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1 INDEPTH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PROGRAMME October, 2011 Centro Internacional de Conferencias Joaquim Chissano (CICJC) Maputo, Mozambique Theme Increasing the productivity and utilisation of health and demographic surveillance system data for public health in low-and middle-income countries General Arrivals: Sunday 23 October 2011 Departures: Thursday/Friday 28/29th October 2011 Saturday 22 October of the Scientific Advisory Committee, VIP Hotel; 09:00 17:00 Sunday 23 October INDEPTH Board, VIP Hotel, 09:00 17:00 2. Young Scientists Workshop, VIP Hotel, 09:00 17:00 organised by Rosalia Sciortino (SAC Vice Chair) 1

2 Monday 24 October :30-08:45 Breakfast meetings Networking Networking 08:45-09:00 Commute to Conference Centre 09:00 11:00 Session 1 (Plenary): Opening Session / HDSS Work in Mozambique 09:00 09:10 - Welcome by INDEPTH -Dr. Kayla Laserson, Board Chair, INDEPTH Network H.E. Dr Pascoal Mocumbi / Jeannette Quarcoopome Sala Plenaria (Plenary ) 09:10 09:20 09:20 09:40 - Welcome by Host Institution -Showcasing Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Mozambique -H.E. Dr Pascoal Mocumbi EDCTP (Mozambique) -Dr. Eusebio Macete, Director, Manhica Health Research Centre 09:40 10:00 10:00 10:30 -Reflections -Keynote Address: Unblocking Bottlenecks in the Data Production-Consumption Circuit Prof. Pedro Alonso, CRESIB, Spain -Prof. Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 10:30 10:50 -Guest of Honour: Official Opening of the Conference -HE The President of the Republic of Mozambique/Prime Minister 10:50 11:00 -Final Remarks Dr. Osman Sankoh, Executive Director, INDEPTH :15 Group Photo Session 11:15 11:30 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break MEET THE PRESS 2

3 Monday 24 October :30 13:00 Session 2 (Plenary): INDEPTH Projects-1 Rosalia Scortinio/ Martin Bangha 11:30 11:45 11:45 12:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 12: INDEPTH Effectiveness & Safety Studies of Antimalarials in Africa (INESS) 2. Vaccination and Child Survival 3. Demographic and Health Transition-Evidence from HDSSs 4. Sexual and Reproductive Health 5. Climate Change Migration and Mortality (CLIMIMO) 6. INDEPTH s Future Science, Data Management, and Capacity Strengthening 1. Fred Binka, INESS 2. Peter Aaby, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau 3. Ayaga Bawah, Columbia University, USA 4. Cornelius Debpuur, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana 5. Ali Sie, Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso 6. Steve Tollman, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 16:00 Session 3 (Plenary): INDEPTH Projects-2 David Ross / Martin Bangha 14:00 14:20 1. Application For Health And Demographic Surveillance 1. Veena Muralidharan, Vadu HDSS, India System Using An Open Source WebGIS Software 14: 20 14:40 14:40 15:00 2. Prevalence Of Active Convulsive Epilepsy (Ace) In Sub- Saharan Africa: Data From INDEPTH Epilepsy Studies 2. Anthony Ngugi, Kilifi HDSS Sala Plenaria Sala Plenaria 15:00 15:20 15:20 15:40 15:40 16:00 3. Verbal Autopsy (VA) with post-mortem 4. Tuberculosis 5. Antibiotic Resistance 6. Launch of INDEPTH PopStats 3. Kayla Laserson, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya 4. Christian Wejse, Bandim HDSS, Guinea Bissau 5. Chuc Nguyen, FilaBavi HDSS, Vietnam 6. Ayaga Bawah, Columbia University 3

