Co-Chairs | Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; and Alvin Zipursky, The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
8:00 am | Introduction and Presentation of the 2012 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health to Roger Glass by Alvin Zipursky, The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
8:10 am | Award Address |
8:40 am | Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Dr. Olivier Fontaine |
8:50 am | Keynote Address: The History of Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries |
9:20 am | The Vicious Cycle of Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Nutritional Risk Factors |
9:50 am | Global Enteric Multi Center Study (GEMS): Etiology and Burden of Severe Diarrheal Diseases in Africa and Asia |
10:20 am | The Enteropathy of Childhood Diarrhea |
10:50 am | Discussion |
Platform presentations selected from abstracts on global child health
Moderators: | Robert Armstrong, Aga Khan University – East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; and Yvonne Maldonado, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, U.S.A. |
| Time | Abstract # | Authors | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 pm | 3475.1 | Frederick Grant, Reynaldo Martorell,Rafael Flores-Ayala, Conrad Cole, Laird Ruth, Minal Patel, Patricia Juliao, Rob Quick, Parminder S. Suchdev | Effect of Selling Micronutrient Powders on Fever, Diarrhea and Respiratory Illness Incidence among Preschool Children in Western Kenya |
| 1:15 pm | 3475.2 | David M. Goldfarb, Henry Welch, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Jeffrey M. Pernica, Loeto Mazhani, Sylvia Chong, James Mahony, Marek Smieja. | High Yield Gastroenteritis Pathogen Detection in Children in Botswana Using a Highly Multiplexed PCR Panel and a Fluidic Microbead-Based Assay |
| 1:30 pm | 3475.3 | Hemant Kulkarni, Archana B. Patel, Michael J. Dibley, Neetu Badhoniya | Influence of Zinc and Copper Supplementation during Acute Diarrhea in Children on Short-Term Morbidity and Growth: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 1:45 pm | 3475.4 | David Chen, Mark D. DeBoer, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Richard L. Guerrant, Max A. Luna, Aryeh D. Stein, Reynaldo Martorell | Early Childhood Diarrhea Burden 0-6 Months Is Associated with Increase Risk of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: Human Capital Study of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama |
| 2:00 pm | 3475.5 | Theresa J. Ochoa, Elsa Chea, Nelly Baiocchi, Iris Pecho, Gladys Valdiviezo, Miguel Campos, Thomas G. Cleary | Randomized Controlled Trial of Bovine Lactoferrin (bLF) for Prevention of Diarrhea in Peruvian Children |
| 2:15 pm | 3475.6 | MAL-ED Cognitive Subcommittee, Rebecca Scharf, Zeba Rasmussen | The MAL-ED Research Network: Assessing Development in Young Children in 8 Developing Countries |
| 2:30 pm | 3475.7 | Maryanne Crockett, Lisa Avery, B.M. Ramesh, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Stephen Moses,James Blanchard | Assessment and Management of Children with Severe Diarrhea in Karnataka, India |
| 2:45 pm | 3475.8 | Stephen Freedman, Jennifer Thull-Freedman, Eshetu Atenafu, Derek Stephens | Does “Filling the Tank” Reduce Revisits in Children with Gastroenteritis? |
Co-Chairs | Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; and Alvin Zipursky, The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
3:30 pm | The Vicious Cycle of Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Effect on Growth and Development |
4:00 pm | Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in the Prevention of Childhood Diarrhoeal Diseases |
4:30 pm | Diarrhea – We Have the Solution (ORS) – What is the Problem? |
5:00 pm | Vaccines and the Prevention of Viral and Bacterial Causes of Diarrhea |
