What will the next pandemic be, and how can we prepare for it? What role does mistrust in the health authorities play in the spread of infectious disease?
Pandemics such as Covid-19 and Ebola and endemic diseases like tuberculosis, HIV and malaria threaten global health, and we need to collaborate across nations and disciplines if we wish to manage these threats and their implications for society. This track will explore the challenges associated with managing infectious diseases – and the impact that pandemics have on our societal structure and economy.
Time: Thursday May 11 at 12.45-14.30
Auditorium: Eduard Biermann
Mitigation strategies are well known for aiming at reducing transmission, disease and deaths. Different strategies were used during the COVID-19 pandemic but certain sections of society were sceptical reducing the use of masks and uptake of vaccines. The role of mistrust in the health authorities on the spread of infectious disease will be explored along with the challenges associated with managing infectious diseases – and the impact that pandemics and epidemics have on our societal structure and economy.
Chair:
Eskild Petersen, Emeritus Professor, Aarhus University
Speakers:
Eskild Petersen, Emeritus Professor, Aarhus University
Communication: The battle between the official and unofficial narrative
Thea Kølsen Fischer, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Tracking origin and closing down future pandemics
Aleksandar Stevanović, MD, University of Belgrade
Infodemic Management in Serbia: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Flash talks by:
Pernille Brandt, Development Consultant, Municipality of Aarhus
Increasing vaccination adherence in vulnerable groups
Charlotte Nørholm, PhD Student, Aarhus University
Testing Denmark: Public perceptions of test strategies during COVID-19
Jane Agergaard, Clinical Associate Professor, Aarhus University
Prognosis of long COVID in a Danish Post COVID patient cohort
Time: Friday May 12 at 10.30-12.15
Auditorium: Eduard Biermann
This track will focus on what the next pandemic or epidemic be, and how we are able prepare for it. Pandemics and epidemics such as Covid-19, Ebola and tuberculosis threaten global health, and we need to collaborate across nations and disciplines if we wish to manage these threats and their implications for society.
Chair:
Eskild Petersen, Emeritus Professor, Aarhus University
Speakers:
Catherine Smallwood, Programme Manager, Emergency Operations, WHO Europe
How ready are we for the next pandemic?
Michael Bang Petersen, Professor, Aarhus University
What did we learn from the COVID pandemic on sustainable societal development?
Lone Simonsen, Professor, Roskilde University
Future pandemics in the making, what is coming up?
Flash talks by:
Julia Raadvad, Director Analysis and Advocay, Doctors without Borders
A broken promise: What did go wrong in the global response to the COVID-pandemic?
Laura Omann, Research Year Student, Aarhus University
Mental Health - the next frontier in tackling the HIV pandemic?
Anders Solitander Bohlbro, MD, Aarhus University
Life expentancy of patients with tuberculosis in Guineau-Bissau