Rift Valley Fever Workshop
An Integrated Approach to Controlling Rift Valley Fever
In Africa and the Middle East
Safir Hotel
El Missaha Square, Dokki,
Giza, Cairo, Egypt
January 27-29, 2009
Agenda
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Participants Arrival and Registration
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Welcome
Professor Ayman F. Abou Hadid, President, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
Professor Hamid Samaha, Head of General Office for Veterinary Services (Govs), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Introduction
Ibrahim Shaqir, Director, Office of International Research Programs, USDA-ARS
Dan Schar, Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Biosecurity Engagement Program, U.S. Department of State
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Opening Session
Dr. Cyril Gay, Senior National Program Leader, Animal Production and Protection, USDA-ARS will start the workshop by reviewing the agenda, expected outcomes, and will explain the three pillars of RVF epizootics, the selection of the workshop topics, and why it is importance to take an integrated approach to prevent or control a RVF outbreak.
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break and Session 1 Poster Session
10:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Session 1: Interepizootic maintenance of virus
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
A) Vector Reservoir (Facilitators: Dan Strickman and Hanafi Hanafi)
Presentation by Rosemary Sang, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya, and Group Discussion
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM
B) Animal Reservoir (Facilitators: Kariuki Njenga and Charles Sendere Rutebarika)
Presentation by F. Glyn Davies, The Whittery, Chirbury, United Kingdom, and Group Discussion
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 2: Conditions leading to epizootic and epidemic activity
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
A) Introduction of virus into new areas (Facilitators: Ahmed El-Sanousi and Hanafi Hanafi)
Presentation by Ghazi Yehia, OIE Regional Representative for the Middle East and Group Discussion
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
B) Reintroduction into previously affected areas (Facilitators: F. Glyn Davies and Kenneth C. Earhart)
Presentation by Mansoor Mohammed Ali Al-Qadasi, Central Veterinary Lab, Sanaa, Yemen, and Group Discussion
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break and Session 2 Poster Session
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
C) Environmental and Ecological Conditions (Facilitators: Linthicum and Rosemary Sang)
Presentation by Ali Nasser Hassan, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and Group Discussion
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Update on the situation in Egypt (Animal Health)
Presentation by Dr. Sayed Ahmed Hassan, Head of Virology Department, Animal Health Research Institute: "Current situation of RVF diseases in Animals in Egypt"
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Keynote Speaker
Pierre Formenty, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Department
World Health Organization (WHO)
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Reception (Safire Hotel)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
Session 3: Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
A) Early warning (Facilitators: Hermann Unger and Ali Nasser Hassan)
Presentation by Assaf Anyamba, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, and Group Discussion
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break and Session 3 Poster Session
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
B) Early detection: animals versus humans versus vectors (Facilitators: Tom Ksiazek and Jacqueline Kasiiti Lichoti)
Presentation by Bob Swanepoel, NCID, South Africa, and Group Discussion
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
C) Diagnostic tools: surveillance, outbreak, and return to trade (Facilitators: Bill Wilson and Yaya Thiongane)
Presentation by Hermann Unger, FAO, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, and Group Discussion
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 4: Disease Control
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
A) Experience with vaccinating livestock in an endemic setting (Facilitators: Myrna Miller and Moustafa Mansour)
Presentation by Jacqueline Kasiiti Lichoti, Central Veterinary Laboratories, Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya, and Group Discussion
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
B) Preventing epizootics and epidemics by livestock vaccination (Facilitators: Cyril Gay and Beate von Teichmann)
Presentation by Baptiste Dungu, GALVMed, UK, and Group Discussion
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break and Session 4 Poster Session
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
C) Preventing epidemics by human vacination (Facilitators: C.J Peters and Jean-Francois Saluzzo)
Presentation by Phil Pittman, USAMRIID, Frederick, Maryland, U.S, and Group Discussion
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Update on the situation in Egypt (Public Health)
Presentation by Dr. Amr Kandeel, Undersecretary of Preventive Affairs, Ministry of Health and Population, "Current situation of RVF disease in humans in Egypt"
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Organized Dinner
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Session 4: Disease Control (Cont.)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
D) Preventing epizootics and epidemics by vector control (Facilitators: Adel Gad and Mustapha Debboun)
Presentation by Hanafi Hanafi, NAMRU3, Cairo, Egypt, and Group Discussion
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Breaks and Sessions 1-4 Poster Session
10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Breakout Sessions – Research Priorities
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Introduction for Breakout Group Session
Dr. Dan Strickman, National Program Leader, Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology will provide instructions for the workshop four breakout groups. Each breakout group will review issues and problems identified during the workshop and write priority research proposals for each of the workshop topics.
Breakout Groups
Breakout Group 1: Interepizootic maintenance of virus
Leader: M. Kariuki Njenga, U.S Center for Disease Center
Rapporteur: TBD
Breakout Group 2: Conditions leading to epizootic and epidemic activity
Leader: Ken Linthicum, Entomology, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur: TBD
Breakout Group 3: Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics
Leader: Bill Wilson, Project Leader, RVF, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur: Hermann Unger
Breakout Group 4: Disease Control Cyril
Leader: Cyril Gay, Senior National Program Leader, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur: George Bettinger
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Session 1: Priorities Assessment
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 2: Research Projects and Collaborations
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Special Session: Writing Conference Report – Facilitators, Rapporteurs, Scientific Committee
Adjourn
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