| Sunday 2nd September 2018 | ||
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| 9:00am – 6:00pm | Registration for symposium participants at Madang Resort Hotel | |
| 7:00pm – 7:15pm | Welcome – Medical Symposium Organising Committee Chairman | Dr Vincent Atua |
| 7:15pm – 7:30pm | Speech – Hon. Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS | Dr Sir Puka Temu |
| 7:30pm – 9:30pm | Meet and greet | |
| Monday 3rd September 2018 | ||
| Master of Ceremony: Dr Sammy Thomas | Co-chair: Dr Hal Daniel | |
| 8:00am – 8:20am | Official Procession | |
| 8:20am – 8:25am | Opening prayer by Chairman of Madang Ministers Fraternity | Pastor Kario Veneo |
| 8:25am – 8:35am | Welcome by the President of the PNG Medical Society | Professor Nakapi Tefuarani |
| 8:35am – 8:55am | Address by Hon. Minister for National Planning and Monitoring | Hon. Richard Maru |
| Session 1. Rural and Remote Medicine Programs Chairperson – Prof Nakapi Tefuarani |
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| 9:25am – 9:55am | President of the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine Rural Generalism. How to thrive | Keynote Address:Associate Prof Ruth Stewart |
| 9:55am – 10:15am | President of the PNG Society of Rural and Remote Medicine The Fork in the road – the renaissance or demise of PNG’s rural health services? | Guest Speaker: Dr David Mills |
| 10:15am – 10:30am | Morning Tea | |
| Session 2. Experiences and challenges at the Provincial & Rural Level | ||
| Chairperson : Dr Duncan Dobunaba | Co-chair: Dr Moses Laman | |
| 10:30am – 10:50am | Experience of providing rural health services in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville | Guest Speaker: Dr Joe Vilosi |
| 10:50am – 11:05am | Challenges of health services delivery in Madang Province | Peter W |
| 11:05am – 11:20am | Gaps in tuberculosis treatment in West Sepik Province | Kelebi T |
| 11:20am – 11:35am | Evaluating healthy island concept in Milne Bay Province | Minn W |
| 11:35am – 11:50am | The Samaritan Aviation: The Success Story of a Partner in Rural Health Service Delivery in remote ESP | Palm M |
| 11:50am – 12:05pm | Reasons for early contraceptive implant removal at a provincial hospital | Bolnga J |
| 12:05pm – 1:05pm | Lunch | |
| Session 3. Focus on experiences and mortality in Rural areas | ||
| Chairperson : Prof Jerzy Kuzma | Co-chair: Dr Vincent Atua | |
| 1:05pm – 1:25pm | 65 years of service provision at Kapuna Rural Hospital | Guest Speaker: Dr Valerie Archer |
| 1:25pm – 1:40pm | Saman balus: A medivac option for rural Western Province | Maibon J |
| 1:40pm – 1:55pm | Bedaquiline-containing regimens for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in PNG | Taune M |
| 1:55pm – 2:10pm | Impact of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoeal illness on child growth in PNG | Ome-Kius M |
| 2:10pm – 2:25pm | Previously unreported infections emerge as an important risk for maternal and newborn health in ENBP | Scoullar MJL |
| 2:25pm – 2:40pm | Child Mortalities in PNG: New Evidence from the Health Surveillance Systems | Emori R |
| 2:40pm – 2:55pm | Mortality patterns in Papua New Guinea – Results from empirical data | Kitur U |
| 2:55pm – 3:10pm | A ‘look’ at deaths in Papua New Guinea | Kwa AV |
| 3:10pm – 3:25pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| Session 4. Surgery & Anaesthesia | ||
| Chairperson : Prof John Batten | Co-chair: Dr John Maihua | |
| 3:25pm – 3:40pm | Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis at Kundiawa General Hospital, Simbu Province | Saulep R |
| 3:40pm – 3:55pm | Laparoscopic Hysterectomy at Kundiawa General Hospital | Nassar G |
| 3:55pm – 4:10pm | Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis with shorter treatment regimen | Moke R |
| 4:10pm – 4:25pm | Basic principles and modern aspects in the management of difficult airways | Pühringer FK |
| 4:25pm – 4:45pm | Resolutions of symposium discussion on Day One | Dr Atua V, Prof Tefuarani T, Dr Thomas S, Dr Laman M |
| 7:00pm – 10:00pm | Welcome Dinner – Madang Resort Hotel Patron’s address by Madang Governor – Hon Peter Yama | |
| Tuesday 4th September 2018 | ||
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| Session 1. Rural Health Service delivery and experiences of TB treatment | ||
| Chair: Dr Harry Aigeeleng | Co-chair: Dr Tina Yarong | |
| 8:00am – 8:20am | Professor of Primary Care at the University of NSW, Sydney. Universal Health Coverage – Implications for Rural Health in Papua New Guinea | Guest Speaker: Prof John Hall |
| 8:20am – 8:40am | Experiences of health service delivery – Manus Island | Guest Speaker: Dr Otto Numan |
