TO INNOVATIONS

WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016 WORKSHOPS
7) Introduction and overview of GUV – Edward Nardell (United States of America)
8) Sustainable GUV in Russia – Gregory Volchinkov (Russian Federation)
9) Sustainable GUV in India – Soura Bhattacharyya (India)
10) Sustainable GUV in South Africa – Toby Van Reenen (South Africa)
11) Sustainable GUV in Ethiopia: business plan – Nathalie LaHood (Ethiopia)
12) How to sustain GUV: discussion – Paul Jensen (United States of America), Grigory Volchenkov (Russian Federation)
WORKSHOP 03 3 08:00- 14:30 3 SESSION ROOM 1C
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SKILLS IN ONE DAY
Section: All sections
This is a one-day workshop on operational research, providing an overview of the topic, the SORT IT model of operational research capacity building,
how to develop a protocol, how to use EpiData to undertake data collection and analysis, how to write a paper and get it accepted for publication and
how to change policy and practice. This workshop is designed to show participants what operational research is all about and show how it can help
in changing policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries.
The main aim of the workshop is to present the building blocks of operational research to an interested audience. Specific objectives include:
1) Providing an overview of operational research and how this can lead to changes in policy and practice
2) Presenting the Union-MSF model of capacity building
3) Demonstrating the principles of developing a research protocol
4) Organising data collection and performing data analysis using EpiData
5) Understanding the principles of writing a paper for publication
6) Understanding how to move research to policy and practice and how to monitor this progress.
Participants will finish the one-day workshop understanding the basic principles of operational research and the capacity building that is needed
to develop operational research at a country or programmatic level.
WEDNESDAY 26 OCT
The theme of the conference is Confronting Resistance: Fundamentals to Innovations. This workshop will show participants how operational research
on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and non-communicable diseases can be used to inform ministries of health, disease-control programmes, health workers
and the community about coverage, quality, effectiveness or safety of innovative strategies and innovative interventions to enable policy and practice
to be changed for the better to improve the health of people living in resource-poor countries.
Coordinator(s): Anthony D Harries (United Kingdom), Rony Zachariah (Luxembourg)
1) Operational research: what, why and how – Rony Zachariah (Luxembourg)
2) Operational research capactiy building – Anthony D Harries (United Kingdom)
3) Collection and organisation of data and use of Epidata – Ajay Kumar (India)
4) Moving research to policy and practice – Rony Zachariah (Luxembourg)
WORKSHOP 04 3 08:00- 14:30 3 SESSION ROOM 1B
SUPPRESSING RESISTANCE EMERGENCE IN TB PROGRAMMES USING PK/PD SCIENCE
Section: Tuberculosis
This is a one-day workshop on pharmacometric approaches to suppressing emergence of multidrug resistance and optimising existing
anti-TB regimens to minimise side effects. The workshop will provide an overview of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) sciences role
in chemotherapeutics, optimisation of traditional regimens and defining susceptibility breakpoints for the treatment of TB in adults, babies and
toddlers and other special populations including pregnant women and those with comorbid conditions.
Coordinator(s): Jotam Pasipanodya (United States of America), Vhudzani Tshisevhe (South Africa)
1) PK/PD, drug development and role of public-private partnerships – Debra Hanna (United States of America)
2) PK/PD Basics: models, dose selection, therapeutic targets – Eric Nuermberger (United States of America)
3) Pharmacokinetic variability of anti-TB agents in special populations – Helen McIlleron (South Africa)
4) How ‘TB’ therapy failure and acquired drug resistances emerge: TB programme versus hostpathogenfactors –
Jotam Pasipanodya (United States of America), Tawanda Gumbo (United States of America)
5) Role of drug gradient in lungs and acquired drug resistance – Keertan Dheda (South Africa)
6) Defining drug resistance in TB programmes based on PK/PD sciences – Tawanda Gumbo (United States of America)
7) How to implement PK monitoring in TB programmes: a practical approach – Jan-Willem Alfeenar (Netherlands)
8) Latest treatment regimens for children without drug resistant TB – Soumya Swaminathan (India)
9) Monitoring drug concentrations in patients with MDR-TB – Scott Heyssell (United States of America)
26-29 OCTOBER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM
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