Zika virus and other mosquito-borne viruses. Science for preparedness and response in the Mediterranean region

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Zika virus and other mosquito-borne viruses. Science for preparedness and response in the Mediterranean region

23th and 24th May 2017

CosmoCaixa Barcelona. c/Isaac Newton, 26. Barcelona

https://en.xing-events.com/BDebate-Zika.html

Scientific leaders

Pablo Martínez de Salazar
Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Poster

af_zika-a0.pdf

Program

bdebate_zika_programvf.pdf

Tabs

Description

The global Zika epidemic alert reminds us of the real risk of importing exotic pathogens to the Mediterranean region in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Moreover, in the last decades concerns have raised advising on the global health burden produced by other mosquito-borne viruses spread including dengue, West Nile virus and chikungunya. The Mediterranean region, where the potential vector Aedes albopictus is endemic, has been recently considered as of moderate-to-high risk of introduction for arbovirus. Strong public health management supported by translational research is a cornerstone for preparedness and response against this global threat that can potentially impact the Mediterranean Europe.

This event, jointly organized by B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and "la Caixa" Foundation, co-organized with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), aims to generate a forum for an interdisciplinary and international debate bringing together experts from different backgrounds to discuss about the critical issues related to public health, epidemiology, entomology, virology, clinical care and diagnostics.

The objectives of the meeting include:

To review current interdisciplinary knowledge and activities on mosquito-borne viral diseases research relevant to public health management with special focus on the ongoing Zika epidemic
To review regional capacities and needs for preparedness and response against mosquito-borne viruses which can be supported by research in the Mediterranean Region
To identify priority objectives, research activities as well as optimal channels of communication for supporting public health bodies against mosquito-borne viral diseases
To identify existing networks and platforms which can be used or adapted as a model for research collaboration and translation from research programs to public health management.

The conference image has been assigned by Vincent Racaniello PhD (virology.ws)

Agenda

Tuesday, May 23th, 2017
8:45	Registration
9:00	Welcome
9:30	SESSION 1: Introduction
9:30	Objectives of the B·Debate Pablo Martínez de Salazar (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
9:40	Importance of mosquito-borne viral disease in Global Health Colleen Acosta (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
10:00	SESSION 2: Science for Preparedness and Response. Surveillance and Disease Prevention Chairs: Antoni Trilla (ISGobal, Barcelona)
10:00	Surveillance mosquito-borne viruses in the Mediterranean Laurence Marrama (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden)
10:20	The experience of integrated surveillance. Challenges and opportunities Maria Grazia Dente (National Institute of Health (ISS), Roma, Italy)
10:40	Vector control: can we advance, are we advancing? Paul Reiter (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
11:00	Key aspects of preparedness and response. The role of research Xavier de Lamballerie (Aix-Marseille University - IRD - INSERM, Marseille, France)
11:30	Coffee break
12:00	SESSION 3: Clinical Diagnosis, Management and Vaccines Chairs: Mikel Martínez (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
12:00	Laboratory capacities in the Mediterranean: from EpiSouth to MediLab Secure Kathleen Victoir (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
12:20	The COMPARE project: impact in public health management Marion Koopmans (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
12:40	Clinical research supporting Public Health decisions Antoni Soriano (Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona)
13:00	Update on Zikavax vaccine project Odile Leroy (European Vaccine Initiative, Heidelberg, Germany)
13:30	Lunch & Networking
14:30	SESSION 4: Entomology and Environmental drivers of arboviral infections Chairs: Núria Busquets (UAB, Barcelona) and Rachel Lowe (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
14:30	Entomological surveillance and control in the Mediterranean: capacities and needs Francis Schaffner (University of Zurich, Zurich, Schwitzerland)
14:50	Capacity building for the entomological surveillance – what are the actions carried out by the Medical & Veterinary Entomology group in MediLabSecure network? Vincent Robert (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Montpellier, France)
15:10	Update in mosquito control research Carla A. Sousa (Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal)
15:30	The INFRAVEC-2 Horizon 2020 project: Research infrastructures for the control of vector-borne diseases Frederic Simard (Research Institute Development (IRD), Montpellier, France)
15:50	Emergence of new infectious diseases in a changing climate: How models can help better understand and prevent new epidemic outbreaks Xavier Rodó (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
16:15	Coffee break
16:45 - 18:30	Mosquito- borne viruses in the Mediterranean region: countries experience Chair: Núria Torner (ASPCAT, Barcelona) The experience of Catalonia, Spain: Mireia Jané (ASPCAT, Barcelona) Greece Anna Papa (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece) Algeria Karima Meziani (Institut National de Santé Publique, El Biar, Algeria) Italy Federico Gobbi (Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Italy) France Frederic Jourdain (Institute of Research for Development, Marseille, France) Portugal Ana Clara Silva (Institute of Administration of Health and Social Affairs, Funchal, Portugal) Lebanon Nabil Haddad (Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon)
18:45	Report presentation: Socioeconomic Impact Zika Virus Latin America Igansi López (La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona) Leire Pajin and Gonzalo Fanjul (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
19:30-21:00	Evening Cocktail

Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
9:00	Summary of Day 1
9:15	SESSION 5: Social Sciences & Health Economic Chairs: Elisa Sicuri (ISGlobal, Barcelona)
9:15	Current issues in the economics of vaccination against dengue Yesim Tozam (NYU College of Global Public Health, New York, USA)
9:35	Perceptions of and reactions to Zika messages in Brazil John Kinsman (Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden)
9:55	Bioethical considerations on Brazilian journalistic coverage during the Zika epidemic Mônica Manir (Umeå University, Sao Paolo, Brazil)
10:15	Coffee break
10:45	SESSION 6: Networks and regional collaborations Chair: Núria Casamitjana (ISGlobal, Barcelona) and John Palmer (UPF, Barcelona) and
10:45	MediLabSecure: Implementing a network of laboratories for a One Health approach of vector-borne viruses in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions Marie Picard (IRD, Montpellier, France )
11:05	The (Global) Mosquito Alert Initiative: are we ready? Frederic Bartumeus (CSIC, Barcelona)
11:25	Multiplying capacities in vector surveillance and control Marcelo Abril (Mundo Sano, Buenos Aries, Argentina)
11:45	Training networks: the experience of MediPIET Adela Páez (ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden)
12:05	GloPID-R a platform for a global quick response against pandemic threateness Tomás López-Peña (Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness, Madrid)
12:25	Lunch & networking
13:25	Workgroups: Developing a strategic research and translation plan for supporting Public Health preparedness and response against mosquito borne viruses in the Mediterranean Region
15:25	Presentation of workgroups and open discussion
16:50-17:00	Conclusions and final remarks

All sessions will be held in English

Speakers

Pablo Martínez de Salazar

ISGlobal

John Kinsman

Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Umeå University

Xavier de Lamballerie

Aix-Marseille University - IRD - INSERM

Anna Papa

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Frederic Bartumeus

ICREA (CEAB-CSIC, CREAF)

Vincent Robert

French National Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD)

Laurence Marrama Rakotoarivony

ECDC

Frederic Simard

IRD/MIVEGEC

Federico Gobbi

Centre for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria

Maria Grazia Dente

Instituto Superiore di Sanità

Odile Leroy

European Vaccine Institute

Rachel Lowe

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Dušan Petrić

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad

Mohammed Youbi

Ministry of Health - Division of Communicable Diseases

Antoni Soriano-Arandes

Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Unit of International Health Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, ZIKAction consortium

Mônica Manir

Umea University, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Mireia Jané

Catalan Public Health Agency of Catalonia

Frédéric Jourdain

CNEV/IRD

Núria Busquets

CReSA (IRTA)

Francis Schaffner

Francis Schaffner Consultancy

Adela Paez Jimenez

MediPIET at ECDC

Marion Koopmans

Erasmus MC

Karima Meziani

Institut National de Santé Publique

Yesim Tozan

NYU College of Global Public Health

Nuria Torner

Public Health Agency of Catalonia (APSCat) / CIBER Epidemiology and Publich Health CIBERESP

Kathleen Victoir

Institut Pasteur

Nabil Haddad

Faculty of Public Health-Lebanese University

Antoni Trilla

ISGlobal - UB

Tomás López-Peña Ordoñez

National Health Research Institute Carlos III

Abdallah Samy

Entomology Department and Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University

Elisa Sicuri

ISGlobal

Núria Casamitjana

Barcelona Institute for Global Health - University of Barcelona

Carla A. Sousa

Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical

Paul Reiter

Institut Pasteur

Marcelo Abril

Mundo Sano

John Palmer

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Miguel J. Martínez

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, ISGlobal, University of Barcelona

Xavier Rodó

ISGlobal

Travel & Venue

Address

CosmoCaixa Barcelona

C/ Isaac Newton, 26. Barcelona (Spain)

How to arrive

L7 (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat), Av. Tibidabo

H4, V13, V15, 22, 73, 75, 60, 196

Synopsis

Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases: are we prepared?

Are we ready to prevent or fight the mosquito-borne diseases? To discuss this, and to propose the necessary improvements, some of the top international experts will participate in B·Debate.

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