Preliminary Programme
- Day 1. Tuesday, November 28
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Registration
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Opening. Vytautas Usonis (Artis Centrum Hotel, Vilnius, Lithuania)
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Session I. Paediatric infectious diseases in Europe. Chair Vytautas Usonis (Lithuania)
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Evolution of infection. Vytautas Usonis (Lithuania)
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Questions & Answers
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Can normal host be compromised in regard to pneumococcus? Ron Dagan (Israel)
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Questions & Answers
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Coffee break
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Session II. Interactive discussion.
Vaccination hesitancy: we see what we believe rather than believing what we see. Eugenijus Laurinaitis (Lithuania), Dace Zavadska (Latvia)
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Lunch
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Session III. Influenza vaccination in childhood: Chair: Dace Zavadska (Latvia)
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Paediatric influenza vaccination in Europe. Suzanna Esposito (Italy)
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Questions & Answers
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New horizons of paediatric influenza vaccination. Hanna M. Nohynek (Finland)
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Questions & Answers
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Afternoon tea
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Session IV. Interactive cases. Moderators – VICO-2017 Faculty speakers.
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Interactive case presentation by VICO-2017 participants.
- Catherine Serhiyenka (Belarus)
- Skaistė Pečiulienė (Lithuania)
- Monika Wanke-Rytt (Poland)
- Andrzej Załęski (Poland)
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General discussion. Closing of the Day 1. Vytautas Usonis (Lithuania)
- Day 2. Wednesday, November 29
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Session V. Paediatric HIV/AIDS. Chair: Anna Turkova (UK)
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Paediatric HIV/AIDS in XXI century Europe.
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Questions & Answers
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Paediatric HIV: from birth to adulthood. Anna Turkova (UK)
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Coffee break
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Session VI. Childhood tuberculosis in XXI century. Chair: Steven Welch (UK)
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Update on paediatric TB. Steven Welch (UK)
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Questions & Answers.
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Childhood TB through clinical cases. Elena Sučilienė (Lithuania) and other participants
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Questions & Answers.
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Lunch
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Session II. Prudent use of antibiotics. Chair: Ron Dagan (Israel)
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The history of antibiotics and the new antibiotic pipeline. James Hatcher (UK)
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Questions & Answers
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Antibiotic therapy challenges in children in the era of multi-drug resistance. Stephane Paulus (Belgium)
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Afternoon tea
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Session VIII. Underused vaccination programmes. Chair: Inga Ivaškevičienė (Lithuania)
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Men-B vaccination. UK experience. Shamez Ladhani (UK)
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Questions & Answers.
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Pertussis: can we win the race? Vytautas Usonis (Lithuania)
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Questions & Answers.
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Summary of the course. Evaluation and closing of the Course. Vytautas Usonis (Lithuania)
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Farewell tea
Course certificates