Pneumonia is considered the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in all ages worldwide. According to the Global Burden of Disease report, 2.5 million people died from pneumonia in 2019 worldwide. The conference will be hybrid (online and in-person) in the city of Lima-Peru, on November 10 at 1:00 p.m. (GMT-5). It is a free conference open to everyone, it will be in English and Spanish. The conference aims to give visibility to pneumonia and under the motto “Reducing the Impact of Pneumonia in the Americas” to raise awareness of this health problem that affects everyone.
13:30—13:50
13:50 – 14:00
Estimating pneumonia mortality in the Americas
Dr. Christopher Murray, Director Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), USA
14:00 – 14:10
Impact of pneumonia in children in the Americas
Dr. Gail Rodgers, Deputy Director of Pneumonia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
14:10 – 14:20
Childhood Pneumonia Management: Global prespective
Dr. Yasir Bin Nisar, World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland
14:20 – 14:30
Reducing the major risk factor: malnutrition
Dr. Claudio Lanata, Nutritional Research Institute, Peru
14:30 – 14:40
Impact of pneumonia in the elderly
Dr. Alfredo Guerreros, Peruvian Society of Pulmonology (SPN)
14:40 – 14:50
The critical role of pneumonia-fighting vaccines
Mr. Murat Ozturk, Senior Advisor Revolving Fund for Access to Vaccines, PAHO, USA
14:50 – 15:00
Reducing exposure to household air pollution
Dr. Roberto Accinelli, Researcher, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
15:00 – 15:10
Protecting the immunocompromised
Dr. Charles Dela Cruz, Director, Center for Pulmonary Infection Research and Treatment-Yale University, USA
15:10 – 15:20
Diagnosing pneumonia in children
Dr. William Checkley, Principal Investigator, Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial, Peru and USA
15:20 – 15:30
Determining pneumonia etiology in the Americas
Dr. Juana del Valle Mendoza, Teacher Researcher, Universidad Peruana de Ciendias Aplicadas-UPC, Peru
15:30 -15:40
Diagnosing pneumonia in adults
Dr. Alejandro Videla, Asociación Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria (AAMR), Argentina
15:40- 15:50
Access to medical oxygen in the Americas
Eng. Lucio Flavio de Magalhaes Brito, Lancet Global Health Oxygen Commissioner; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil Brazil
15:50- 16:00
The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security and the Americas
Dr. Patricia Garcia, Commissioner Lancet Global Health Commission, Peru
16:00-16:10
Antimicrobial resistance to pneumonia pathogens in the Americas
Dr. Gisela Robles Aguilar, Global Burden of Disease Researcher, Oxford University, UK
16:10 – 16:20
Lessons from previous pandemics: HIV, H1N1, COVID-19
Dr. Carlos del Rio, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), USA
16:20 – 16:30
Childhood Pneumonia Management: Global prespective
Dr. Yasir Bin Nisar, Medical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland
16:30 -16:40
Human Rights Challenges in the Fight Against Pneumonia
Mrs. Pilar Collantes, President, Voces Ciudadanas
16:40 -16:50
Pneumolight 2023
Dr. Catia Cilloniz, Coordinator, PneumoLight, Spain
16:50 – 17:00
Call to Action
Dr. Patricia Rivera, President, American Thoracic Society (ATS), USA
Dr. Romina Libster, Vaccine Research Director, Fundacion Infant, Argentina
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