      • Co-Chair: Molly Brady, Lymphatic Filariasis Technical Advisor, Act | East, RTI International
      • Melissa Edmiston/AIM Initiative/USA           
      • Prof. Lamine Traore/PNSO/Mali       
      • Prof. Emillienne Epee/University of Yaounde/Cameroon     
      • Dr. Monique Dorkenoo/Malaria Control Program and Universities of Lome and Kara/Togo
      • Link: ASTMH 2021 Annual Meeting (core-apps.com)

    Friday, Nov 19, 4:00 pm

    • 0080 - SYMPOSIUM: Innovative Uses and Analyses of Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Data to Inform Improved Program Implementation 

     

    Saturday, Nov 20, 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

    • 106 – SYMPOSIUM: Progress and Challenges for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis in West Africa

      • Symposium Chair: Achille Kabore, Technical Director, Act | West, FHI 360
      • Wilma A. Stolk
      • Natalie V. Vinkeles Melchers
      • Lymphatic Filariasis Research Unit
      • Judith Saare
      • Meite Abdoulaye
      • Link: ASTMH 2021 Annual Meeting (core-apps.com)

     

    Saturday, Nov 20, 1:25 – 1:35pm

    • 106 - LF hotspots in Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis co-endemic districts in Ghana

     

    Saturday, Nov 20, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM 

    • 108 - SYMPOSIUM: Improving Reverse Logistics of the Last Mile Supply Chain for NTD Medicines in Endemic Areas: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

      • Symposium Chair: Kisito Ogoussan, Implementation Management Lead, SCM & SAEs, Act | West, FHI 360
      • Co-Chair: Penelope (Penny) Smith, Senior NTD Advisor, Division of Neglected Tropical Diseases, USAID
      • Johannes Waltz MSEP/Germany           
      • Dr Virginie Ettiegne-Traore, FHI 360/Cote d'Ivoire   
      • Dr Sultani Hadley Matendechero, NTDP Kenya        
      • Ms. Judith Saare, NTDP/Ghana
      • Link: ASTMH 2021 Annual Meeting (core-apps.com)

     

    Saturday, Nov 20, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM 

    • 118 - SYMPOSIUM: Implementing neglected tropical disease mass drug administration and disease-specific assessments under the COVID-19 pandemic

    Country
    All Countries
    Disease
    All Preventive Chemotherapy NTDs
    Focus Area
    Mass Drug Administration (MDA), Support for NTD Sustainability, NTD Capacity Building, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adapting (MERLA)