Scientific Days 2024
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 find more information about Epicentre Scientific Days 2024 by visiting the Epicentre website.
Day 1
Session 1: Contexts of violence
Moderators: Sarah Chateau, MSF France & Claire Nicolet, MSF France
High mortality and violence among refugees and returnees from West Darfur, Sudan arriving in Chad, 2023: results from three retrospective mortality surveys. Erica Simons, Epicentre | 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
Session 2: Challenges and opportunities to improve access
Moderators: Farah Hossain, MSF Japan & Alain Alsalhani, Access Campaign, MSF
A concern for large-scale treatment access: High prevalence of active HCV infection among Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals residing in camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Birgit Schramm, Epicentre & Farah Hossain, MSF Japan | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Determining whether mass vaccination campaigns with fractional dose of PCV10 (Pneumosil®) could accelerate herd protection against pneumococcal transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Issaka Soumana, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Session 3: Models of care
Moderators: Christopher Mambula, MSF France & Etienne Guillard, MSF France
Exploring patient preferences and outcomes: the example of new differentiated models of HIV care delivery in Uganda and the DRC among people living with HIV. Jihane Ben-Farhat, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Challenges and lessons of implementing models of HIV Care in Carnot, Central African Republic. Valentina Carnimeo & Pascale Lissouba, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Community household child contact investigation for tuberculosis. Anca Vasiliu, IRD | Read the abstract
Session 4: Hepatitis E: From outbreak response to policy changes: MSF use of the Hepatitis E vaccine and operational research
Moderators: Iza Ciglenecki, MSF Suisse & Mélanie Marti, WHO
First mass reactive vaccination campaign against Hepatitis E: main results of observational studies. Etienne Gignoux, Epicentre | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Hepatitis E outbreak response in Fangak County, South Sudan: coverage and acceptance of a vaccination campaign targeting women of reproductive. Joseph Aumuller, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Session 5: Tuberculosis
Moderators: Cathy Hewison, MSF France & Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, Ugandan tuberculosis and leprosy control program at the Ministry of Health
‘You can save a life if we get those algorithms right’. A multi-country mixed-methods evaluation of new paediatric TB diagnostic algorithms. Sofia Payotte & Giulia Scarpa, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Treatment of children and adolescents with MDR/RR-TB regimens containing bédaquiline and delamanid: results from the endTB observational study. Mathieu Bastard, WHO| Read the abstract
endTB clinical trial: results in key subgroups of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis. Maelenn Gouillou, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Session 6: Outbreak I Ebola
Moderators: Prof. Steve Ahuka, INRB DRC & John Johnson, MSF France
Effectiveness of rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination during the 10th Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective observational analysis. Sophie Meakin, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Case fatality risk among individuals vaccinated with rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP: a retrospective cohort analysis of patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rebecca Coulborn, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Session 7: Outbreak II
Moderators: Ismael Adjaho, MSF WaCa & Prof. Steve Ahuka, INRB DRC
Measles confirmation and seroprevalence: addressing the challenges of sample collection and laboratory procedures. Céline Langendorf & Birgit Nikolay, Epicentre | Read the abstract
Multi-country validation of a simple alert system to improve measles outbreak response. Catherine Eisenhauer, Epicentre | Read the abstract
The surge of diphtheria in 2023: Global overview, MSF responses & challenge. Yves Amevoin, Epicentre & Franck Ale, MSF WaCa | Read the abstract