| Centurion Lake Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa
PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH VACCINATION
Session 1: Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Anwar Hoosen and Andre Meheus
14:00-14:10
Welcome and Introduction (pdf, 282 kb)
Anwar Hoosen
14:10-14:20
Meeting Objectives and Outcomes (pdf, 20 kb)
Samu Dube
14:20-14:40
Global Immunisation Vision and Strategy (pdf, 1 895 kb)
Evariste Mutabaruka
14:40-15:00
WHO-AFRO Regional Immunisation Strategy (pdf, 462 kb)
Evariste Mutabaruka
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
Session 2: Workshop Sessions
15:30-15:50
Objectives and Expected Outcomes
Anwar Hoosen
15:50-18:00
Workgroup 1 - Nursing Curriculum
Workgroup 2 - Medical Curriculum
Workgroup 3 - Introducing New Vaccines
18:00
Close of day 1
Session 3: Report Back from Workgroups
Chair: Evariste Mutabaruka and Samu Dube
08:30-08:45
Overview of Workgroup Sessions
Samu Dube
08:45-09:00
Workgroup 1 - Nursing Curriculum
Rapporteur 1
09:00-09:15
Workgroup 2 - Medical Curriculum
Rapporteur 2
09:15-09:30
Introducing New Vaccines
Rapporteur 3
Session 4: Immunisation Strategies
09:30-10:00
Progress in Achieving MGDs in Africa (pdf, 778 kb)
Ngashi Ngongo
10:00-10:30
RED Strategy Implementation in South Africa (pdf, 1 180 kb)
Johan van den Heever
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Session 5: Official Opening
Chair: Gboyega Ogunbanjo
11:00-11:30
Opening Lecture - HPV Vaccine: Global Review of Progress
Andre Meheus
11:30-11:40
World Health Organisation
Stella Anyangwe
11:40-11:50
National Department of Health - South Africa
Johan van den Heever
11:50-12:00
University of Limpopo
Solly Tataemane
12:00-12:10
Embassy of Belgium
Andre Meheus
12:10-12:45
Keynote Address - Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: A Global Update (pdf, 1730 kb)
Keith Klugman
12:45-14:00
Lunch
Session 6: Some Key Issues in Vaccine Development
Chair: Siyazi Mda and Johan van den Heever
14:00-14:30
Essentials of Vaccinology
Zinhle Makatini
14:30-15:00
Vaccine Clinical Trials (pdf, 34 kb)
John Matjila
15:00-15:30
Immunology of TB: Implications for Vaccine Development (pdf, 198 kb)
Kamaldeen Baba
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
Session 7: Evaluating and Integrating Immunisation Programmes
Chair: Maggie Ravhengani and Penelope Kalesha
16:00-16:30
Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccines: General Concepts and Practical Applications (pdf, 58 kb)
Marianela Castillo-Riquelme
16:30-17:00
Vaccination Programme Challenges: The Impact of HIV on Vaccinatiopn Programmes
Isidore Pazvakavamba
17:00-17:30
Integrating EPI with other Child Survival Interventions (pdf, 107 kb)
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
17:30
Close of day 2
Session 8: Panel on New Vaccines
Chair: Andre Meheus and Norman Nyazema
08:30-08:45
Global Update on Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine in National Immunisation Programmes (pdf, 386 kb)
Nicola Page
08:45-09:00
Meningococcal Vaccine Update (pdf, 611 kb)
Ann von Gottberg
09:00-09:15
Challenges with Pre- and Post-Eradication Polio Immunisation Strategies (pdf, 1 242 kb)
Jeffrey Mphahlele
09:15-09:30
Rubella Epidemiologic Profile and Implications for Vaccination (pdf, 772 kb)
Neil Cameron
09:30-09:45
Update with Malaria Vaccine
Jahit Sacarlal
09:45-10:30
Panel Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Session 9: Capacity Building for Health Care Workers
Chair: Joy Mnyaluza
11:00-11:30
Curriculum Issues for Pre-Service Training: Nurses, Doctors, Pharmacists and Public Health Practitioners - Experiences from the University of Limpopo
Anwar Hoosen
11:30-12:00
Implementing and Integrated In-Service Training Package on Child Health/Child Survival: The Way Forward
Evariste Mutabaruka
12:00-12:30
Perspectives on Capacity Building: Experience from Ghana
Afisah Zakariah
13:30-12:45
Concluding Remarks and Way Forward
Baile Selaledi
12:45-13:00
Vote of Thanks
Jeffrey Mphahlele
13:00
Close of meeting |