| 8:40am – 8:55am | Report on the workshop on certificate in Basic Pharmacy Management (CBPM) | Lauwo J |
| 8:55am – 9:10am | Use of GIS mapping as a public health tool to visualise routinely collected health data | Namosha E |
| 9:10am-9:25am | Impact of GxAlert on management of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Port Moresby | Banamu J |
| 9:25am – 9:40am | The Emergency Response to Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Daru. | Morris L |
| 9:40am – 9:55am | Treatment outcomes in children treated with the new dispersible fixed-dose combinations for Tuberculosis in Port Moresby | Apis V |
| 9:55am – 10:10am | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis: the Kavieng Provincial Hospital Experience | Sodeng K |
| 10:10am – 10:25am | Morning Tea | |
| Tuesday Concurrent Sessions | ||||
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| Session 2: Trilateral Malarial Program Chairs: Dr Evelyn Lavu and Dr Leanne Robinson |
Session 3: Med. Educ. & Health empowerment Chairs: Dr Duncan Dobunaba and Dr Lucy John |
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| 10:25am – 10:40am | Trilateral Malaria Pilot Cooperation Project; Australia-China-Papua New Guinea 2016-2018 | Makita L | One Health – Molecular genotyping of zoonotic pathogens in rural PNG | Koinari M |
| 10:40am -10:55am | External quality assessment performance for malaria microscopy in PNG | Velemu E | Current trends in Medical Education: The role of rural placement | Kuzma J |
| 10:55am – 11:10am | Validation of new malaria RDT (BIOCREDIT RDT Kit Malaria Pf/Pan Antigen Test Card) at point of care | Lelngei F | The importance of a Science Foundation year in preparing students for Medical degree at DWU | Michon P |
| 11:10pm – 11:25pm | Understanding the true burden of malaria exposure during pregnancy in ENBP | Kombut B | What happens to the UPNG Year 2 MBBS students? | Tomdia-Lokes C |
| 11:25am – 11:40am | Description of malaria vector species in low malaria transmission villages in New Ireland | Katusele M | Employee empowerment in the health sector in PNG and its link with perceived service quality | Maima P |
| 11:40am – 11:55am | Outbreak of febrile illness on Siassi Island in Morobe Province | Kaevakore M | Improving maternal health by identifying barriers to supervised deliveries – Wain Constituency, Morobe Province | Landime J |
| 11:55am – 12:10pm | Fever in Rural Papua New Guinea-The First Prevalence Study in the Ramu Valley | Ak G | Effective Development Empowering the Nation (EDEN): An effective public health intervention approach | Samblap N |
| 12:10pm – 1:10pm | Lunch | |||
| Session 4 Pneumonia Updates | Session 5 Community Services And Miscellaneous | |||
| Chairs: Prof William Pomat and Dr Melanie Werror | Chairs: Dr John Bolnga and Dr Waikesa Kalala | |||
| 1:10pm – 1:25pm | Safety, effectiveness and feasibility of outpatient management of children with pneumonia with chest indrawing at Port Moresby General Hospital | Morre R | Community pathology and intensive community care units, the basis of sustainable health care | Morewaya J |
| 1:25pm – 1:40pm | Childhood pneumonia in Goroka: clinical predictors of severe disease | Britton KJ | Implementation of the National Health Service Standards for Papua New Guinea 2011-2020: A case study at four Lutheran Health Services (LHS) Hospitals | Schuele E |
| 1:40pm – 1:55pm | Persistent High Prevalence of Non-Vaccine Pneumococcal Serotype Carriage in Children under 24 months vaccinated with 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in EHP | Orami T | An integrated implementation planning framework for district health programs in PNG | Ambang T |
| 1:55pm – 2:10pm | High rates of multiple serotype carriage detected by microarray in hospitalised children with pneumonia | Ford R | Global Youth Tobacco Survey – 2016 | Wari V |
| 2:10pm – 2:25pm | Pneucaptive study: 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage in hospitalised children with pneumonia in EHP Integrating immunization with other services: mothers’ preferences from the Healthy Mothers | Kave J | Improving the Adherence of Post Exposure Prophylaxis among Survivors of Sexual Violence – Port Moresby | Pogo M |
| 2:25pm – 2:40pm | Healthy Babies research program in ENBP | Morgan C | Hospital nurses and work-related low back pain: A survey in PNG | Ramalingam K |
| 2:40pm – 2:55pm | Quantifying the burden of Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnant Women | Fidelis R | Evaluation of the impact of a Yaws Elimination< Program on Lihir Island/td> | Houinei W |
| 2:55pm – 3:10pm | Afternoon Tea | |||
| Session 6: Influence of Microanalysis on the bigger health Picture | Session 7: Challenges of TB, HIV & malnutrition in the Provinces | |||
