Date: 11th March 2018
Location: Bhubaneswar, India.
APACI, in collaboration with the KIIT University in Odisha, the Influenza Foundation of India (IFI), the Association of Physicians of India (Odisha branch), the Regional Medical Research Center (Indian Council of Medical Research) and the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India held an Influenza Workshop in Bhubaneswar, on Sunday 11 March 2018, at the KIIT University.
ProgramSession 1: Impact of Influenza
Lance Jennings (New Zealand) Influenza globally
Anil Prasad (India) History of influenza in India & viral changes
Mandeep Chadha (India) Surveillance systems & epidemiology of influenza in India
Shobha Broor (India) Disease burden in India
Parvaiz Koul (India) Influenza vaccination in India: myths & realities
Session 2: Influenza and chronic diseases
Raja Dhar (India) Influenza & chronic lung disease
Jayant Panda (India) Influenza & diabetes
Session 3: Influenza vaccination
Siddhartha Saha (India) Vaccination of pregnant women to protect mother & infant
Lance Jennings (New Zealand) Paediatric influenza vaccination: individual protection & herd immunity
Rod Pearce (Australia) Influenza vaccination for older people
Suzy Maria (Indonesia) Influenza vaccination amongst healthcare workers
James Fielding (Australia) Influenza vaccine effectiveness: issues & challenges
Session 4: Treatment of Influenza
Barnaby Young (Singapore) Development of antivirals, and treatments for influenza
Session 5: Emergence of H7N9
Siddhartha Saha (India) Emergence of H7N9 in China: threat and response
Presentations
Lance Jennings
(New Zealand)
Clinical Virologist, Canterbury Health Laboratories (retired); Associate Professor, Pathology Department, University of Otago, New Zealand; APACI Director.
Presentation – Influenza globally
Anil Prasad
(India)
Chairman of the Influenza Foundation of India; President of the Indian Virological Society; President of the Biotechnology Society of India; APACI Member.
Presentation – History of influenza in India & viral changes
Mandeep Chadha
(India)
National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research
Presentation – Surveillance systems & epidemiology of influenza in India
Shobha Broor
(India)
Professor & Head Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences SGT University Guragon Haryana; Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Presentation – Disease burden in India
Parvaiz Koul
(India)
Professor & Head of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Science
Presentation – Influenza vaccination in India; myths & realities
Raja Dhar
(India)
Pulmonologist & Critical Care Specialist, Fortis Hospitals
Presentation – Influenza & chronic lung disease
Siddhartha Saha
(India)
Director(Ag), Influenza Division (India) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation – Vaccination of pregnant women to protect the mother and the infant
Lance Jennings
(New Zealand)
Clinical Virologist, Canterbury Health Laboratories (retired); Associate Professor, Pathology Department, University of Otago, New Zealand; APACI Director.
Presentation – Paediatric influenza vaccination – individual protection and herd immunity
Rod Pearce
(Australia)
AM, Adelaide and country General Practitioner; Medical Officer, Eastern Health Authority and Royal District Nursing Service; Immunisation Coalition Member, Former Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) member
Presentation – Influenza vaccination for older people
Suzy Maria
(Indonesia)
Allergy – Clinical Immunology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital / Faculty of Medicine of Universitas Indonesia; APACI Member
Presentation – Influenza vaccination amongst healthcare workers
James Fielding
(Australia)
Epidemiologist, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
Presentation – Influenza vaccine effectiveness: issues and challenges
Barnaby Young
(Singapore)
onsultant, Institute of Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology (IIDE), Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Presentation – Development of antivirals, and treatments for influenza – Part 1, Part 2
Siddhartha Saha
(India)
Director(Ag), Influenza Division (India) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation – Emergence of H7N9 in China: threat and response
