Infectious Diseases and Global Health joint symposium
Thursday 2 October
Conferences & Symposia
Thu 2 Oct
09:00 - 17:00
Online
Activity code:
Applied for 5 CPD credits
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Recent years have seen a number of threats to global health, with climate change, international conflict, mass human displacement, pandemic and economic crisis resulting in disruption to healthcare delivery and perpetuation of health inequality, as well as spread of both communicable and non-communicable disease. Antimicrobial resistance remains a critical threat to public health and development worldwide.
In this symposium, our world-renowned speakers will explore the following:
- The humanitarian impact of the climate crisis, and its effect on the distribution and incidence of infectious disease.
- Our keynote speaker, Professor Richard Sullivan, will review the health threat of armed conflict globally.
- We will also discuss the role of antimicrobial stewardship in both resource-rich and under-resourced settings, with reference to relevant case studies.
Attendees will be taken on an interactive global ward round by experts in their field, with cases from South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Finally, our speakers will cover methods to address inequalities in healthcare provision through challenging socio-economic and language barriers to care delivery.
This thought-provoking and topical symposium will be of interest to clinicians and allied health professionals from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of seniority, but may be of particular interest to those working in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Tropical Medicine, Global Health and Public Health settings.
Organising Committee:
Dr Naomi Bulteel – Chair
Dr Sarah Clifford
Dr Michawl MacKenzie
Dr Nikhil Premchand
Dr Iain Page
Dr Mashiko Setshedi
Dr Rebecca Sutherland
Dr Lorna Willocks
Dr Anika Rahim
Thursday 2 October 2025
| 9:00 | Livestream opens |
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| 9:25 | Welcome Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
Session 1 - Impact of climate change on global health and disease
Chair:
| 9:30 | Impact of climate change on distribution of vector-borne infection Professor Karine Lacombe, Faculty of Health Sciences at Sorbonne University & Head of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Saint-Antoine Hospital *Increasing burden of tropical infections in Europe*Emerging vector-borne viral infections Spatio-temporal distribution of mosquito species* |
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| 10:05 | Health impacts of water related disasters Professor Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, specialist in Medical Microbiology *Water and soil-borne disease *Water shortage related health problems* |
| 10:40 | Health and humanitarian impact of climate change: solution focussed approach Dr Jacob Levi, Humanitarian Action on the Climate and Environment, Médecins Sans Frontières *The impact of climate change on malaria *Forecasting Malaria burden using climate data *The Malaria Anticipation Project* |
| 11:15 | Break |
Session 2 - Keynote lecture and Antimicrobial stewardship and resistance
Chair:
| 11:30 | Keynote named lecture The global health threat of armed conflict Professor Richard Sullivan, Centre for Conflict & Health Research, King’s College London *Infectious disease in areas affected by war *Mental health *Vaccine inequity* |
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| 12:15 | Antimicrobial stewardship in resource-rich settings TBC *Antimicrobial stewardship in resource-rich settings *Case study e.g. anti-fungal stewardship* |
| 12:45 | TBC Professor Nick Feasey, University of St Andrews *Antimicrobial stewardship in under-resourced settings *Inequity of access to diagnostics *Case study e.g. antimicrobial resistant Salmonella enterica* |
| 13:15 | Break/Lunch |
Session 3 - Global Ward Round
Chair:
| 14:00 | Case from South-East Asia: Meet the expert TBC *Clinical case *Expert commentary *Treatment update* |
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| 14:30 | Case from South America: Meet the expert: TBC *Clinical case *Expert commentary *Treatment update* |
| 15:00 | Case from South Africa: Meet the expert: Dr Tom Boyles, Clinical HIV Research Unit (CHRU), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. *Clinical case *Expert commentary *Treatment update* |
| 15:30 | Break |
Session 4 - Addressing inequalities in health-care provision
Chair:
| 15:50 | Addressing the socioeconomic determinants and consequences of tuberculosis across the care cascade Dr Tom Wingfield, Reader in TB and Social Medicine, Deputy Director of LSTM Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine *Social determinants & consequences of TB *ASCOT trial *RATIONS trial* |
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| 16:25 | Managing language barriers Dr Banaz Kamil, University of the West of Scotland *Improving lives of refugees and asylum seekers *Access to information and services *Discrimination* |
| 17:00 | Close |
Please note that on occassion event programmes may be subjected to change due to unforseen circumstances.
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| Fee £ | |
| Standard Fee | £265 |
| RCPE Fellow, Collegiate & Associate Member | £165 |
| Allied Health Professional | £165 |
| RCPE retired Fellow and RCPE Foundation Member | £70 |
| RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country | £0 |
| RCPE Student Member | £0 |
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Free places
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Cancellation policy
If you have to cancel your place within 4 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.
The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still an opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.
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Certificates
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Catch-up
Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up for up to 28 days following the live event until 30 October. Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have completed the online feedback survey within the 28-day period.
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Conferences & Symposia
Thu 2 Oct
09:00 - 17:00
Online
Activity code:
Applied for 5 CPD credits
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