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Rapid Impact: Integrating the Neglected Tropical Diseases with Malaria and HIV/AIDS Control
On October 26th and 27th, 2006, The George Washington University Center for the Study of Globalization,
the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine, and the UN Millennium Project hosted a
high-profile conference on the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Entitled Rapid Impact: Integrating the
Neglected Tropical Diseases with Malaria and HIV/AIDS Control, the conference adressed new opportunities
for the elimination and control of the NTDs as well as opportunities to link the control of the NTDs with
the control of malaria and HIV/AIDS.
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Thursday, October 26
| 8:15-9:00 |
Registration/Light Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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| 9:15-9:45 |
Review of Conference Objectives
- Peter J. Hotez, The George Washington University Department of
Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine
· Opening
Presentation (pdf)
· Peter Hotez (jpg)
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| 9:45-10:30 |
Keynote Speaker
- Jeffrey Sachs, The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the United
Nations Millennium Project
Presentation: The Challenge of Scaling Up Basic Healthcare in Low
Income Countries
· Keynote Speech (pdf)
· Jeffrey
Sachs (jpg)
· Jeffrey Sachs (jpg)
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| 10:45-12:30 |
Panel Discussion: Status of Public-Private Partnerships in NTD Control
· Panel Discussion (jpg)
· Panel Discussion (jpg)
· Panel Discussion (jpg)
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| 1:30-2:15 |
Plenary Speaker
- Anthony Fauci, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Topic: Neglected Tropical Diseases - The NIAID Research Response."
Introduction by Gary Simon, GWU Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases
· Fauci (jpg)
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| 2:15-3:00 |
Presentation: Integrated Preventive Chemotherapy Guidelines
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| 3:15-4:45 |
Panel Discussion: NTD Control Integration—The Outlook from the Field
· Field Panel (jpg)
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| 4:45-5:00 |
Call to Action
- Peter J. Hotez, The George Washington University Department of Microbiology, Immunology
and Tropical Medicine
· Call to Action (pdf)
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Friday, October 27
| 8:30-9:15 |
Plenary Speaker
- Donald Hopkins, The Carter Center
Topic: Efforts to Integrate NTD and Malaria Control in Nigeria
Introduction by Dean Ruth Katz, Dean of the GWU School of Public Health
· Hopkins Presentation (pdf)
· Hopkins (jpg)
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| 9:15-10:30 |
Panel Discussion: Malaria and NTD Control Integration
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| 10:45-11:15 |
Plenary Speaker
- Ambassador Mark Dybul, United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of State
Topic: Integrating the Neglected Tropical Diseases with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief
Introduction by Nicole Bates, Global Health Council
· Dybul Presentation (pdf)
· Dybul (jpg)
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| 11:15-12:30 |
Panel Discussion: HIV/AIDS and NTD Control Integration
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| 1:00-2:45 |
Panel Discussion: The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Integrated Disease
Control
· Panel Discussion (jpg)
· Panel Discussion (jpg)
- Mark Bradley, GlaxoSmithKline
- Paula Luff, Pfizer
· Luff (jpg)
- Brenda Colatrella, Merck
· Colatrella (jpg)
- Andy Koval, Medpharm
· Koval (jpg)
- Robert Sebbag, Sanofi Aventis
· Sebbag (jpg)
- Lorenzo Savioli, World Health Organization (Moderator)
· Savioli (jpg)
- Paul Antony
· Antony (jpg)
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| 2:45-3:15 |
Wrap-Up and Action Items
· Final Conference Wrap Up (pdf)
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