Richard Hughes, London, UK - President, EFNS
Gustavo Roman, Houston, TX, USA - WFN
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cocody
Alfred Njamnshi, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Chair, WFN-African Committee
Chair: Richard Hughes, London, UK
Co-chair: Ba Zeze, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
09.30 – 10.00
General overview and introduction
Felix Boa (Ivory Coast)
10.00 – 10.30
Emerging infectious diseases
Erich Schmutzhard (Innsbruck, Austria)
10.30 – 11.00
Break
11.00 – 11.30
AIDS in Africa – where are we?
Beugré Kouassi (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
11.30 – 12.00
Trypanosomiasis
Michel Dumas (Limoges, France)
12.00 - 13.00
Time for Questions
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Clinical Cases: Rotating discussion groups led by the morning speakers and faculty, allowing all participants to take part in the discussions of clinical cases.
Group 1: Prof. Erich Schmutzhard and Prof. Beugré Kouassi
Group 2: Prof. Michel Dumas and Prof. N’Guessan Bonny
Group 3: Prof. Felix Boa and Prof. Riadh Gouider
Amadou Gallo Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
Raj N. Kalaria (Newcastle, UK) - IBRO
Chair: Jacques De Reuck (Ghent, Belgium)
Co-Chair: Roger Charles Delafosse (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
9.15 – 9.30
Dementia Epidemiology: Is the answer to AD in Africa?
Gustavo C. Roman (Houston, USA) – WFN
9.30 – 10.15
Clinical and Mental Health in Africa – yesterday and tomorrrow
Theresa Agossou (Cotonou, Benin) – former WHO Regional Officer for Africa for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
10.15 – 10.30
Pseudo-dementias in Africa
Anabelle Kpindih (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 11.30
Dementias: General introduction and Alzheimer’s disease
Magda Tsolaki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
11.30 – 12.00
Non Alzheimer Dementia
Florence Pasquier (Lille, France)
12.00 – 13.00
Time for Questions
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Clinical Cases: Rotating discussion groups led by the morning speakers
and faculty, allowing all participants to take part in the discussion of clinical cases.
Group 1: Theresa Agossou and Roger Charles Delafosse
Group 2: François Akani, Anabelle Kpindih and Florence Pasquier
Group 3: Magda Tsolaki and Ange Datie
Beugré Kouassi (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Theresa Agossou (Cotonou, Benin)
9.15 – 9.45
Coffee Break
Acquiring Survival Skills for Scientific Publications and Presentations
Raj Kalaria (Newcastle, UK)
Amadou Gallo Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
The Cochrane Library – the best evidence
Richard Hughes (London, UK)
A key to scientific research literature
J. De Reuck (Ghent, Belgum)
11.00 - 12.30
Open discussion between students and faculty members
Michel Dumas (Limoges, France) - Introduction
12.30 – 12.45
Meeting summary and closing remarks
Richard Hughes (London, UK) – President EFNS
12.45 – 13.00
The Way Forward – Regional Teaching Course 2011
Jean-Michel Vallat (Limoges, France) and Alfred Njamnshi