ECTMIH 2023 programme overview
Daily programme at a glance
ECTMIH 2023 - your daily schedule at a glance
Sunday 19 November
ECTMIH Academy
A new initiative this year, ECTMIH Academy will offer a full day of workshops and training sessions to strengthen the academic, professional and creative skills of global health professionals.
Monday 20 November
| Time | Details |
| 15:00 | Registration desk opens |
| 15:30 | Opening Plenary |
| 17:30 | Welcome Reception |
Tuesday 21 November
Registration desk, exhibition and poster areas open at 08:00; sessions include:
| Climate justice and decolonizing global health Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health | |
| Planetary health and humanitarian crises response Médecins Sans Frontières | |
| A hidden tragedy: why do so many people still die from lack of insulin? Health Action International | |
| Scenario-based workshop on climate change and pandemic threats Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center | |
| Mental health and well-being under the planetary health framework: transdisciplinary views and diverse context Be-cause Health Planetary Health working group; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Italian Institute for Planetary Health | |
| Tuberculosis in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: how to turn challenges into opportunities EU Cooperation in Science and Technology; ADVANCE - TB | |
| Climate, animals and humans: rethinking One Health
Società Italiana di Medicina Tropicale e Salute Globale; German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health; Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | |
| Ethical partnerships for health worker migration: perspectives, interest, criteria Wemos | |
| Clinical development of new anti-malarials German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health | |
| Infertility: the untold story and still neglected issue for men and women Share-Net Netherlands; Netherlands' Working Party for International Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health | |
| Cost-efficient monitoring and evaluation of soil-transmitted helminths control programmes Ghent University; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam | |
| Strongyloidiasis: challenges in endemic and non-endemic areas IRCCS Verona; Leiden University Medical Center | |
| Ensuring mother and child health care in a protracted crisis: the experience of Afghanistan KIT Royal Tropical Institute | |
| Developing national roadmaps for scaling-up integrated care – lessons to be learned from the SCUBY project Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, in collaboration with the SCUBY consortium | |
| Utilizing geospatial methods to drive health service delivery in the era of climate change KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam; Institute of Global Health & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva | |
| Maternal health and non-communicable disease in low and middle-income countries Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht; Equity in Health and Research Initiative Nigeria; Population Council, Washington DC; Population Council, Bangladesh | |
| The challenge of schistosomiasis treatment in young children and pregnant women: example of freeBILy Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; Leiden University Medical Center | |
| Closing the gap for children affected by neglected tropical diseases Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative | |
| Engage communities in prevention and control of non-communicable diseases University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands; Trnava University, Slovakia; University of Passau, Germany; HelpAge International; Age International, UK; Thay Nguyen University; Vietnam Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Vietnam; University Sebelas Maret, Indonesia; University of Public Health, Myanmar | |
| Global health physician specialization: field examples of sustainable collaboration training Opleidingsinstituut Internationale Gezondheidszorg en Tropengeneeskunde | |
| Are you applying an intersectional lens to your work in sexual and reproductive health and rights? Make Way consortium: Wemos; Liliane Fonds; VSO Netherlands | |
| Monitoring and prognostics in paediatric critical care in low income settings: 'the future is predicting the future' Amsterdam University Medical Center; Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development; Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi | |
| Climate and health challenge International Federation of Medical Students Associations | |
| Fighting poor-quality medicine: acting on evidence in Indonesia and Afghanistan Erasmus School for Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam; KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam; Migunani Association, Indonesia | |
| The exposome and planetary health - multi-faceted data for a multi-faceted field Utrecht University | |
| Plastics in our air, water, and places: health effects and research challenges Utrecht University | |
| Building bridges in essential surgical care and education Netherlands Society for International Surgery; Global Surgery Germany; CapaCare European Global Surgery collaboration UMC Utrecht; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital; Royal College of Surgeons England; G4 Alliance | |
| Simulation of social justice: how games demonstrate health equity KIT Royal Tropical Institute | |
| Reflecting on global health discourse: towards socially-just knowledge construction in global health programmes Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp |
Wednesday 22 November
Registration desk, exhibition and poster areas open at 08:00; sessions include
| The new EU Global Health Strategy: implications for research
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development; Barcelona Institute for Global Health; European Global Health Research Institutes Network |
| Racism, inequity, health and well-being: an urgent call for a European stance
Ghent University; University of Amsterdam; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht; Belgian Lung and Tuberculosis Association |
| When the climate impacts our sexual and reproductive health and rights Academic Network on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy |
| Climate change and gender-based violence KIT Royal Tropical Institute |
| Advancing schistosomiasis control interventions towards elimination goals 2030;: innovative examples from eastern and central Africa using One Health and citizen science approaches
Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
| Measuring global access to essential medicines Utrecht WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation; WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Health Action International |
| Innovating cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries and vulnerable groups in Europe University Medical Centre Groningen; Netherlands Female Cancer Foundation; t; Leiden University Medical Centre; Trnava University, Slovakia; Uganda Cancer Institute; Uganda Rural Development and Training; International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; Friendship NGO Bangladesh |