| Chairs: Dr Jimmy Aipit and Ms Beulah Sipara | Chairs: Dr Gertrude Marun and Dr Gabriel Kune | |||
| 3:10pm – 3:25pm | Maternal and Neonatal Health in PNG: A synthesis of evidence and identification of gaps | Kuma V | Assessing the effect of decentralization of TB services in East New Britain Province | Maha A |
| 3:25pm – 3:40pm | Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 Gene Variation in Wosera, East Sepik | Nagani W | Evaluation of implementation of screening and management of household contacts of tuberculosis cases in Daru, Western Province | Madiowi S |
| 3:40pm – 3:55pm | Pharmacogenetics and its relevance to public health interventions in Melanesia | Karunajeewa H | Increasing HIV testing and treatment uptake among TB/HIV co-infected patients in Daru General Hospital, 2014-2016: a pre-post interventional study | Dina M |
| 3:55pm – 4:10pm | Validation of a dried blood spot ceftriaxone assay in PNG children with severe bacterial infections | Manning L | Increasing HIV Testing Coverage among Pregnant Women attending Mt. Hagen urban clinic | Ulg P |
| 4:10pm – 4:25pm | Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of high dose, short course primaquine regimens in PNG children | Moore B | Factors Associated with Undernutrition in 6- to 24-month-old Infants and Young Children in Hela Province | Pebe H |
| 4:25pm – 4:40pm | Resolutions of Symposium Discussion on Day two: Dr Aigeeleng H, Prof Pomat W, Dr Aipit J, Dr Tavul L | |||
| 4:30pm – 6:30pm | PNG Medical Society AGM | |||
| 7:00pm – 10:00pm | President’s Dinner – Madang Resort Hotel Promotion of Bebi Kol Kilok Program – Dr G Sethy | |||
| Wednesday 5th September 2018 | ||
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| Session 1. (Post-graduate Presentations) Chairperson: Prof Trevor Duke Co-chair: Dr Melanie Koinari |
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| 8:00am – 8:15am | Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among the university and rural communities: comparative study | Menda C |
| 8:15am – 8:30am | Arbovirus vector composition and abundance in Madang, PNG | Demok D |
| 8:30am – 8:45am | Intraleucocytic Plasmodium falciparum pigment in PNG children with severe malaria | Lufele E |
| 8:45am – 9:00am | Season-specific mosquito populations maintain perennial, hyperendemic malaria transmission on the north coast of PNG | Vinit R |
| 9:00am – 9:15am | The burden of presumed tuberculosis in hospitalized children at Modilon Hospital | Watch V |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | Malaria epidemiology in young PNG children in the context of rapid reductions in transmission | Ome-Kius M |
| 9:30am – 9:45am | Transmission of symptomatic malaria to Anopheles farauti mosquitos through a membrane feeding assay | Timinao L |
| 9:45am – 10:00am | Front line Health Care Workers Experiences of Foreskin Cuttings in four Provinces in PNG: A situation analysis study on male circumcision for HIV prevention | Tommbe R |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Morning Tea | |
| Session 2. Challenges of disease treatment and prevention in rural PNG Chairs: Dr Damien Martin and Dr Miila Gena |
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| 10:15am – 10:30am | Safety and efficacy of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination with triple drug therapy | Tavul L |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Identifying and addressing barriers to immunization for young children in Gazelle District, ENBP | Stanley E |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Demonstrating change using quality improvement strategies: the experience of Daru TB program | Taune M |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | TB treatment delay associated with drug resistance and admission at Daru General Hospital | Hapolo E |
| 11:15am – 11:30am | Clinical application of absolute ethanol in rural PNG | Mol W |
| 11:30am – 11:45am | Filling the gaps: The 2018 Earthquake in Hela & Southern Highlands Provinces | Carmody M |
| 11:45am – 12:30pm | Plenary Session and final resolution on Day 3: Prof Ruth Stewart, Prof Tefuarani N, Dr Vilosi J, Prof Kevau I, Dr Numan O, Dr Mills D, Dr. Calvert L | |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm – 4:00pm | NDA AGM / SIGHT SEEING | |
| 5:00pm – 10:00pm | Cultural Night & Dinner – Madang Resort Hotel | |
| Thursday 6th September 2018 | ||
| 8:00am – 4:00pm | Specialty Meetings | |
| 7:00pm – 10:00pm | Specialty Dinners | |
| Friday 7th September 2018 | ||
| 8:00am – 4:00pm | Specialty Meetings | |
| 7:00pm – 12:00am | NDA Dinner Dance | |