4 Monday 24 October :00 16:30 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break Session 4 (Parallel) 16:30 18:00 4.1: Infant and Child Survival - How can HDSSs Contribute? 16:30 16:45 Keynote: Because that's how we've always done it': A mixed Cyril Engmann, University of North Carolina, USA methods approach to newborn health in Navrongo, as a basis for Network studies. 16:45-17:00 Child Mortality (12-59 Months): What Is Their Vaccination Status Jonas Kofi Akpakli, Dodowa HDSS, Ghana In The Dangme West District Of Ghana? 17:00-17:15 Patterns Of Childhood Death In Rural Guinea-Bissau Emil Dalgaard Christensen, Bandim HDSS, Guinea- Bissau 17:15-17:30 Risk Factors For Stillbirth In Urban Guinea-Bissau Frida Starup Jepsen, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau Eusebio Macete/ Peter Waiswa Sala 1/ 1 17:30-17:45 The Effect Of Distance To Formal Health Facility On Childhood Mortality In Rural Tanzania. 17:45-18:00 Moment Of Pause: Examining The Determinants Of Adverse Perinatal Outcome In Rural Dangme West District Daniel Kadobera, Iganga/Mayuge HDSS, Uganda Vida Ami Kukula, Dodowa HDSS, Ghana 16:30 18:00 4.2: Health Systems Research in HDSSs Halima Mwenesi / James Akazili 16:30 16:45 Keynote: The Growing Role and Importance of HDSS for Health Don de Savigny (SAC), Swiss Tropical Public Health Systems Strengthening Institute, Switzerland 16:45-17:00 Linking The HDSS And The Health Care System Through Patient- Ryan Wagner, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Held Records For The Treatment Of Epilepsy 17:00-17:15 Implications For Population-Based Research Of Imperfect Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Agincourt HDSS, South Record Linkage Between Health Facility Data And Demographic Africa Surveillance Data. 17:15-17:30 Contribution Of Nouna HDSS In Breaking The Barriers To Access Adama Traore, Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso To Health Care In Nouna Health District, Burkina Faso Sala Plenaria 4

5 Monday 24 October :30-17:45 The Impact Of Community-Based Health Systems On Equity In A Cornelius Debpuur, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana Rural Locality Of Northern Ghana 17:45 18:00 New paper-free tools for an integrated demographic, hospital Charfodin Sacoor, Manhica HDSS, Mozambique and laboratory based surveillance system in Manhiça. 16:30 18:00 4.3: Maternal Health How Can HDSSs Be Stacey Gage / Utilized? Alioune Diagne 16:30 16:45 Keynote: Maternal Health in the City: The Urban Penalty Nyovani Madise, University of Southampton, UK Sala 2 / 2 16:45-17:00 The Impact Of Fertility On Maternal Mortality In Three Rural Districts Of Tanzania 17:00-17:15 Consequences Of Maternal Mortality On Infant Survival: 17:15-17:30 Urban - Rural Disparities In Antenatal Care Utilization Evidence From Two Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems In Vietnam 17:30-17:45 The Effect Of Mother s Age On Neonatal Survival Associated With First And Second Birth In Rural Tanzania 17:45-18:00 Combining VA and pathology to improve cause of maternal death determination Almamy Malick Kante, Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania Abdur Razzaque, Matlab HDSS, Bangladesh Toan Tran Khanh, Dodalab HDSS, Vietnam Majige Selemani, Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania Clara Menendez, Manhica HDSS, Mozambique From 18:00 Networking Networking Dinner (Hosted by the Spanish Ambassador at Residence) 5

6 Tuesday 25 October :30-08:45 Breakfast s Networking Networking 08:45-09:00 Commute to Conference Centre 09:00 10:45 Session 5 (Plenary): Methods and Measurements for HDSSs-1 09:00-09:30 Keynote: The OpenHDS System: Lessons From Its Development Ime Asangansi, (SAC), University of Southern Maine, USA 09:30-10:00 The Dynamics Of Migration To Mortality In East And Southern Mark Collinson, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Africa: INDEPTH Network Perspectives 09:45-10:00 Why Do People Decline To Take Part In A Research-Led Census? Francis Kombe, Kilifi HDSS, Kenya Experiences From Following Up Refusals In A Rural Community Of Kilifi, Kenya 10:00-10:20 Mobilising Community Representatives For Vital Registration - George Wak, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana The Navrongo Experience 10:20-10:40 Establishing a genetic cohort study within the Kilifi HDSS Thomas N Williams, Kilifi HDSS, Kenya 10:45 11:00 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break Session 6: Parallel Sam Clark / Aristide Bado Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 11:00 12:30 6.1: Sexual and Reproductive Health - How Can HDSSs Contribute? 11:00-11:30 Keynote Emerging Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health: Potential Contributions of HDSS Data 11:30-11:45 Fertility, Maternal Employment And Income: A Prospective Study Of The Urban Poor In Kenya 11:45-12:00 Fertility Decline And Stall In Rural Northeast Of South Africa: The Role Of Mozambican Former Refugees 12:00-12:15 Birth Spacing In Western Kenya: Effect Of Family Composition And Wealth Index On Birth Intervals, Stacey Gage, (SAC), Tulane University, USA Djesika Amendah, Nairobi HDSS, Kenya Latifat Ibisomi, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Maquins Sewe, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya Cheikh Mbacke / Samuelina Arthur Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 6

