5th Meeting of the GTFCC Working Group on Case Management Webinars

In lieu of the annual face to face GTFCC Case Management working group meeting, 2 virtual seminars of approximately 90-minute duration were organized.

The first seminar focused on the implementation of the Case Management pillar of National Cholera Plans (NCP) and the second on research updates relating to case management.

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The second seminar took place on Thursday, October 1 from 16:00-17:30 (CET).

After initial introductions, there were three presentations followed by a discussion:

• Randomised-control trial comparing rapid vs slow rehydration of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and dehydrating acute diarrhoea – Dr. Md. Nur Haque ALAM, Emirates Scientist, NCSD, icddr,b
• Retrospective and prospective evaluations of case area targeted interventions (CATIs) for cholera outbreaks in humanitarian settings – Paul SPIEGEL, Professor Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Director Center for Humanitarian Health and Ruwan RATNAYAKE, Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Phage for the masses: Using phages as a cholera intervention for household transmission – Minmin YEN, Ph.D., MPH – CEO & Co-Founder of PhagePro

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