Programme at a Glance
Please select a date to view the days programme. Subject to Change
07:00 |
Registration for pre-congress workshops open |
Tent |
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Pre-congress Workshops |
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08:30-12:30 |
Dissemination Meeting 1 - IMPALA Dissemination |
Wanjiku Kagima (Kenya) |
13:30-16:30 |
Dissemination Meeting 2 - TUPUMUE Dissemination |
Graham Devereux (UK) |
08:00-16:30 |
Skills Building Workshop 1 - Spirometry |
Lindsay Zurba (South Africa) |
13:30-16:30 |
Skills Building Workshop 2 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
Sally Singh (UK) |
08:00-16:30 |
Skills Building Workshop 3 - Video Assisted Thoracoscopy |
Nabil Khan (Germany) & N.S. Rodriguez (UAE) |
08:00-16:30 |
Skills Building Workshop 4 - Thoracic Ultrasound |
Sheila Masheti (Kenya) |
17:30-18:00 |
Opening Ceremony
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
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Welcome Address ReSoK Chairperson |
Jumaa Bwika (Kenya) |
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Welcome Address PATS Chairperson |
Joseph Aluoch (Kenya) |
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Welcome Address Congress Chair |
Obianuju Ozoh (Nigeria) |
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Message from the National Medical Association |
Simon Kigondu (Kenya) |
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Vote of thanks |
Jeremiah Chakaya (Kenya) |
18:00-19:00 |
Plenary 1: Climate change and lung health
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
18:00-18:30 |
Climate change and lung health |
Arzu Yorgancioglu (Türkiye) |
18:30-19:00 |
The Social environment and lung health |
Martha Chinouya (UK) |
19:00 |
Registration for full congress opens |
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19:00 |
Cocktail Function and organized entertainment |
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08:00 |
Registration & CPD Scanning opens
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Tent |
08:30-10:00 |
Plenary 2: Burden of Respiratory disease in Africa
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
08:30-08:50 |
Trends in respiratory disease burden in Africa |
Davies Adeloye (Nigeria/UK) |
08:50-09:20 |
SABINA study presentation (AstraZeneca sponsored) |
Jeremiah Chakaya (Kenya) |
09:20-09:40 |
Impact of tobacco and tobacco products on Lung health |
Andy Bush (UK) |
09:40-10:00 |
Air pollution and lung cancer |
Bertrand Mbatchou (Cameroon) |
10:00-10:30 |
TEA/COFFEE |
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10:30-12:30 |
Adult Track 1: Optimizing treatment of chronic airway disease in Africa
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Venue: Johari |
10:30-10:50 |
Severe asthma in Africa: is personalized care possible? |
Bruce Kirenga (Uganda) |
10:50-11:10 |
Coping with the burden of COPD in sub-Saharan Africa |
Jumaa Bwika (Kenya) |
11:10-11:30 |
Managing asthma and COPD in resource limited settings |
Kevin Mortimer (UK) |
11.30-12:00 |
Challenges of asthma diagnosis in the African set up |
Jackson Atina |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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12:00-12:10 |
Characteristics and phenotypes of a COPD patient cohort in Uganda |
Patricia Alupo (Uganda) |
12:10-12:20 |
Allergic asthma phenotype among Nigerians: towards personalized care |
Ogochukwu Ekete (Nigeria) |
12:20-12:30 |
“Asthma is a bully disease” – Experiences of patients with chronic lung diseases when negotiating the health system in Cape Town Metro, South Africa |
Marie Stolbrink (South Africa) |
10:30-12:30 |
Paediatric Track 1: Asthma and Allergies in Children
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Venue: Baraza 2&3 |
10:30-11:00 |
Asthma in African children – is atopy important? |
Adaeze Ayuk (Nigeria) |
11:00-11:30 |
Severe asthma phenotypes and management |
Andy Bush (UK) |
11:30-12:00 |
The challenge of adopting and adapting to the new GINA guidelines in Africa |
Refiloe Masekela (South Africa) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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12:00-12:10 |
Latent Trajectory Modelling of longitudinal clinical data: An application to birth cohort study in the Western Region of The Gambia |
Nicola Marozva (South Africa) |
12:10-12:20 |
Preterm birth, birth weight, infant weight gain and their associations with childhood asthma and lung function: a study in Kenya |
Graham Deveraux (UK) |
12:20-12:30 |
Tupumue: a study of asthma, lung function and air pollution exposures in schoolchildren in an informal (slum) settlement and a more affluent area of Nairobi |
Helen Meme (Kenya) |
10:30-12:30 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 1: VATS I
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Venue: Forodhahi |
10:30-11:00 |
Evolution of VATS and RATS: My Journey |
Diego Gonzalez (Spain) [Virtual] |
11:00-11:25 |
Evolution of VATS in Africa |
Souheil Boubia (Morocco) |
11:25-11:50 |
