Our world is both increasingly urban and globalized – providing undeniable benefits, but also rendering our society increasingly susceptible to infectious disease outbreaks. This session will focus on a research agenda for improving urban pandemic preparedness, highlight current research, and conclude with a call for chapters in a forthcoming volume on case studies of urban pandemic preparedness.
Time: 20 June 2019, 7:00 am - 7:50 am
Venue: International Convention Centre Sydney, Room E3.2
Registration: required for planning purposes; Register Here to secure your place
Enquiries: Matt Boyce, Email: Matt.Boyce@georgetown.edu
Time: 20 June 2019, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Venue: International Convention Centre Sydney, Room E3.3
Free lunch seminar – FULL
Enquiries: Elizabeth Kpozehouen, Email: e.kpozehouen@unsw.edu.au
| 12 noon | Registration and self-serve buffet lunch (serve and be seated) |
| 12.05pm | Introduction. Professor Martyn Kirk: Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellow, Australia (Chair) |
| 12.10pm | Re-emergence of smallpox – prevention, treatment and response. A/ Professor David Heslop, Associate professor, SPHCM, UNSW and Senior Medical Adviser for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Medicine, Australian Defence Force. |
| 12.25pm | Monkeypox risk factors and disease control efforts. Ms Olubunmi Ojo, Director (Disease Surveillance), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja Nigeria |
| 12.45pm | Smallpox vaccine stockpiling and bio-preparedness. Mr Jesper Elsgaard, Senior Director, Global Governmental Affairs, Bavarian Nordic A/S. |
| 1.00pm | Closing. Professor Martyn Kirk |
Chair: Professor Martyn Kirk: Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellow, Australia
Sponsor: Bavarian Nordic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expanding its health sector operations under its newly adopted Strategy 2030 to address development challenges in the region. Prioritizing investments in public goods, such as supporting regional health security and achieving universal health coverage, yield significant returns, especially when agendas are mutually reinforcing. This session presents emerging challenges to the region, examines synergies between strengthening regional health security and achieving universal health coverage, and describes the ADB’s current and future responses to address these needs.
Time: 19 June 2019, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Venue: International Convention Centre Sydney, E3.1
Speaker: Dr. Patrick L. Osewe, Chief of Health Sector, ADB
Free lunch seminar: Registration required for planning purposes
Enquiries: Honey May M. Guerzon, hmanzano@adb.org
