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Aventura Warmbaths, Limpopo Province, May 10-11 2006
STRENGTHENING IMMUNISATION SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Session 1: Immunisation: Global Perspectives
Chair: Jeffrey Mphahlele and Pauline Moetlo
08:15-08:30
Welcome and opening
08:30-09:10
New developments in immunisation policies and programmes (pdf, 1770 kb)
Andre Meheus
09:10-09:30
Training in immunisation for healthcare workers (pdf, 478 kb)
Anwar Hoosen
09:30-09:50
South African Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI-SA): Vision and new strategies (pdf, 739 kb)
Ntombenhle Ngcobo
09:50-10:10
Countdown to polio eradication: the role of laboratory containment in South Africa (pdf, 80 kb)
Thami Sithebe
10:10-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Tea break
Session 2: Immunisation in the Public Sector of South Africa
Chair: Peet Rautenbach and Enoch Peprah
Part One: Health Systems Management and Policy
11:00-11:15
National Health InformationSystem of South Africa (NHISSA) and immunisation services
Rika du Plessis
11:15-11:25
Missed vaccination opportunities in Orange Farm, Gauteng Province (pdf, 1 820 kb)
Samukeliso Dube
11:25-11:35
Measles immunisation coverage: survey in the Abaqulusi sub-district of Kwazulu-Natal Province (pdf, 37 kb)
Emmanuel Minlah
11:35-11:45
Immunising HIV positive babies (pdf, 80.4 kb)
Jeffrey Mphahlele
11:45-12:00
Discussion
Part Two:Curriculum and Training for Strengthening Immunisation Services and Programmes
12:00-12:15
Restructuring of the nursing curriculum (pdf, 82.4 kb)
Baile Selaledi
12:15-12:30
Restructuring of the medical curriculum (pdf, 110 kb)
Donald Ngwira
12:30-12:45
South African Vaccination and Immunisation Centre (SAVIC) website for training and immunisation resources
Avhashoni Tshatsinde
12:45-13:00
Discussion
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
Chair: Calvinia Sebekedi and Vuyelwa Peterson
Part Three: Prevention and Control of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in South Africa
14:00-14:15
Update on the recent measles outbreak in South Africa and lessons learned (pdf, 1 320 kb)
Bernice Harris
14:15-14:45
Vaccine-preventable respiratory and meningeal pathogens (pdf, 292 kb)
Bernice Harris
14:45-15:00
Rotavirus epidemiology and prospects for childhood immunisation in South Africa (pdf, 310 kb)
Nicola Page
15:00-15:15
Discussion
Part Four: Socio-Behavioural Issues and Immunisation
15:15-15:30
Linkages of immunisation with communities (pdf, 1 210 kb)
Blantina Mabuela
15:30-15:45
Barriers and enabling factors to infant immunisation in Limpopo Province (pdf, 199 kb)
Inah Malatsi
15:45-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:15
Tea break
Session 3: Concluding Remarks and Closing
Chair: Andre Meheus and Anwar Hoosen
16:15-16:30
Major highlights of the symposium (pdf, 597 kb)
Gboyega Ogunbanjo
16:30-16:40
Vote of thanks
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