How to Start a VATS Program |
Alan Sihoe (HK) [virtual] |
11:50-12:15 |
Surviving a minimally invasive program in a developing country |
Hussein Elkhayat (Egypt) |
12:15-12:30 |
Panel discussion |
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12:30-13:15 |
LUNCH |
Venue: Pavilion Restaurant |
13:15-13:45 |
POSTER VIEWING |
Venue: Johari 2-B |
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(P201) Using creative activities to sensitise communities in Nairobi to lung health and air pollution research |
Cindy M Gray |
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(P202) Time to appropriate care-seeking for Covid – 19 symptoms |
Ekat Martin Herbas |
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(P203) The availability, cost, and affordability of essential medicines for asthma and COPD in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review |
Marie Stolbrink |
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(P204) Treatment intervention strategies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Malawi ? economic evaluation based on a five-year population cohort |
Martin Njoroge |
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(P205) Surveillance of Common Respiratory Viruses in Senegal During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Focus on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) |
Jallow Mamadou Malado |
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(P206) Lower plasma nitric oxide and pulmonary function parameters in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia compared to non-sickle cell children |
Oyebimpe.A Adeniyi |
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(P207) Malaria, COVID-19 and hyper-inflammation in a paediatric patient |
Anne Irungu |
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(P208) Prevalence and Determinants of Respiratory Symptoms Among Commercial Taxi Drivers in Douala Cameroon |
Atongno Humphrey Ashu |
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(P209) Assessment Of Lung Function And Oxygen Saturation In Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia At Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria |
Nnenna Ugo Nweke |
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(P210) Evaluating a mobile health tool to guide management of acute respiratory illnesses in young children in Uganda |
Rebecca Nantanda |
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(P211) Spirometry reference values for healthy children and adolescents in Tanzania |
Julieth Lalashowi |
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(P212) The influence of maternal allergy or atopy on child wheezing and lung function at two years in a South African birth cohort study |
Evelyn Ng’ang’a |
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(P213) Rare cause of Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis and Diaphragm Dysfunction |
Sindiswa Makate |
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(P214) Indoor air pollution, knowledge of sources and Respiratory Symptoms among Women in Kano State |
Aishat Shittu |
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(P215) Fortuitous Discovery of a Double Superior Vena Cava |
Gourti Mouad |
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(P216) Unusual Metastatic Sites for Lung Cancer: About 4 Cases |
Gourti Mouad |
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(P217) “We have a human right to breath fresh air”: Health inequalities and the Social Determinants of Asthma |
Martha Chinouya |
13:45-15:15 |
Plenary 3: Transforming access to inhaled medicine in Africa
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Venue: Johari |
13:45-14:10 |
Inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD: the current picture of availability and affordability |
Kevin Mortimer (UK) |
14:10-14:30 |
Inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD in sub-Saharan Africa: why are they not available and affordable? |
Obianuju Ozoh (Nigeria) |
14:30-14:50 |
Generating the evidence to inform strategies to improve access to inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD in sub-Saharan Africa |
Refiloe Masekela (South Africa) |
14:50-15:15 |
Global collaboration to catalyse action on improving access to inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD in sub-Saharan Africa |
Shami Jayasooria (UK) |
13:45-15:15 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 2: VATS II
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Venue: Baraza 1 |
13:45-14:10 |
Uniportal VATS - Perimammary Approach |
Norberto Santana Rodriguez (UAE) |
14:10-14:35 |
Nuss Procedure for Pectus Excavatum |
Ivan Schewitz (South Africa) |
14:35-14:55 |
Subxiphoid Approach for Mediastinal Tumors |
Nabil Khan (Germany) |
14:55-15:15 |
VATS in the Paediatric Patient |
Firas Abu Akar (Israel) [Virtual] |
15:15-15:30 |
TEA/COFFEE |
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15:30-17:00 |
Adult Track 2: Case and abstract presentations
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Virtual |