7 Tuesday 25 October :15-12:30 Sex Ratio At Birth Results From Follow Up Surveys In Filabavi Trang Doan Ha, Filabavi HDSS, Vietnam Health And Demographic Surveillance Site During The Period :00 12:30 6.2: Cause of Death Determination from the HDSS Frank Odhiambo Using Verbal Autopsy (VA) / Chodziwadziwa Kabudula 11:00-11:30 Keynote: Death may be Certain But not the Cause: Making Peter Byass (SAC), Umea University, Sweden Cause of Death a Routine Part of HDSS Operations 11:30-11:45 Social autopsy: INDEPTH Network experiences of utility, process, Daniel Kadobera, Iganga/Mayuge HDSS, Uganda practices and challenges in investigating causes and contributors to mortality 11:45-12:00 What Is Killing Women Of Child Bearing Age In A Rural Evasius Bauni, Kilifi HDSS, Kenya Community Of Coastal Kenya? Insights From Verbal Autopsy In The Kilifi HDSS. 12:00-12:15 An improved method for physician- coded verbal autopsy Maurice YÉ, Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso reduces the rate of discrepancy: Experiences in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Burkina Faso. 12:15-12:30 The Changing Dynamics Of Morbidity And Mortality In Rural Cornelius Debpuur, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana Ghana 11:00 12:30 6.3: Vaccination and Child Survival - Using HDSSs to Monitor Progress 11:00-11:30 Keynote: The Eradication Of Measles Infection Will Increase Child Mortality In Africa 11:30-11:45 Non-Specific And Sex-Differential Effects Of Vaccinations On Child Survival In Rural Western India 11:45-12:00 Measles Vaccination In Presence Of Maternal Measles Antibodies Confers Non-Specific Beneficial Effects On Child Survival Peter Aaby, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau Siddhi Hirve, Vadu HDSS, India Christine Stabell Benn, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau 12:00-12:15 Vitamin A Provided In Campaign Was Not Associated With Ane Bærent Fisker, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau Davidson Gwatkin / Vida Kukula Sala 1/ 1 Sala 2 / 2 7

8 Tuesday 25 October 2011 Lower Mortality But May Have Interacted With Vaccination Status: Observational Study From Guinea-Bissau 12:15-12:30 Does The WHO Recommended Vaccination Schedule Truly Benefit Child Survival 12:30 13:00 6.4: Poster Session 1: Review of Posters by SAC 13:00 14:00 Lunch* Poster Viewing* Lunch Sma Hanifi, Chakaria HDSS, Bangladesh 14:00-15:30 Session 7 (Plenary): A Debate on the Pros and Cons of Data Sharing Garry Aslanyan / Martin Bangha Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 14:00-15:30 Debate on the Pros and Cons of Data Sharing Convened by ESSENCE on Health Research Initiative in collaboration with INDEPTH Network Garry Aslanyan, WHO/TDR, ESSENCE Secretariat 15:30 15:45 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break Session 8 (Parallel) 15:45 17:15 8.1: Malaria - Using HDSSs to Monitor Control and Treatment 15:45-16:00 Keynote: Ten years of malaria vaccine trials in the Manhiça HDSS Jahit Sacarlal, Manhica HDSS, Mozambique 16:00 16:15 Trends In Bednet Ownership And Usage And Impact Of Bednets Thomas N Williams, Kilifi HDSS, Kenya On Malaria Morbidity In The Kilifi Health And Demographic Surveillance Site; :15 16:30 Access To Artemisinin-Based Anti-Malaria Treatment And Its Rashid Khatib, Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania Related Factors In Rural Tanzania 16:30 16:45 Influence Of Malaria Diagnostic Tests In Targeting Anti-Malarial Irene Masanja, Rufiji HDSS, Tanzania Treatment, Rural Tanzania: Implications For A National Roll Out Seth Owusu- Agyei / Wasif Khan Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 8

