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African Child © Heidi Larson
Cape Town, South Africa

Introduction of new vaccines into the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Southern Africa; public health, educational and economical aspects
October 13-15, 2004

Session overview

  Wednesday, October 13, 2004
  SESSION 1 Health economics
  SESSION 2 : Group work
       
  Thursday, October 14, 2004
  SESSION 3 : EPI & new vaccine introduction
  SESSION 4 : Future vaccines
  SESSION 5 : Selected topics of major interest in current EPI
       
  Friday, October 15, 2004
  SESSION 6 : Feedback of the workshops
  SESSION 7 : Training needs
       
       

topSessions : Wednesday, October 13, 2004

 

08.30 – 09.30 Registration and coffee

09.30 – 10.30

Opening ceremony

- Welcome address
- UCT
- NESI
   Word : 26 k
- WHO/UNICEF
   Word : 27 k
- Opening address by the Representative of the Department of Health (DOH) of South Africa

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

topSESSION 1 : Health economics
Chair: Girish Kotwal, Haroon Salojee

11.00 – 11.45 Financing immunisation: a growing importance to public health
Financing immunisation: the example of South Africa (non-GAVI country)
Mark Blecher
PPT : 517 k

11.45 – 12.30 Overview of the financial sustainability process and rationale within the immunisation programme
PPT : 273 k
Immunisation financing strategies and options
PPT : 43 k
Anne McArthur

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

Chair: Abdoulaye Jack, Robert Davis

14.00 – 14.30 Economic evaluation of new vaccine introduction (Hep B & Hib)
Tarande Manzila
PPT : 666 k

14.30 – 15.00 Financing immunisation: the example of Uganda (GAVI country)
Issa Makumbi
PPT : 215 k

15.00 – 15.30 Immunisation financing resources
Anne McArthur
PPT : 522 k

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

topSESSION 2 : Group work

16.00 – 18.00 Workshop 1
Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) training session
Facilitators: Ushma Mehta, Christian Goilav
PPT : 2,5 MB

16.00 – 18.00 Workshop 2
Financial sustainability and e-learning
Facilitators: Anne McArthur, Anke Lambin
PPT : 804k

16.00 – 18.00 Workshop 3
Evaluation of a Hep B immunisation programme
Facilitators: Patrick Zuber, Tarande Manzila, André Meheus
PDF : 109 k (article)
Word : 146 k (Questions and answers)

topSessions : Thursday, October 14, 2004

topSESSION 3 : EPI & new vaccine introduction
Chair: Hannah Neshuku, Francis André

08.30 – 09.00 Disease burden of Hib infection in Southern Africa and vaccine strategies
Greg Hussey
PPT : 7,1 MB

09.00 – 09.30 Disease burden of HBV infection in Southern Africa and vaccine strategies
Diana Hardie
PPT : 509 k

09.30 – 10.00 Eradicability of Hepatitis B
Robert Davis
PPT : 179 k

10.00 – 10.30 Regional progress with new vaccine introduction (Hep B & Hib)
Tarande Manzila
PPT : 381 k

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

Chair: Estelle de Klerk, Issa Makumbi

11.00 – 11.30 Combination vaccines: an overview
Danièle Kohl
PPT : 18,5 MB

11.30 – 12.00 Post introduction evaluation of new vaccines
Tarande Manzila
PPT : 148 k

12.00 – 12.30 Decision-making for new vaccine introduction
Patrick Zuber
PPT : 1,2 MB

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

topSESSION 4 : Future vaccines
Chair: Gregg Hussey, Anwar Hoosen

14.00 – 14.30 An example of a recently developed viral childhood vaccine: rotavirus vaccine
John Tumbo
PPT : 768 k

14.30 – 15.00 An example of a recently developed bacterial vaccine: pneumococcal vaccine
Shabir Madhi
PPT : 993 k

15.00 – 15.30 An example of a recently developed bacterial vaccine: conjugate meningococcal vaccine
Francis André
PPT : 1,7 MB

15.30 – 16.00

Discussion

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee break

topSESSION 5 : Selected topics of major interest in current EPI
Chair: Patrick Zuber, Ganapati Bhat

16.30 – 17.00 Epidemiology of measles in Southern Africa – progress with measles vaccination in the African region
Robert Kezaala
PPT : 3,5 MB

17.00 – 17.30 Epidemiology of measles in South Africa – evaluation of the recent mass vaccination campaign
Johann van den Heever & Neil Cameron
PPT : 3,5 MB

17.30 – 18.00 HIV and childhood vaccines interaction
Jeffrey Mphahlele
PPT : 650 k

Sessions : Friday, October 15, 2004

topSESSION 6 Feedback of the workshops
Chair: Tarande Manzila, Christian Goilav

08.30 – 08.45

Feedback on workshop 1
PPT : 171 k

08.45 – 09.00

Feedback on workshop 2

09.00 – 09.15

Feedback on workshop 3

09.15 – 09.30

Discussion



topSESSION 7 : Training needs
Chair: Ayele Gebremariam, Asia Hussein

09.30 – 10.00 Experience and perspectives with the implementation of the RED approach in the African region
Khadija Msambichaka
PPT : 488 k

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 10.50 Integrating the topic of EPI into curricula of medical and nursing schools: problems and perspectives
André Meheus
PPT : 150 k

10.50 – 11.25 Facts finding on teaching immunisation in nursing schools in Southern Africa
Baile Selaledi
PPT : 283 k

11.25 – 12.00 Facts finding on teaching immunisation in medical schools in Southern Africa
Ganapati Bhat
PPT : 43 k

12.00 – 12.30 Discussing a proposal of a prototype curriculum
Evariste Mutabaruka
PPT : 137 k

10.30 – 11.00

Lunch

Chair: Evariste Mutabaruka, Tatu Kamau

14.00 – 14.30 Presentation of the MLM module on new vaccine introduction
Tarande Manzila
PPT : 1 MB

14.30 – 14.45 Training Needs Assessment in Uganda
Elizabeth Kiboneka
PPT : 135 k

14.45 – 15.30

Lunch

15.30 – 16.00 WHO/AFRO perspectives for EPI training
Evariste Mutabaruka
PPT : 48 k

16.00 – 16.15 Closing of the meeting

16.15 – 18.00

Reception

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