MSF Scientific Days Southern Africa 2024

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Delegates taking part in an event at an MSF Scientific Days conference in London

MSF Scientific Days Southern Africa will take place in Eswatini on 17 April

You can also join us online from 9am (South African Standard Time)

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This year’s event gathers speakers and attendees from around the world through a hybrid format for thought-provoking sessions on:

  • Tuberculosis: celebrating successes, addressing challenges
  • Sexual health in precarious settings (STIs and AMR)
  • Diagnosing acute early HIV and pre-exposure prophylaxis in a choice framework
  • New operational strategies for old problems: the patients and populations as partners approach
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The MSF Scientific Days logo

You are welcome to join us in person or online.

For those who would like to attend in person, please email at MSFCH-Manzini-EpidemioManager@geneva.msf.org by 10 April.

For those who would like to join us online, please sign up to our mailing list below, and we will send details of the online platform in due course.

9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks

  • Head of Mission: Dr Luis Neira
  • Chief Guest: Mr Mduduzi Matsebula (Minister of Health)
  • Programme Director: Dr Hayk Karakozian

Session 1: Sexual health in precarious settings

Chair – Dr Bongiwe Malinga

9:15 – 9:55 Dr Bernhard Kerschberger High burden and diagnostic complexities of genital infections with Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG), and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) – insights from Eswatini.

9:55 – 10:15 Dr Christine Al KadyAre antibiotics being over-prescribed for the treatment of urinary tract infections? A prospective study among pregnant refugees in Beirut, Lebanon

10:15 – 10:45 Q&A/Discussion

10:45 – 11:10 Coffee break

Session 2: Tuberculosis: celebrating successes, addressing challenges

Chair – Dr Debra Vambe

11:10 – 11:30 Dr Animesh Sinha Six-month multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimens: from trials to practice

11:30 – 11:50 Dr Kunda K. Mikanda Improving treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: results of the endTB randomised clinical trial the endTB clinical improving treatment of multidrug-resistant

11:50 – 12:10 Dr Lazro Fidelle Nyikayo Bol Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on stool and urine to diagnose tuberculosis in children living with HIV in South Sudan

12:10 – 12:40 Q&A/Discussion

12:40 – 13 :40 Lunch Break

Session 3: New operational strategies for old problems: the ‘patients and populations as partners’ approach

Chair – Ms Babhekile Shongwe

13:40 – 13:45 Facilitator Babhekile introduces the patients and populations as partners (PPP) topic

13:45 – 14:35 Marcos Tamariz Presentation illustrating PPP in practice: A case of the Mombasa study

  • Marcos Tamariz (Panelist 1): Supporting efforts to reduce HIV key population stigma among healthcare workers in Mombasa
  • Radoslav Antono (Panelist 2): Eswatini
  • Lungile Khumalo (Panelist 3): Eswatini voice of the voiceless
  • Precious Shongwe (Panelist 4): Eswatini Network of young positives

14:35 – 15:00 Coffee break

Session 4: Diagnosing acute and early HIV infection and pre-exposure prophylaxis in a choice framework

Chair – Make Sindy Matse

15:00 – 15:20 Dr Iza CigleneckiBurden of acute and early HIV infection in an outpatient setting in Shiselweni, Eswatini

15:20 – 15:40 Dr Esther Mukooza Drivers of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis choice among women in Eswatini given availability of oral PrEP and vaginal PrEP ring.

15:40 – 16:20 Q&A/Discussion

16:20 – 16:30 Closing remarks

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