GLOBVAC webinar: Digital Health

10 November 2020, 14:00 - 15:30

The GLOBVAC webinar series will build up to the postponed main GLOBVAC conference in Oslo, planned for 20 –21 April 2021.

The webinar series will be hosted using Microsoft Teams, which has a limit to 300 participants. We therefore encourage you to secure your participation signing up in advance. A link to the webinar will be shared with registered participants.

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Each webinar series will have an introduction by the webinar leader followed by a 10 minute presentations with 5 minutes set aside for questions.

Webinar programme 10 November 2020:

Introduction by Jon Øyvind Odland, Professor of Global Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Theme: Digital Health

14:05-14:20
Norwegian University of Science and Technology / SINTEF - Applied Research, Technology and Innovation

14:20-14:35
Norwegian University of Science and Technology / SINTEF - Applied Research, Technology and Innovation

14:35-14:50
Rozina Feroz Ali, Interactive Research & Development (IRD-Pakistan): Validating a mobile Decision Support System Application Programming Interface (DSS-API) to guide front-line healthcare workers in scheduling age appropriate immunizations

14:50-15:05
Asgeir Johannessen, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål: Treatment of chronic hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa: 3-year results of a pilot program in Ethiopia

15:05-15:20
Agnes Napyo Kasede, University of Bergen: Factors associated with detectable viral load among HIV-infected pregnant women on treatment in Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study

GLOBVAC webinar series

The programme is as follows :

  • Webinar 1: 8 September – Theme: Covid-19 aspects and healthcare systems
  • Webinar 2: 13 October – Theme: Children, health and nutrition
  • Webinar 3: 10 November – Theme: Digital Health
  • Webinar 4: 8 f December – Theme: Mental health in crisis, vaccine and point of care support

(The programme may be subject to change)