Epicentre Scientific Day 2023
Every year, Epicentre's Scientific Day offers an opportunity to learn about our ongoing activities and projects, as well as to engage in discussions on relevant topics. Each session will foster in-depth reflection on the impact of conducted studies and their practical applications.
You can learn more about Epicentre Scientific Day 2023 by visiting the Epicentre website.
Day 1
Session 1: Nutrition
Moderator: Oumar Samake, AMEDD NGO
Hospital mortality by severe acute malnutrition diagnostic category among children aged 6-59 months, Katsina, Nigeria. Erica Simons, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
The challenges of reducing child mortality at the district level: the case of Koutiala, Mali. Martin Yakum, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Stimnut: An innovative community-led research action of psychosocial stimulation intervention to improve the management of child malnutrition in Koutiala, Mali. Claire Bossard, Epicentre & Aissatou Diallo, MSF | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Session 2: Outbreaks I - Cholera
Moderators: Philippe Barboza, WHO
Case-area targeted interventions to rapidly contain the spread of cholera: updates from the DRC study. Nana Mimbu & Flavio Finger, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Assessing cholera transmission in endemic areas following mass preventive OCV campaigns in DRCs. Anaïs Broban, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Epidemiological situation of cholera in 2023. Flavio Finger, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Session 3: Outbreaks II
Moderator: Christopher Mambula, MSF-OCP, France
Safety of hepatitis E vaccination in pregnancy following the first mass reactive vaccination campaign in Bentiu, South Sudan. Robin Nesbitt, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Description of the 2022 Ebola outbreak in Uganda. Denis Ardiet, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Lessons learned from the measles outbreak response project in the Katanga Region 2021/22. Birgit Nikolay, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Preliminary results of retrospective mortality surveys among the populations in camps around Goma, DRC. Erica Simons, Epicentre
Session 4: General session
Moderator: Sabo Haoua Seini, CERMES
Efficacy and safety of Triple ACTs compared to conventional ACTs for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria: Preliminary results of the DeTACT trial in Niger. Ibrahim Ngoumboute, Epicentre Research Center, Niger | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Invasive bacterial infections in patients with advanced HIV disease in Kinshasa: prevalence, antibiotic resistance and treatment. Celïne Langendorf, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Interim results of the multi-site incidence study of Lassa fever in West Africa. Anton Camacho, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Session 5: Tuberculosis
Moderator: Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa, MSF-OCA
Impact of decentralisation of childhood TB diagnosis to district hospitals and primary health centers; example from Uganda. Naome Natukunda, Epicentre Research Centre, Uganda | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Mortality and Violence in Haiti in 2023: 2 population-based surveys. Thomas Roederer, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
How new imaging techniques help diagnosing TB?
- Ultrasound compared to chest X-ray to diagnose TB in Papua New Guinea, Maria Lightowler, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
- Implementation and feasibility of digital chest X-ray coupled to computer-aided detection (CAD) in active TB case finding in Tondo (Manila), Philippines, Trisha Angelie F. Thadhani, MSF Philippines & Emelie Yonally Phillips, Epicentre | Read the abstract