9 Tuesday 25 October 2011 Of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests 16:45 17:00 Health Worker Factors Associated With Correct Prescribing Of Majige Selemani, Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania Artemisinin Combination Therapy For Uncomplicated Malaria In Rural Tanzania 17:00 17:15 Cohort Event Monitoring With Artesunate Amodiaquine At Anthony Kwarteng, Kintampo HDSS, Ghana Kintampo Health And Demographic Surveillance System: A Unique Platform For Collection Of Rigorous Safety Data On Medicines 15:45 17:15 8.2: Methods and Measurement for HDSSs-2 Mitike Sisay / George Wak 15:45 16:05 Challenges to the implementation of a HDSS in a city in full expansion: the case of Kaya HDSS 16:05 16:25 Effect Of Meteorological Factors On Mortality: Evidence From Abhoynagar And Matlab Health And Demographic Surveillance Sites In Bangladesh, :25 16:40 Incorporating Questions On Disabilities Into HDSS-The Kintampo Experience Aristide Romaric Bado, Kaya HDSS, Burkina Faso Nurul Alam, Abhoynagar/Mirsarai/Kamalapur HDSS, Bangladesh Stephaney Gyaase, Kintampo HDSS, Ghana PAPER WITHDRAWN 16:45 17:00 Twin Innovative Strategy To Sustain Cholera Prevention: Eric Maitha, Kilifi HDSS, Kenya Evidence From Kilifi HDSS. 17:00 17:15 Improving The Data Collection Process In HDSS In Poor Areas Nathalie Mondain, Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso With Small Actions 15:45 17:15 8.3: Technological Innovations for HDSSs Ime Asangansi / Veena Muralidharan 15:45-16:00 Fingerprinting Individuals In The KEMRI/CDC Health And Victor Were, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya Demographic Surveillance System, Western Kenya, :00 16:15 Investigating Cell phone Usage in improving timely vaccine Hotenzia Wakadha, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya uptake in the KEMRI/CDC HDSS 16:15 16:30 The implementation of INESS Data Linkage The Navrongo Isaiah Agorinya, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana Experience Sala 1 / 1 Sala 2 / 2 9

10 Tuesday 25 October :30 16:45 Surveillance Data Collection In Matlab: Comparison Of PDA And Golam Mustafa, Matlab HDSS, Bangladesh Paper 16:45 17:00 Feasibility Of Biometric Identification Technique For Demographic Surveillance System In An African Rural Setting Emmanuel Mahama, Kintampo HDSS, Ghana 17:00 17:15 Timely Hospital Surveillance: From Paper based Data Collection Laureen Omare, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya to Netbooks 17:15 18:30 Session 9 (Parallel): 17:15 18:30 9.1: Funders Session Richard Suzman / 17:15 18:30 Funders Session :All funders (Sida/GLOBFORSK, Rockefeller Richard Suzman, NIA/NIH, USA Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, NIA/WHO, Gates Foundation, Welcome Trust, IDRC, DANIDA, USAID, EU, NORAD, Save the Children,...) 17:15 18:30 Sessions : INDEPTH Working Groups 1 Sala 4-5A / 4-5A 17:15-18:30 9.2: Adult Health and Aging (AHA) Steve Tollman, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Sala 1 17:15-18:30 9.3: Migration & Urbanisation /Multi-centre Analysis of Mark Collinson, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Sala 2 Dynamics of Migration and Health (MADIMAH) 17:15-18:30 9.4: Health Systems James Akazili, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana Sala 3 17:15-18:30 9.5: Antibiotics Resistance: Proposal development Betuel Sigauque, Manhica HDSS, Mozambique /NTC Sala 8 Chuc, Filabavi HDSS, Vietnam / Wasif Kahn, Bandarban HDSS, Bangladesh 17:15-18:30 9.6: Newborns: Presentation by Save the Children Joy Lawn Peter Waiswa, Iganga-Mayuge HDSS, Uganda Sala 14 18:30-19:30 9.7: GSK + DataNet: Vaccine Safety Studies using the HDSS Bernhards Ogutu Sala 1 Platform From 19:30 Networking Networking Dinner 10

