ESKIV – Workshop Program


Epidemiological Status of Kissing Bugs in Vietnam (ESKIV)

International Workshop, Nimpe / IRD, Hanoi, (Vietnam)

Day 1 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, first day

9h00-9H40 Opening ceremony (IRD, NIMPE, IEBR, French Embassy (Hanoï), Health Ministry Vietnam)

9h45-10h05 Jun Nakagawa (WHO WPRO) Chagas disease outside Latin America

10h10-10h30  Chris Schofield LSHTM Introduction to Triatominae

10H30 COFFEE

11h00-11h20 Jean-Pierre Dujardin IRD The rising of a continental burden: the Chagas-Triatoma model.

11h30-11h50 Truong Xuan Lam IEBR T. rubrofasciata : current infestation in Hanoi

12h00-12h20 Nguyen Van Chau et al. NIMPE T. rubrofasciata: current infestation in Vietnam

12H 30 LUNCH

14h00-14h20   Francisco Panzera Recent developments in Cytogenetics 

14h30-14h50 Silvia Catala Triatominae dispersal: Which attractants guide the invasion of houses?

15H00 COFFEE

15h30-15h50  Pham Thi Khoa NIMPE  T. rubrofasciata : laboratory rearing and insecticide tests

16h00-16h20 C. Schofield & Ken Hashimoto Control strategies against kissing bugs

18H30 WELLCOME DINNER

Day 2 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, second day

9h00-9h20 Marc Desquesnes and Philippe Truc France Diagnostic techniques for human Trypanosomiasis infection

9h30-9h50 Serge Morand CNRS Invasive rats: their consequences for disease transmission and emergence.

10h00-10h20 Nguyen Minh Tam Urban rodents and control in Vietnam.

10H30 COFFEE

11h00-11h20  Herve-Tissot Dupont & Regine Lefait-Robin Scientific networks and IRD in SEA

11h30 – 12h20 Group Research Open discussion about research to be developed to understand the invasive behaviour of  T. rubrofasciata in Vietnam.
  Group Strategies Open discussion about strategies to be developed to face the threat of T. rubrofasciata in Vietnam
12H30 LUNCH    
14H00-14H50 Group Research Open discussion about research (continued)
  Group Strategies Open discussion about strategies (continued)
15H00 COFFEE  
15H30-16H00 Groups Research and Strategies Lecture of the recommendations list to the national health authorities
16H30-17H00 Authorities Closing ceremony  (MC, Ms. Phuong Anh)