About this event
- Date and time Tue 1 Nov 2022 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Royal Society of Medicine
On 23rd July 2022, the Monkeypox outbreak was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation.
Benefits of attending:
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Build your understanding of the story behind the Monkeypox outbreak, and the current state of the outbreak in the UK and internationally
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Gain insight into the public health strategies being used to contain the outbreak, and what needs to change going forward
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Find out the latest information on vaccines and antivirals
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Learn and understand what the outbreak means for routine practice, including diagnosis and clinical management
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Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
Professor Gillian Leng CBE, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
Session 1: The monkeypox story
Setting the scene
Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor and National Strategic Response Director for Monkeypox, UK Health Security Agency, Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Security, University College London
Diagnosis and case definition
Professor Chloe Orkin, Lead for HIV research, Barts Health NHS Trust
Session 2: Monkeypox on the ground
Monkeypox incident management
Dr Sophia Makki, National Incident Director for Monkeypox, UK Health Security Agency
Monkeypox the African perspective
Comfort break
Session 3: Managing the outbreak
Panel discussion
Chair: Professor Maggie Rae, President, Epidemiology and Public Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Panel: Professor Chloe Orkin, Professor Susan Hopkins, Dr Monica Gandhi, American physician and Professor, University of California, San Fransisco (UCSF), Director of the UCSF Gladstone Centre for AIDS Research and Medical Director, San Francisco General Hospital HIV Clinic and Dr Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, Medical Doctor, University College London
Closing remarks
Professor Gillian Leng
Close of meeting
Location
Online
Disclaimer
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.