11 Wednesday 26 October :30-08:45 Breakfast meetings Networking Networking 08:45-09:00 Commute to Conference Centre 09:00 11:00 Session 10 (Plenary): INDEPTH General Assembly 1 (Open Session) - The General Assembly (all stakeholders of INDEPTH Full and Associate Members, Board, SAC...) - The Board reports to the General Assembly on the activities of the Network. The Board Chair makes some remarks and asks the Executive Director to present The State of the Network. - The 2010 financial report is presented to the General Assembly by Price Water House Coopers (PWC). (All participants invited) -Board Chair -Executive Director - Price Water House Coopers (PWC) All participants may ask questions Board Chair/ Board Secretary 11:00 11:30 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break Session 11 (Parallel) 11:30 13: : INDEPTH General Assembly 2: Centre Leaders Board Chair/ Board Secretary 11:30 13:00 Parallel Session A. INDEPTH General Assembly 2: Centre Leaders (CLOSED SESSION) - HRweb - Board election - Tabling and endorsing new resolutions All INDEPTH Leaders Titus Tei, INDEPTH Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 11:30 13: : Young Scientists Seminar: On the road to independence: Things every young researcher should know from concept to publication" Cyril M. Engmann/Cheryl Moyer, University of North Carolina, USA Martin Bangha / Samuelina Arthur Sala 1 / 1 11

12 Wednesday 26 October :30 13: : Adult Health, HIV, Tuberculosis and Stephen Tollman Socioeconomic Status in HDSSs / Steve Wandiga 11:30-11:45 Overall Health State, Quality Of Life And Physical Disability Among Older People: Early And Late Mortality In Six And After Six Months Of Longitudinal Follow Up In Rural Of Tanzania. 11:45-12:00 An Assessment Of The Evidence For A Positive Impact Of A Clinic On The Development Of The Local HIV Epidemic In The Agincourt HDSS 12:00-12:15 Tuberculosis Drug Resistance In A Rural African Population Over 20 Years 12:15-12:30 Demographic Events And Economic Conditions Of Rural Households In Bangladesh: Evidence From Matlab HDSS, :30-12:45 Comparing Health facility based versus HDSS for improved estimates of HIV prevalence among adults in Manhiça 13:00-14:00 Lunch * Poster Viewing * Lunch Mathew Mwanyangala, Ifakara HDSS, Tanzania Paul Mee, Agincourt HDSS, South Africa Sebastian Mboma, Karonga HDSS, Malawi Nurul Alam, Abhoynagar/Mirsarai/Kamalapur HDSS, Bangladesh Khatia Muguambe, Manhica HDSS, Mozambique Sala 2 / 2 14:00 15:30 Session 12 (Plenary): New Collaborations - An INDEPTH Strategy to Success 14:00-14:15 INDEPTH/ALPHA: Cause of Death Determination through Basia Zaba, London School, UK InterVA 14:15-14:25 INTREC: INDEPTH Training Centre Yulia Blomstedt, Umea, Sweden 14:25-14:35 Indoor Air Pollution Sanjay Juvekar, Vadu HDSS, India 14:35-14:45 IMAS Dengue Surveillance using the HDSS platform Thomas Jaenisch, Heidelberg University, Germany 14:45-14:55 J-PAL and global intervention research Kamilla Gumede, J-PAL Africa 14:55-15:05 Vaccine Safety: Utilizing the INDEPTH HDSS Platform-1 GSK 15:05-15:15 Vaccine Safety: Utilizing the INDEPTH HDSS Platform-2 DataNet 15:15-15:30 PROJECT NTSHEMBO (Hope): Improving adolescent health and Shane Norris, South Africa Marcel Tanner / Martin Bangha Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 12