15:30-15:50 |
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and whole lung lavage in Kenya: a case report |
Evans Onyango (Kenya) |
15:50-16:10 |
Malignant pleural mesothelioma and environmental and occupational exposure to asbestos: a case report from Lubumbashi, DR Congo |
Joseph Pyana Kitenge (Congo) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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16:10-16:20 |
Catastrophic health expenditure, social protection coverage, and financial coping strategies amongst adults with symptoms of chronic respiratory diseases in Kenya: a cross-sectional study |
Stephen Mulupi (Kenya) |
16:20-16:30 |
Going AGILE (Adapt, Grow, Innovate, Lean-in and Execute) |
Cheryl Kerama (Kenya) |
16:30-16:40 |
Assessment of Inhaler Technique Demonstration among Healthcare Workers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. |
Chidiebere Chukwuma (Nigeria) |
16:40-16:50 |
Chronic respiratory disease in adult out-patients in three African countries: a cross sectional study. |
Barbara Miheso (Kenya) |
16:50-17:00 |
The Utility of Clinician-Performed Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound Assessment of the Acutely Breathless Patient: Breathlessness Early Detection with Ultrasound (BED-US) Study |
Wanjiku Kagima (Kenya) |
15:30-17:00 |
Paediatric Track 2: The life course and lung health in children
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Venue: Baraza 2&3 |
15:30-16:00 |
The impact of air pollution on child health |
Joy Eze (Nigeria) |
16:00-16:30 |
Lung function testing in children: can we improve on the current status |
Diane Gray (South Africa) |
16:30-17:00 |
The early life origins of chronic lung disease |
Andy Bush (UK) |
15:30-18:00 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 3: Trauma
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Venue: Forodhahi |
15:30-15:50 |
Thoracic Trauma - Chest Wall Packing |
Norberto Santana Rodriguez (UAE) |
15:50-16:10 |
Pros and Cons of Chest Wall Trauma Stabilisation |
Jose Ribas M. Campos (Brazil) [Virtual] |
16:10-16:30 |
Non-intubated VATS |
Nabil Khan (Germany) |
16:30-16:50 |
Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Thoracic Drainage: Systematic or Habitual Without Evidence? |
Gourti Mouad (Morocco) |
17:00-18:00 |
Thoracic surgery in Africa: The Way forward. Election of Surgeons committee |
Ivan Schewitz (South Africa) |
17:30-18:30 |
Evening Symposium (Qure.ai Sponsored) |
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19:00 |
Speakers’ Dinner |
Joseph Aluoch (Kenya) |
08:00 |
Registration & CPD Scanning opens |
Tent |
08:30-10:00 |
Plenary 4: Infections and Bronchiectasis in Africa
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
08:30-09:00 |
Respiratory Syncitial virus infection: State of the art |
Heather Zar (South Africa) |
09:00-09:30 |
Bronchiectasis: State of the art |
Amsalu Binegdie (Ethiopia) |
09:30-10:00 |
Surgery for Bronchiectasis, an Overview |
Norberto Santana Rodriguez (UAE) |
10:00-10:30 |
TEA/COFFEE |
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10:30-12:00 |
Adult Track 3: Pneumonia in Africa: lessons from COVID-19
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Venue: Johari |
10:30-11:00 |
Oxygen delivery in Africa: lessons from COVID-19 |
Benjamin Wachira (Kenya) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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11:00-11:10 |
Challenges in optimizing CASS procedures in a resource limited setup |
Lenis Kalvin Njagi (Kenya) |
11:10-11:20 |
Assessment and associated factors of respiratory health-related quality of life of drug susceptible and multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis survivors from two Nigerian centers |
Jibril Mohammed (Nigeria) |
11:20-11:30 |
Barriers to Accessing Successful Treatment of TB Infection Among Male Adolescents and Young Adults: A Political Economy Analysis in Kenya |
Leyla Abdullahi (Kenya) |
11:30-11:40 |
COVID-19 Outbreak and Containment among Healthcare workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria |
Ifeoma Ude (Nigeria) |
11:40-11:50 |
Laboratory Challenges in Conducting TB Prevalence Survey in Post -COVID pandemic Recovery Era: The Nairobi 2022 TB Prevalence Survey Experience |
Erick Nyadimo (Kenya) |
11:50-12:00 |
Implementing Of Active Case Finding Model The Case Of Oruba Nursing And Maternity Private Facility |
Maren Akoth Aseno |
10:30-12:40 |
Paediatric Track 3: Tuberculosis
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Venue: Baraza 2&3 |
10:30-11:00 |
Post-TB lung disease in children |
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu (Ghana) |
11:00-11:30 |
Drug Resistant TB what’s new |
Moherndran Archary (South Africa) |
11:30-12:00 |
New advances in TB diagnosis in children |
Diana Marangu (Kenya) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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12:00-12:10 |
Assessment of Factors that Affect Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Tuberculosis Among Healthcare Workers in Siaya County, Kenya |
