Opening Address: Dr Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director, DNDi
1. Chagas Disease: Advances from discovery to access
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
When: 16:00 – 17:30
Where: Salón Chapultepec B, Hotel Camino Real Polanco
Chair: Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Director General, Carlos Slim Foundation
Eric Chatelain, Head of Drug Discovery, DNDi
Challenges in Chagas drug discovery: in vitro and in vivo models [PDF | 2MB] |
Isabela Ribeiro, Head of Chagas Programme, DNDi
New treatment opportunities for Chagas [PDF | 1MB]
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Maria Elena Bottazzi, Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Slim Initiative for vaccine development against tropical diseases: Recent advances on the development of a therapeutic vaccine against Chagas disease
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Judith Herrera, Director Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières Spain
Ubaldo Mendoza Ambrosio, de Puerto Ángel, Pochutla, Chagas patient
Scaling up diagnostics and treatment of Chagas disease [PDF | 4.8MB]
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2. Drug Discovery for Kinetoplastids
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
When: 14:30 – 16:00
Where: Salón Camelias, Hotel Camino Real Polanco
Chair: Richard Glynne, Director of Genetics and Neglected Diseases, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF)
3. Challenges in Leishmaniasis Control
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014
When: 14:30 – 16:00
Where: Salón Terraza C, Hotel Camino Real Polanco
Chair: Daniel Argaw, Head of Leishmaniasis Program, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization
Carlos Slim Foundation Symposium |
Viewpoints of public policies in parasitology: Protozoa
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
When: 16:00 – 17:30
Where: Terraza C, Hotel Camino Real Polanco
Chair: Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Director General, Carlos Slim Foundation
Peter Hotez, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Sabin Vaccine Institute, and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development
Shaping an evidence-based policy agenda for NTDs in the Americas
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Eric Stobbaerts, Regional Executive Director, DNDi Latin America
Towards new mechanisms of innovation: How Latin America can become a R&D leader in the field of neglected diseases [PDF | 2.1MB] |
Antonio Montresor, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization
On track for 2020 NTD roadmap targets
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Miguel Betancourt, Director de Soluciones Globales, Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud
An innovative model for strengthening research and development of vaccines against NTDs |
Drugs for neglected diseases
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014
Chair: Reto Brun, Scientific Project Leader, Swiss TPH
Friday, 8 August 2014
Closed meeting
Lessons Learned in the Management of Clinical Trials of Therapeutic Alternatives for Chagas
When: 9:00 – 13:00
Where: Hotel Genève |
Closed meeting
New Tools for Diagnostic and Evaluation of Chagas Patients Meeting (NHEPACHA)
When: 14:00 – 18:00
Where: Hotel Genève
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Welcome Cocktail: Chagas Clinical Research Platform Annual Meeting
When: 19:00 – 21:00
Where: Patio, Hotel Genève
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Saturday, 9 August 2014
Closed meeting
Chagas Clinical Research Platform Annual Meeting
ICOPA pre-congress
When: 8:30 – 17:00
Where: Room Chapultec, Hotel Camino Real Polanco |
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Closed meeting
Chagas Experimental Animal Models for Drug Discovery
ICOPA pre-congress
When: 8:30 – 17:00
Where: Room Morelia, Hotel Camino Real Polanco |
Cocktail: Chagas Global Coalition
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Date: Monday, 11 August 2014
When: 19:00 – 21:00
Where: China Grill, Toy Garden area, Hotel Camino Real Polanco
Raising our voices!
Changing the paradigm for access to diagnosis and treatment of patients living with Chagas disease
Panellists: Pablo Kuri Morales, Secretaria de la Salud, Mexico; Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director, DNDi; Igor Almeida, University of Texas; Elvira Fernandez Cuevas, AMEPACH
Sand art storytelling: Shelly Xie
Special photo exhibition
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