E-DRUG: Diagnosing parasitic infections - lessons learned from MSF field experience
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MSF workshop on diagnosing parasitic infections,
ICOPA 11, Glasgow,
Forth Room
Tuesday 8 August 2006
16.00-17.30
[It is clearly too late for anyone to attend but you might be interested in the proceedings and outcomes. Contact James.ARKINSTALL@paris.msf.org. BS, Moderator]
There is often an unappreciated gap between bench science and its field
applications. This workshop will look at the challenges faced by MSF in
diagnosing parasitic diseases in the field as well as the lessons learned.
The speakers will explore the positive role that can be played by
researchers, working together with field doctors and test developers, in
making appropriate tools available for field use. We will also identify
areas that urgently need more focused research and suggest strategies to
target research questions that can have a positive impact on patient care.
Chair
Martine Usdin (MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Paris)
Speakers
Anthony Moody: (parasitologist, laboratory consultant for MSF Campaign for
Access to Essential Medicine): New directions for designers of RDTs for
malaria diagnosis in field conditions.
Francois Chapuis (physician, MSF and Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva,
Switzerland.): Field constraints to diagnosis of kala-azar and sleeping
sickness.
Martine Guillerm (Laboratory specialist, MSF Campaign for Access to
Essential Medicine, Paris): An integrated approach to the diagnosis of
Chagas Disease: MSF field experience in Bolivia.
MSF representatives can be contacted throughout the conference through
Martine Usdin: + 33 688 76 65 37 or Martine.Usdin@paris.msf.org
In addition:
Photo exhibition: Too Poor to be Treated?, Hall 5, 6-11 August 2006
Infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness and
Chagas disease claim 14 million victims every year, 90% of them in
developing countries. Travelling on three continents for a year, Laurence
Binet (text) and Serge Sibert (photos) followed the medical teams of MSF
and the patients they care for.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid
organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in
danger in more than 70 countries. The Campaign for Access to Essential
Medicines is an international project of Medecins Sans Frontieres. The
project aims to stimulate the use and development of innovative medical
tools in order to improve the quality of life and health of people
suffering from preventable or treatable diseases.
James ARKINSTALL <James.ARKINSTALL@paris.msf.org>