January 30, 2009
Aga Khan University’s Department of Continuing Professional Education announces special session on Polio Eradication in Pakistan: The Way Forward organised by Fogarty Infectious Disease Program Division of Maternal and Child Health, AKU on Friday, January 30, 2009.
Time and Venue
5:30-7:30 pm
AKU Medical College, Lecture Hall 2
Programme
Programme Chair: Prof A. Gaffar Billo
Timings |
Session / Topic |
Presenter |
5:30 -5:40 pm |
Welcome Remarks |
Prof Zulfiqar Bhutta
Head, Maternal and Child Health Division, AKU
Prof Anita Zaidi
Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, AKU
|
5:40 -6:10 pm |
Polio in Pakistan : The national situation |
Prof Tariq Bhutta
Chairman, National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG)
|
6:10 -6:50 pm |
Polio Eradication in Latin America: Some lessons for Pakistan
|
Dr Ciro A de Quadros
Executive Vice President, Sabin Vaccine Institute, USA |
6:50-7:25 pm |
Panel Discussion
|
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7:25-7:30 pm |
Concluding Remarks by the Chair
|
Prof A Gaffar Billoo
Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, AKU
|
7:30 pm on wards |
Refreshments |
Registration form
For information please contact:
Shamsa Panjwani
Tel: +92 21 493 0051 Ext. 4955
Email: shamsa.panjwani@aku.edu
Or Department of Continuing Professional Education
Aga Khan University Hospital
Stadium Road, P.O Box: 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Telephone: +92 21 486 4616
Email: umar.ahsan@aku.edu or Dept.CPE@aku.edu
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