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Infections Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List and Antimicrobial Resistance
Objectives:
Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicine.
Speakers:
Ms Maropeng Rapetsoa
Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist
Essential Drugs Programme
Dr Ruth Lancaster
Pharmaceutical policy specialist
Dr Jeremy Nel
Head: Infectious Diseases
Prof Lesley Robertson
Head of unit psychiatrist in the Sedibeng District Specialist Mental Health Team and as adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) Live Tutorial session: TB diagnosis and management among hospitalised patients with HIV: current issues
Objectives:
To provide healthcare workers with support in managing patients with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and co-infections
Support clinicians who are interested in the Knowledge Hub online Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) course.
Provide clinical resources and guidelines to support the healthcare professional in the clinic or hospital setting
Provide practical management tools
Speakers:
Dr Dean Solomon
Technical Lead National
Prof Graeme Meintjes
Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
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Spinal Motion Restriction
Objectives
What is Spinal Motion Restriction
When and how should this be applied
What should be avoided
Speakers:
Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager
Ms Monique Venter
Assistant Lecturer
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Emergencies & Injuries and Poisonings Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List
Objectives:
Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicine.
Speakers:
Ms Maropeng Rapetsoa
Pharmaceutical Policy Specialist
Essential Drugs Programme
Professor Lesley Jane Robertson
Adjunct Professor: Department of Psychiatry, Wits
Head of Clinical Unit: Sedibeng District Specialist Mental Health Team
Deputy Chair: PHC/AHL Expert Review Committee
Dr Kate Balme
Medical Officer
Professor Clint Hendrikse
Associate Professor and Head: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care
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Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) Live Tutorial session: HIV-related ethical dilemmas
Objectives:
To provide healthcare workers with support in managing patients with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and co-infections
Support clinicians who are interested in the Knowledge Hub online Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) course.
Provide clinical resources and guidelines to support the healthcare professional in the clinic or hospital setting
Provide practical management tools
Speakers:
Dr Dean Solomon
Technical Lead National
Professor Theresa Rossouw
Chairperson: Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee
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Capacity Building on Reporting of cases of child abuse and Part B of the National Child Protection Register
Objectives:
Mandatory reporting of child abuse in terms of the Children’s Act no 38 of 2005.
Purpose and screening of persons having access to children or working with children as required by the Children’s Act.
Reporting of child abuse (Part A of the Child Protection Register)
Screening of persons (Part B of the Child Protection Register)
Speakers:
Ms Hlamalani Queen Nenzhelele
Assistant Director: Adolescent and Youth Health Programme in the National Department of Health (NDoH
Mr Nkatane Matsomane
Deputy Director: Child Protection Register
Ms Feni Moditswana Motshwane
Deputy Director: Integrated School Health in the National Department of Health (NDoH)
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Manage "Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) Live Tutorial session: HIV drug resistance and Advanced HIV disease"
Objectives:
To provide healthcare workers with support in managing patients with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and co-infections.
Support clinicians who are interested in the Knowledge Hub online Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) course.
Provide clinical resources and guidelines to support the healthcare professional in the clinic or hospital setting.
Provide practical management tools
Speakers:
Prof. Gert van Zyl
Virological Pathologist and Professor in Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University and Executive Head of the Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Tygerberg, South Africa.
Dr Leon Levin
Paediatrician
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