PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
As at March 12, 2024
Our exciting program is rapidly taking shape. Updates will be made as we progress.
Program Outline
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
All day: Adventure and Wilderness Travel Pre-Conference Seminar
(separate registration required)
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
All morning: ISTM Examination*
Late afternoon: Registration to be followed by official Opening Ceremony
Get together reception
Thursday, 19 September 2024
All day: Sessions (plenary and parallels)
Friday, 20 September 2024
All day: Sessions (plenary and parallels)
Saturday, 21 September 2024
Morning Plenary and Closing Session
*The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) will be holding the Certificate of Travel Health ™️ examination at the 14th APTHS Travel Pacific Health Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on 18 September 2024. ISTM will open CTH®️ examination registration at the beginning of May . Further information to follow.
OPENING SESSION
How a Tiny Clinic in Nepal Made an Outsized Contribution to Travel Medicine Around the World
David Shlim, USA
PL01: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF VACCINES
New Vaccines for Travelers
Annelies Wilder-Smith, Switzerland
Newer Vaccine Technologies
Priya Abraham, India
PL02: SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL/COMMUNITY AND GLOBAL RELATED BENEFITS OF TRAVEL
Travel & Tourism: Global Benefits & Harms
Robert Steffen, Switzerland
Travel & Tourism: Individual Travel Benefits
Gerard Flaherty, Ireland
PL03: DIAGNOSTIC GAPS: NEW TOOLS, NEW HORIZONS
Diagnostic Gaps in Travel and Tropical Medicine
Eli Schwartz, Israel
Novel Diagnostic Tools and their Pros and Cons
TBA
PL04: LOOKING BACK LOOKING FORWARD
Some diseases of warm climates: their historical discovery and present control
David Warrell, UK
The Future of Travel and Tropical Medicine
Karin Leder, Australia
SYMPOSIA
SY01: CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA
Asia Pacific Region
Divya Deodhar, India
Malaria Resistance in Kathmandu
Arjen Dondorp, Netherlands
New Vectors
Oscar David Kirstein, Israel
SY02: GETTING THERE AND BACK SAFELY
In-Flight Emergencies
Ady Wirawan, Indonesia
Aeromedical Retrieval and International Repatriation (Hospital to Home Country)
Brett Gerrard, New Zealand
Heli/Emergency Evacuations from (Altitude, Trauma - Field to Hospital)
Suvash Dawadi, Nepal
SY03: FEBRILE ILLNESS IN TRAVELERS – ANY NEWS?
Dengue
Somia Iqtadar, Pakistan
Rickettsia and Q Fever
Priscilla Rupali, India
Typhoid, Conjugate Vaccine, XDR
Buddha Basnyat, Nepal
SY04: MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety and Phobia
TBA
Mental Health Emergencies during Travel, Acute Psychosis, Jerusalem Syndrome
Pushpa Prasad Sharma, Nepal
Preparing the Traveller for Psychological Stress
Maureen Macconnell, USA
SY05: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Biologic Drugs
Sarah McGuinness, Australia
The Pregnant Traveller
Sarah Borwein, Hong Kong
The Elderly Traveller
Jonathan Cohen, Australia
SY06: COVID 19 PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator and 3 speakers TBC
SY07: GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS AND TRAVEL: WHAT'S NEW?
Prevention and Treatment of Travellers Diarrhoea: An Update and Review
Karin Leder, Australia
Global Microbiome: Effects of Travel, Pathogen and Resistance
Bradley Connor, USA
Persistent GI Symptoms Post Travel
Eli Schwartz, Israel
MEET THE PROFESSOR
MTP01: POST EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION IN NEPAL
MTP02: DOCUMENTARY ABOUT 'CLEAN UP EVEREST CAMPAIGN' BY THE NEPAL ARMY
MTP03: REVIVAL OF THE UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEM AND STONE WATER SPOUTS ESTABLISHED IN MEDIEVAL TIMES IN KATHMANDU, PATAN AND BHAKTAPUR
WORKSHOPS
Eleven Workshops: Including ABC workshops for those new to travel medicine
WS01: RABIES
WS02: MILITARY MEDICINE
WS03: IMMUNOSUPPRESSED TRAVELER
WS04: HIGH ALTITUDE TRAVEL
WS05: MALARIA PANEL CASE BASED DIFFERENT APPROACHES
WS06: DEBATE / EVIDENCE BASED
WS07: DESTINATION INDIA
WS08: 10 IMPORTANT PAPERS
ABC1: INTRODUCTION FOR TRAVEL MEDICINE SETTING CLINIC AND PRE-TRAVEL CONSULT
ABC2: TRAVEL VACCINES AND MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS
ABC3: NON COMMUNICABLE TRAVEL RISKS
QUIZ
COME AND TEST YOUR TRAVEL MEDICINE KNOWLEDGE
And don’t forget the pre-conference all day seminar on Wilderness, Adventure and Expedition Medicine being held on 17th September (separate registration).