13 Wednesday 26 October 2011 interrupting mother-infant transfer of health risk in sub- Saharan Africa 15:30 16:00 Health Break * Health Break * Health Break Session 13 (Parallel) 16:00 18:00 Sessions : INDEPTH Working Groups 2 16:00 18: : Tuberculosis (TB) Kayla Laserson/Steve Wandiga, Kisumu HDSS, Kenya Sala 4-5A/ 4-5A 16:00 18: : Climate Change, Migration and mortality (CLIMIMO) Ali Sie, Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso Sala 1 16:00 18: : Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Cornelius Debpuur, Navrongo HDSS, Ghana Sala 2 16:00 18: : Indoor Air Pollution (Proposal development) Sanjay Juvekar, Vadu HDSS, India Sala 8 16:00 18: : Cause of Death Determination (CODD) - presentation by INDEPTH/ALPHA - Discussion of VA with post mortem Peter Byass, Umea University, Sweden Sala 3 16:00 18: : Vaccination and Child Survival Peter Aaby, Bandim HDSS, Guinea-Bissau Sala 14 From 18:00 Networking Networking Dinner 13

14 Thursday 27October :00-12:30 Field Trip to Manhica HDSS (Pre-registration is necessary for logistical reasons) 13:00-14:00 Lunch * Lunch * Lunch 14:00-15:30 Session 14 (Plenary): Working Groups Feedback Peter Byass / Alioune Diagne Sala 4-5A / 4-5A 14:00-15:30 Working Groups Feedback: Using 2 slides, groups report on current status and plans for the near future. 1. Climate Change, Migration and Health 2. Adult Health and Aging 3. Vaccination and Child Survival 4. Sexual and Reproductive Health 5. Antibiotics Resistance 6. Tuberculosis 7. Indoor Air Pollution 8. Health Systems 9. Migration and Urbanization (MADIMAH) 10. Cause of Death Determination 11. Vaccine Safety 12. Newborn 1. Ali Sie, Nouna HDSS 2. Steve Tollman, Agincourt HDSS 3. Peter Aaby, Bandim HDSS 4. Cornelius Debpuur, Navrongo HDSS 5. Chuc Nguyen, Filabavi HDSS 6. Christian Wejse, Bandim HDSS 7. Sanjay Juvekar, Vadu HDSS 8. James Akazili, Navrongo HDSS 9. Mark Collinson, Agincourt HDSS 10. Peter Byass, Umea University 11. Bernhards Ogutu, INDEPTH INESS 12. Peter Waiswa, Iganga/Mayuge HDSS 14

15 15:30-16:00 Heath Break * Health Break 16:00-17:00 Session 15 (Plenary): Closing Ceremony Osman Sankoh / Jeannette Quarcoopome 16:00 17:00 Closing a. Award of INDEPTH Prizes 1. INDEPTH Prize 2011 published paper 2. Best Poster Award (Young Scientists and Regular Posters) b. Closing Ceremony Outgoing Board Chair New Board Chair Outgoing SAC Chair New SAC Chair Funders rep Centre Leaders rep Collaborators rep Independent Assessment Executive Director DEPARTURES * DEPARTURES * DEPARTURES SAC rep SAC rep Kayla Laserson TBD? David Ross Peter Byass Richard Suzman Macete, Manhica Abdul Lamin Siddhi Hirve Osman Sankoh DEPARTURES * DEPARTURES * DEPARTURES Sala 4-5A / 4-5A 18:00-20:00 Thursday Evening Planning of the INDEPTH Training and Research Centres of Excellence (INTREC) - organised by Yulia Blomstedt Thursday Afternoon Friday Evening (27-28 October 2011) Side of the INDEPTH Vaccine Group, VIP Hotel Organised by Peter Aaby Friday Sunday (27-29 October 2011) 2 nd Working Group of the INDEPTH MADIMAH Group, VIP Hotel Organised by Mark Collinson Sala 3 / 3 Sala 4-5A / 4-5A Multi-centre Analysis of Dynamics of Migration and Health (MADIMAH) 15

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