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Fri 11 May, 2018
Sat 12 May, 2018
Conference Day one, Friday 11 May 2018
08:00
Registration, networking and coffee break
08:45
Welcome note from Maarefah Management
08:50
Welcome Note from the scientific committee of the 3rd Dubai International on Infectious Diseases and Vaccination Congress
Immunization for the whole life span
09:00
Vaccination hesitancy: the problem and solutions
Mussab Al Saleh,
MD, MSc, Head of Communicable Disease Control Division and EPI Manager, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
09:30
Barriers to Adult and Health Care Workers Immunizations: Getting from “No!” to “Yes!
Salah Al Awaidy
Communicable Diseases Adviser in Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Oman
10:00
Impact of Pneumococcal vaccine on children and adults
Hossam Al-Tatari,
MD, FAAP, FIDSA
10:30 Networking Coffee Break
11:00
HPV Vaccination guidelines
11:30 Interactive Panel Discussion:
Implementing recommended immunizations for adolescents and adults in the region: Future plans
Moderator:
Nawal Al kaabi,
Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Panelists:
Idris Al Abaidani,
Director, Communicable Diseases Department, Ministry of Health, Oman
Mussab Al Saleh,
MD, MSc, Head of Communicable Disease Control Division and EPI Manager, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
12:00 Friday’s Prayer and Networking Lunch Break
Managing drug resistance
14:00
Interactive debate: Mono Vs Combination therapies for resistant cases
14:30
Multi-drug resistant bugs: Creating diagnostics challenge
Eiman Mokaddas,
MD, FRCPath
15:00
Which came first the antibiotic or the resistance ?
Ghassan Ahmad Abdel Rahman Ghatash,
MD
15:30 Networking Coffee break
16:00 The DICID Jeopardy Quiz:
Challenge your knowledge and win prizes Moderated by key experts in the field of Infectious diseases
17:00
Closing of Conference Day One
Congress Day Two, Saturday 12 May, 2018
08:30
Registration, Coffee and Networking
Infectious Diseases in the Region
Moderators:
Eiman Mokaddas,
MD, FRCPath
Zulfa Al Deesi,
PhD
09:00
Challenges in infection prevention and control
Najiba Abdulrazzaq,
MD
09:30
Influenza burden in GCC
Farida Alhosani,
MD
10:00
Innovative diagnostics for infectious diseases
10:30 Networking coffee break
11:00
UAE National AMR Surveillance System: Where are we?
Jens Thomsen,
MPH
11:30
Candida auris: An emerging multidrug-resistant yeast
Adnan Alatoom,
M.D, PhD, ABMM, FCAP
12:00
Role of rapid diagnostics in the antimicrobial stewardship
Anju Nabi,
MD
12:30 Networking Lunch Break
13:30 Interactive Panel Discussion:
Infectious Diseases in the region: Ask the Expert Epidemiological review on regional vaccine preventable diseases and epidemics
Experts:
Abdullah M Assiri
Adel Salman Alsayyad
Ahmed Hakawi
HIV
Moderators:
Ali El Galib,
MBBS, FRCP, Dip HIV, DTM&H, MSc
Nezar Bahabri,
MD
14:00
HIV and Co-morbidity: guidelines and best practices
Asad Afroz Khan,
MD, FRCP(C)
14:30
HIV testing in the Middle East: When and by Whom?
Ali El Galib,
MBBS, FRCP, Dip HIV, DTM&H, MSc
15:00
Unveiling the closed box: Things you don't know about HIV in the Arab World
Nezar Bahabri
15:30 Networking Coffee Break
Infection Prevention and Control
Moderators:
Anju Nabi,
MD
Zahi Helou,
MD
16:00
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) latest guidelines
Ashraf Al Houffi
16:30
Screening in Blood Banks: impact on infection prevention
17:00
Selected Viruses of Infection Control Importance
Rupa Murthy Varghese
17:30 Closing remarks and end of day two
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