Felix Oloo (Kenya) |
12:10-12:20 |
Lung function trajectories in South African children with pulmonary TB: a prospective study |
Diane Gray (South Africa) |
12:20-12:30 |
Chronic respiratory disease is common in HIV infected children and adolescents in long-term care in Nairobi, and is associated with air pollution exposure |
Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo (Kenya) |
12:30-12:40 |
Quantifying personal exposure to air pollution among school children in Nairobi: measurement data from homes, schools and outside spaces |
Sean Semple (UK) |
10:30-12:30 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 4 |
Forodhahi |
10:30-11:30 |
CT Radiology for the Surgeon: Low dose lung screening |
Shane Dorfman (South Africa) [Virtual] |
11:30-11:55 |
Management of Airway Complications |
Norberto Santana Rodriguez (UAE) |
11:55-12:20 |
Nightmares in Thoracic Surgery |
Ivan Schewitz (South Africa) |
12:20-12:45 |
Pectus Arcuatum or Foreign Body Extraction per UVATS |
Nabil Khan (Gemany) |
12:45-13:15 |
LUNCH |
Venue: Pavilion Restaurant |
12:45-13:45 |
PATS AGM |
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13:15-13:45 |
POSTER VIEWING |
Venue: Johari 2-B |
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(P301) Inf-γ and Il-2 Asses the Therapeuthic Response in Anti-tuberculosis Patients at Jamot Hospital Yaounde, Cameroon |
Membangbi Alexandra Emmanuelle |
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(P302) Profile and factors associated with survival of patients that received physiotherapy during admission in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Kano, Nigeria |
Jibril Mohammed |
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(P303) Impact of computer aided detection (CAD4tb) chest x-ray on TB case detection among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Madiany Hospital |
Felix Oloo |
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(P304) Pattern, correlates of respiratory symptoms and Lung function among Shisha Smokers in Kano, Nigeria |
Aishat Shittu |
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(P305) Assessment of the effect of Computer Aided Detection (CAD4TB) enabled chest x-ray (CXR) on screening for Tuberculosis cases in Mathare North Health Centre |
Caroline Macharia |
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(P306) How overcrowding affects the transmission of TB in African counties (case study, Nairobi Kenya) |
Sophy Badia |
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(P307) Integrating Quality Improvement to Increase Tuberculosis Active Case Finding in Giribe Dispensary |
Josephine Mbinya Ngangi |
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(P308) Recruitment of a TB and TB/HIV Co-infected participants in a cohort study |
Paul Waiganjo |
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(P309) Scaling up Tb case finding by use of presumptive Tb register - a case in Tisinye health centre, Migori county |
George Obonyo |
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(P310) Challenges of unsupervised sputum samples collection for Mycobacterium tuberculosis analysis |
Martha Njoroge |
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(P311) Sputum Culture Conversion rates in relation to HIV status after 6 months of Tuberculosis treatment in Nairobi Kenya |
Dorcas Ihuthia |
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(P312) Sputum quality as a predictor of bacteriologically-confirmed TB by smear and culture in Nairobi county |
Robu Chacha |
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(P313) Automation of active TB case finding in Electronic Medical Record in increasing TB case identification in Matata hospital, Homabay County |
Korir Brian |
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(P314) Role of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on the Health-Related Quality of Life in People affected with Post TB Lung Diseases in Tanzania |
Kassim Msaji |
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(P315) Improving TB case finding through strengthening the use of Chest X-rays as a TB screening tool for presumptive cases. A case of Kamiti prison hospital, Nairobi |
Peninah Makena MichukiI |
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(P316) Optimization of smear microscopy to enhance afb detection. A case study of Tisinye health centre. Migori County |
Evans Ondieki |
13:45-15:15 |
Plenary 5: Closing the screening gap for respiratory diseases
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
13:45-14:15 |
Lung cancer screening in limited resource settings |
Patricia Rivera (USA) |
14:15-14:45 |
Can early lung function screening reduce future morbidity and mortality? |
Diane Gray (South Africa) |
14:45-15:15 |
The Modern Thoracic Surgeon is a VATS Surgeon |
Ivan Schewitz (South Africa) |
15:15-15:30 |
TEA/COFFEE |
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15:30-17:00 |
Adult Track 4: Interstitial and Environmental Lung Disease in Africa: what do we really know?