| Community skin health events in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania No Leprosy Remains |
| Digital optical devices – a new development in parasite diagnostics Leiden University Medical Center; Enaiblers, Uppsala, Sweden; University of Ghent |
| Advances
of circulating anodic antigen detection for schistosomiasis diagnosis in non-endemic and endemic
settings Leiden University Medical Center |
| Current and future landscapes on Buruli Ulcer and leprosy treatment University of Zaragoza |
| Syndemic research: the road ahead viewed from the path travelled Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Health systems strengthening and innovation: what can high income countries learn from low- and middle income countries? Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health Working Group on Health in Developing Countries |
| Novel diagnostics for infectious disease in the tropics Saarland University Medical Center |
| Towards more adaptive and equitable research cultures for tackling complex health challenges Dutch Research Council; Dutch Research Agenda; Graduate Research on Worldwide Challenges PhD programme |
| Staying safe while working on sexual and reproductive health and rights in hostile environments Justice for Prosperity Foundation |
| The burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp |
| Improving targeting, take-up, and prevention of cardiovascular disease in low-resource settings Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Movement building for planetary health: the power of education and art Planetary Health Hub NL; University of Exeter |
| Sacred nature: indigenous and religious views on the health of Planet Earth
University of Maastricht; Institute for Animal Ethics |
| ePLANET: a planetary health game for medical students University Medical Center Utrecht |
| Improving practical training opportunities for students and young professionals University of Saarland; Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene |
| Why planetary health risk analysis is necessary for environment and child health Global Health Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| Challenge your knowledge, perceptions and beliefs Wemos |
| Impact and intervention for mental health and neglected tropical diseases No Leprosy Remains |
| Involving patients at different stages of product development and implementation for infectious diseases Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative; Institut Pasteur de Tunis; Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento de Investigaciones Médicas Colombia; Medical University of Vienna; Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia; University of Oxford, UK |
| Prioritising environmental factors in global health procurement IDA Foundation |
| Perinatal depression research in Africa
African Population and Health Research Center; University Medical Center Utrecht |
| Gynaecological oncology with a focus on breast and gynaecological cancer University Medical Center Utrecht |
| Subnational burden estimation: methods and applications for locally tailored public health programme planning KIT Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam |
Thursday 23 November
Registration desk, exhibition and poster areas open at 08:00; sessions include:
| Migrant health: to screen or not to screen; this is the question Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health; Società Italiana di Medicina Tropicale e Salute Globale; Swedish Society for Tropical Medicine; Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale; ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants |
| Border violence, detention and pushbacks in Europe: a determinant of health? Lancet Migration European Regional Hub; University of Heidelberg |
| Research and development on novel drugs for nematode infections: insight from academia and product development partnerships working together in the EU-funded HELP project Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
| Challenges in global paediatric oncology Emma’s Children Hospital, Amsterdam; University Medical Center Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht |
| Prevention and morbidity management of female genital schistosomiasis: how to optimise strategies to meet the neglected tropical diseases roadmap goals for schistosomiasis Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Strengthening strategic planning and data for decision making in fragile and conflict-affected settings: methodological reflections and guidance KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam |
| Context matters: learnings from real-world implementation within maternal health in Malawi, Ethiopia, and Tanzania PartoMa and Ethiopian Obstetric Surveillance System project |
| Advocacy successes: learning from youth climate movements and working towards intergenerational climate justice
International Federation of Medical Students Associations - Netherlands |
| The road towards optimizing the medical treatment for mycetoma Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative |
| A focus on Malawi: schistosomiasis and its new One Health dimensions Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
| Refugee children: do we care? Expertisecentrum Kinderen en Adolescenten Nieuw in Nederland |
| How do we best research and improve maternal and newborn health care in large cities? Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp |
| How sexual and reproductive health and rights integration in medical curricula supports equitable and rights-based health around the globe KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, in collaboration with the FIGO/WATOG/IFMSA network, Association of private health schools Mali, Netherlands General Practitioner Advisory Group on Sexual Health |
| Contribution of multidisciplinary research to the equity and sustainability of social health insurance in Benin PRD-ARCH Consortium, a research project financed by the ARES University Cooperation, coordinated by University of Liège, Belgium, University of Parakou, Benin |
| Technology and systems approaches for global health Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
| Women creating a flourishing future in planetary health Royal Roads University, Canada |
| EAT-Lancet Commission: fair food transitions
University of Utrecht Pathways to Sustainability |
| Health, food, water and sustainability at the rural-urban interface in the global south EWUU (Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and University Medical Centre Utrecht) Alliance |
| Climate change and health outcomes: extreme temperatures, air pollution and policy instruments Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Financial justice for health equity Wemos |
| The
added value of a national global health strategy for addressing the impact of climate
change on health Dutch Global Health Alliance |
| How to scale up novel health interventions? An emerging field KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam |