Home Health professionals Conference 2011

Conference 2011

Meningitis and septicaemia in children and adults 2011

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Day one

Burden of meningitis, advances from research, prevention of pneumococcal disease

Session 1 - Counting the cost of meningitis and septicaemia; burden of illness

Chair: Prof George Griffin St George's University of London
The personal costs of meningitis Scottie Kern, Member of Meningitis Research Foundation *Presentation now available to download*
Current epidemiology of meningococcal disease in the UK and Europe, including issue relating to surveillance relating to a MenB vaccine Dr Mary Ramsay, HPA Colindale, London *Presentation now available to download*
Neurological impact of meningitis Dr Peta Sharples, University of Bristol Presentation now available to download
Counting the cost of meningitis Claire Wright, Meningitis Research Foundation Presentation now available to download

Session 2 - Cost of illness, cost effectiveness analysis and decisions about introducing vaccines

Chair: Dr Mary Ramsay
HPA Colindale, London

Modelling the potential impact of meningococcal B vaccines in England
Dr Hannah Christensen, University of Bristol
*Presentation now available to download*

Meningococcal outcomes study in adolescents and in children
Prof Russell Viner, Institute of Child Health, University of London

Any questions: Meningococcal vaccines and objective policy and purchasing decisions
Prof Adam Finn, University of Bristol - moderator

Session 3 - Advances from research: implications for prevention and treatment

Chair: Professor Christoph Tang
University of Oxford

Reducing the very high mortality rate for adult meningitis in Africa
Professor Robert Hyderman, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust
*Presentation now available to download*

Genetic susceptibility to meningococcal disease - the role of Factor H and Factor H-related proteins
Prof Michael Levin, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London
*Presentation now available to download*

Bacterial meningitis in infants: the burden of disease and prospects for improving the outcome
Prof Paul Heath, St George's University of London
*Presentation now available to download*

Session 4 - Preventing pneumococcal disease

Chair: Prof David Goldblatt
Institute of Child Health, University College London

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in England
Pauline Kaye, HPA Centre for Infections, London
*Presentation now available to download*

Need for and development of protein-based pneumococcal
Dr William Hausdorf, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Wavre, Belgium
*Presentation now available to download*

Pfizer Vaccines satellite session

Preventing pneumococcal disease: Where have we come from and what does the future hold?
Chair: Dr John Porter BA (Hons) MBBS PhD

Day two

Novartis Satellite Breakfast Session

Real lives, real costs; the toll of meningococcal disease
Chair: Dr Peter Dull, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA, USAa
Speakers: Mr Fergal Monsell, Dr Liam Norris and Dr Stuart Clarke
*Speaker's presentations now available to download*

Treatment of meningitis and septicaemia, prevention of meningococcal disease

Session 1 - Tackling meningitis in Africa

Chair: Professor Robert Heyderman
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust

Introduction of meningococcal serogroup A vaccine in the African meningitis belt
Dr Marc LaForce, Meningitis Vaccine Project, PATH/WHO, Ferney-Voltaire, France
*Presentation now available to download*

Carriage and spread of meningococcus in the meningitis belt: the MenAfriCar project
Dr Caroline Trotter, University of Bristol
*Presentation now available to download*

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation activity to combat meningitis in Africa
Prof Richard Adegbola, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
*Presentation now available to download*

Session 2 - Current issue in recognition and treatment

Chair: Dr Simon Nadel
St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London

Pitfalls in recognition of meningitis and septicaemia in teenagers
Dr Nelly Ninis, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London
*Presentation now available to download*

Overview of evidence for managing children with sepsis, including fluid management in children in shock
Dr Mark Peters, Institute of Child Health, University College London
*Presentation now available to download*

Current advances in sepsis management in adults
Prof Mervyn Singer, University College London
*Presentation now available to download*

Session 3 - Prevention of meningococcal disease

Chair: Professor Ray Borrow
Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Health Protection Agency, Manchester

Changes to the UK immunisation programme, including prospects for a teenage meningococcal booster
Professor Andrew Pollard, University of Oxford
*Presentation now available to download*

Dealing with a localised MenB epidemic - the Cumbrian situation
Dr Paul Cleary, HPA Northwest, Liverpool
*Presentation now available to download*

Session 4 - Prospects for prevention of meningococcal B disease

Chair: Prof Ian Feavers
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control

Prospects for use of Novartis 4CMen B vaccine
Dr Peter Dull, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA, USA

Pfizer Strategy for prevention of meningococcal B disease
Dr Kathrin U Jansen, Pfizer Inc, NY, USA

Interactive session: implementing a MenB vaccine
Modertor: Prof Andrew Pollard, University College London

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Chair: Prof George Griffin St George's University of London
The personal costs of meningitis Scottie Kern, Member of Meningitis Research Foundation *Presentation now available to download*
Current epidemiology of meningococcal disease in the UK and Europe, including issue relating to surveillance relating to a MenB vaccine Dr Mary Ramsay, HPA Colindale, London *Presentation now available to download*
Neurological impact of meningitis Dr Peta Sharples, University of Bristol Presentation now available to download
Counting the cost of meningitis Claire Wright, Meningitis Research Foundation Presentation now available to download