|
To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate against Rift Valley Fever Virus: the
case study of Niger and Mali
::: WEBINAR :::
Monday, 20 February 2017 – 12.00h CET
Dear Colleagues,
Following the RVF outbreaks in Niger,
the Crisis Management Center for Animal Health
(CMC-AH) deployed a mission to Niger followed by a mission to Mali. Both missions recommended preventive vaccination
in at risk areas. Nevertheless, the feasibility of this should be looked carefully and discussed.
We are inviting you to participate in a webinar / an expert consultation to discuss the topic “to vaccinate or not vaccinate” in Mali and Niger. One of the team
members of the CMC mission to Mali will present the pros and cons for vaccination in Mali and the same will present one of the team members to Niger. Following the presentation we will conduct a discussion for max 40 min. I hope you will be able to participate
in this important webinar as the conclusions of this will serve us in planning our preparedness activities in these two countries.
Please kindly distribute this
invitation
to your colleagues who might be interested in attending the webinar.
Since the number of participants is restricted, we would like to ask you for your kind collaboration to please organize, wherever
possible, group access to the webinar by office location through just one log-in.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Dr. Osama Ahmed Hassan Ahmed
Dr. Osama Ahmed Hassan Ahmed is an infectious disease epidemiologist with main interest on “The
One Health approach” , holding a PhD in Epidemiology and public Health from Umea University , Sweden and Veterinary Science degree from University of Nyala, Sudan. His interest and experience include epidemiologic methods, the One Health surveillance, risk
analysis, zoonotic outbreak investigations and response as well as International Health Regulations (IHR) related to zoonotic transboundary diseases.
Dr. Riadh Mansouri
Dr. Riadh Mansouri holds a veterinary doctor from Sidi Thabet-Tunisia's National School of Veterinary
Medicine and specializes in microbiology and epidemiology through numerous graduate courses. He obtained for his works the prize of the Tunisian ministry of agriculture in 1994 and the maghrebeen veterinary prize in 1996. He has been an Associate Animal Health
Expert at ECTAD (FAO/North Africa) since 2014.
MODERATOR
Tiana Brand
Head of the Program Department at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
The webinar will be held in English and will have a maximum duration of 60 minutes.
A discussion will be held at the end.
TO JOIN THE WEBINAR
On
Monday 20 February 2017 at 12.00h CET please click on link below
To
Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate against Rift Valley Fever Virus
Click “enter as Guest”, type your full name, surname and your country (for example Name Surname. Country).
A password is not required (see “technical information” below for more information on technical requirements).
Technical information
You will need earphones or speakers to listen to the webinar, but otherwise no special equipment or software is required.
Please click
HERE
to check that your electronic device (computer, tablet or smartphone) is set up to use Adobe Connect webinar platform.
Please use this website to check the time in your zone:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
|