International Congress
SKIN ON THE MOVE – 9th Edition
“Tropical Neglected Skin Diseases or Tropical Diseases in Neglected people? ”
Monday March 18th – 22nd, 2024
Addis Ababa
PROGRAM
ADDIS ABABA
Arrival early in the morning at Addis Ababa Airport
After immigration checks, private transfer by bus to hotel MONARCH PARKVIEW HOTEL
The driver waits for you with a sign: DREAMTOUR
HOTEL REGISTRATION
H. 12.00 Transfer to Italian Institute of Culture of Addis Ababa
H. 13.00 Lunch Semien Hotel
14:00 OPEN CERIMONY – Italian Cultural Institute Addis Ababa
H. E. Agostino Palese – Ambassador of Italy to Ethiopia
Sonia Cannizzaro – Sara Cannizzaro Child Minders Association (SCCMA)
Shimelis Nigusse Doni – Ethiopian Dermatology and Venereology Society (EDVS)
Bernard Naafs – Honorary President International Congress Skin on the Move
Aldo Morrone – International Institute Social Medical Anthropological Sciences
(IISMAS), San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS
14:30 – 18:00 – SESSION 1 TROPICAL NEGLECTED DISEASES OR TROPICAL DISEASES IN NEGLECTED PEOPLE?
14:30 Aldo Morrone – Our Experience in Ethiopia
14:45 Bernard Naafs – Treatment of Podoconiosis
15:00 Shimelis Nigusse Doni – Teledermatology in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities
15:15 Frehiwot Daba Gutema – Non Melanoma Skin Cancer – Overview and the Sex Disparity
15:30 Abraham Getachew Kelbore – The impact on Quality of Life and Perception of Podoconiosis
among Patients in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
15:45 Fresenay Ewnetu – Challenges to Dermatologic Service at SPHMMC
16:00 Kidist Yeneneh – Griscelli syndrome type 3 in Ethiopian sisters
16:15 Coffee Break
16:45 Flavia Di Cioccio – Different Manifestations of Atopic Dermatitis in Different Skin Colors
17:00 Antonio Cristaudo – New Drugs for Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis
17:15 Efa Ambaw Bogino – Rational for Dermatology Service in Prison, Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia
17:30 Bernard Naafs – Leprosy Reactions what is new
17:45 Frehiwot Daba Gutema – Research Project in collaboration with San Gallicano Dermatological Institute
18:00 Discussion and Conclusion
19.00 Reception at the Italian Ambassador’s Residence for dinner
Tuesday March 19th, 2024
ADDIS ABABA – MEKELLE
7:00 BREAKFAST IN HOTEL
8:00 Visit at the ALERT Hospital and Sara Cannizzaro ChildMinders Association (SCCMA)
12:30 LUNCH
15:30 Departure from Addis Ababa Airport and arrive in Mekelle at 17:00
Transfer to the Planet Hotel Mekelle
HOTEL REGISTRATION
19:30 Social Dinner
Wednesday March 20th, 2024 MEKELLE
7:00 BREAKFAST
8:00 9:00 OPEN CERIMONY Planet Hotel
9:30 – 12:30 Second Session “HEALTH FOR ALL: A HUMAN RIGHT”
9:30 Bernard Naafs – Personal history with HIV
9:45 Gebreamlak Gidey – The Autopsy of HateSpeech: The pathological Mindset of the Perpetrators of Ethiopia’s war on Tigrai
10:00 Lavinia Incocciati – Mario Maiani District Hospital: Our Experience
10:15 Shimelash Bitew Workie – Burden of Skin and Subcutaneous disease in Ethiopia. Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data from 1990 to 2021
10:30Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs – Predicting tuberculosis incidence and its trend in Tigray, Ethiopia: A reality- counterfactual modeling approach
10:45 Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot – The hypocrisy lip service of peace dialogue deteriorates the health and nutrition status of the population in Tigray, Ethiopia: The Perspectives of IDPs and host community
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Gebremariam A -Diversity and altitudinal distribution of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic areas of Tigray, northern Ethiopia
11:45 Bernard Naafs – Diagnosis of leprosy
12:00 Brhane Ayele – Current challenges and future prospects of Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Tigray, Ethiopia
12:15 Menasbo Gebru Gebrehiwet – Prevalence and associated factors of soil transmitted helminthes among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Maytsebri primary hospital, North Ethiopia
12:30 Ataklti Gebretsadik Woldegebriel – High manifestations of food insecurity and hunger among pregnant and lactating women during post-conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia: a community-based study
12:45 Brhane Ayele – Current challenges and future prospects of Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Tigray, Ethiopia
13:00 Menasbo Gebru Gebrehiwet – Prevalence and associated factors of soil transmitted helminthes among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Maytsebri primary hospital, North Ethiopia
13:15 GebreAb Barnabas – The Odyssey of Tigray’s Ongoing Genocide. A Cri de Coeur for Justice to Be Served
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 Mekonnen Haileselassie – Starvation remains the leading cause of death in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, after the Pretoria deal: a call for expedited action
14:45 Minassie Teklegiorgis Assefa – Bacillary angiomatosis: a rare disease in the era of HAART
15:00 Mache Tsadik – Child health services and armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia: a communitybased study
15:15 Flavia Di Cioccio – Different Manifestations of Atopic Dermatitis in Different Skin Colors
15:30 Seyoum Desta – Epidemiological pattern and their risk factors of cholera out breaks: A community based study in southern zone, Tigray
15:45 Letebrhan Weldemhret- Review of Evidence on Post-War Health System Recovery Strategies: Systematic review
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 Fana Gebreslassie – Proportion of children aged 0-59 months reached by integrated measles campaign and its associated factors in the post conflict setting of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2023: community based crossectional study
16:45 Mengistu Welday Gebremichael – Rape Survivors’ Experience in Tigray: A Qualitative Study
17:00 Akeza Awealom Asgedom – Unimproved water and sanitation contributes to childhood diarrhoea during the war in Tigray, Ethiopia: a community based assessment
17:30 Wendemagegn Enbiale – Subcutaneous mycoses: Endemic but neglected among the Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ethiopia
19:30 Friendly Dinner
THURSDAY 21st MARCH, 2024
7:00 BREAKFAST
8:00 Visit at the IDP’ Camps, Tigray health Research Institute, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Tour Mekelle
19:30 Friendly Dinner
Friday 22ND March, 2024
7:00 BREAKFAST
8:00 – 12:30 THIRD SESSION DERMATOLOGY GLOBAL HALTH – ONE HEALTH
8:00 Mussie Alemayehu – The burden of Obstetric fistula and pelvic organ prolapse in Tigray region: The implication of war and siege.
8:15 Kiros Demoz – Disability status in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia, in post war situation, 2023
8:30 Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet – War and Health Care Services Utilization for Chronic Diseases in Rural and Semiurban Areas of Tigray, Ethiopia
8:45 Mengistu Welday Gebremichael- War-related Socio-Economic Changes in Tigray
9:00 Letebrhan Weldemhret- Time to sputum culture conversion and its predictors among multi drug resistance tuberculosis patients in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study
9:15 Aldo Morrone Dermatology and Migration
9:30 Antonio Cristaudo Sexually Transmitted Diseases
9:45 Fernando Riccardeli The Skin and the catastrophes
10:00 Discussion and Presentation of Memorandum of Understanding
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
17:30 Departure from Mekelle to Addis Ababa Airport
Dinner at Traditional Restaurant YOD ABYSSINIA
Flight connection to Italy and Netherland