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Venue: Johari |
15:30-16:00 |
ILD- in Africa: where is the data? |
Jumaa Bwika (Kenya) |
16:00-16:30 |
Sarcoidosis in Africa |
Jeremiah Chakaya (Kenya) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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16:30-16:40 |
Diversity of indoor fungi and associated respiratory disorders in Nairobi and Busia Counties, Kenya |
Olga Mashedi (Kenya) |
16:40-16:50 |
Interventions to reduce outdoor air pollution and its impact on asthma outcome: A systematic review. |
Sbekezelo Hlophe (South Africa) |
16:50-17:00 |
How effective is the primary COVID-19 vaccine series against the Omicron variant over time? Findings from a rapid living systematic evidence synthesis and meta-analysis |
Comfort Sanuade (Canada) |
17:00-17:10 |
Prevalence and factors associated with smoking in Uganda. |
Joanita Nalunjogi (Uganda) |
15:30-17:00 |
Paediatric Track 4: Chronic lung disease in children
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Venue: Baraza 2&3 |
15:30-16:00 |
Bronchiectasis in children |
Adaeze Ayuk (Nigeria) |
16:00-16:30 |
Asthma monitoring in children: which test? |
Marielle Pijnenburg (Netherlands) |
16:30-17:00 |
Pulmonary disease in sickle cell disease |
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu (Ghana) |
15:00-17:00 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 5: Infections and Surgery
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Venue: Forodhahi |
15:00-15:30 |
Managment of Hydatid Disease in the Thorax |
Souheil Boubia (Morocco) |
15:30-16:00 |
Peri-mammary VATS for Pleuraempyema |
Norberto Santana Rodriguez (UAE) |
16:00-16:30 |
Abnormal foreign Body extraction |
Yasser Elsayed (Egypt) |
16:30-17:00 |
Uniportal thoracoscopic decortication: Utility of the SAFE approach |
Hussein Elkhayat (Egypt) |
17:15-18:30 |
Paediatric Pulmonology Curriculum Meeting |
Norbertta Makumbe Washaya (APFP) |
19:00-22:00 |
Gala Dinner Sponsored |
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08:30-17:30 |
Post-congress Workshops |
Venue: Baraza 1 |
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Skills Building Workshop 5 - Air Quality Monitoring |
Sean Semple (UK) |
08:30-09:40 |
Adult Track 5: Tuberculosis in Africa: back to the future
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Venue: Johari |
08:30-09:00 |
Taking advantage of advances in TB diagnosis and treatment to tame TB in Africa |
Kenneth Musisi |
09:00-09:30 |
Post TB lung disease: Tool kit for diagnosis and management |
Brian Allwood (South Africa) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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09:30-09:40 |
Cytokine profile of a TB and TB/HIV co-infected cohort in Kenya |
Asiko Ongaya (Kenya) |
08:30-10:10 |
Paediatric Track 5: Lung disease in children
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Venue: Baraza 2&3 |
08:30-09:00 |
Childhood pneumonia: impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine |
Heather Zar (South Africa) |
09:00-09:30 |
Covid-19 in African children |
Moherndran Archary (South Africa) |
09:30-10:00 |
New developments in bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
Marielle Pijnenburg (Netherlands) |
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Oral Abstract Presentations: |
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10:00-10:10 |
Delay in seeking healthcare for children less than five years with severe pneumonia in Mulago tertiary care hospital, Uganda |
Phiona Ekyaruhanga (Uganda) |
08:00-10:00 |
Thoracic Surgery Track 6: VATS Segmentectomies: A Master Class
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Venue: Forodhahi |
08:00-08:20 |
VATS Segmentectomy |
Ayman ALMasri (Egypt) |
08:20-08:40 |
VATS Segmentectomy |
Husam Enaami (Libya and Germany) |
08:40-09:00 |
VATS Segmentectomy |
Ali Zamir Khan (India and UK) |
09:00-09:20 |
VATS Segmentectomy |
Stamenovic, Davor (Germany) |
09:20-09:40 |
VATS Segmentectomy |
Hauke Winter (Germany) [Virtual] |
09:40-10:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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10:00-10:30 |
TEA/COFFEE |
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10:30-12:30 |
Plenary 6: The future for tuberculosis and lung health
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Venue: Johari 2-A |
10:30-11:00 |
New advances in prevention and treatment of Pediatric TB |
Diana Marangu (Kenya) |
11:00-11:30 |
When TB cure is not enough: managing Post TB Chronic Lung Disease |
Brian Allwood (South Africa) |
11:30-12:00 |
Integrating TB care into respiratory practice: why and how? |
Jeremiah Chakaya (Kenya) |
12:00-12:30 |
The role of surgery in TB management |
Souheil Boubia (Morocco) |
12:30-12:40 |
Closing Ceremony - Comminuque - Anne |
Venue: Johari 2-A |
12:45-13:00 |
Vote of thanks and announcement of next congress |
Uju Ozoh (Nigeria) |