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Malnutrition and infections in children in low-income
countries
3rd of November 2015 13.00-17.10
Venue: Auditorium 1, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø,
Denmark
A collaborate meeting arranged by Global Health Unit (GHU), Rigshospitalet;
Doctors without Borders (MSF), and University of Copenhagen (UC).
The aim is to give an update on current research and knowledge on
malnutrition and infection in low-income countries, and to strengthen the
cooperation in Denmark within the area.
Program
Part I: ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN
13.00 - 13.10: Welcome, professor Freddy Karup Pedersen, GHU
13.20 - 13.35: Overview of actors working with improving the treatment of acute malnutrition, Nicky Dent
(CMAM Forum)
13.35 - 14.20: Acute malnutrition update, including questions: André Briend
14.20 - 14.50: Short presentations: Treatfood (Vibeke Brix Christensen) 20 min, phosphate status in severe
acute malnutrition (Anne-Louise Holter) 10 min
Coffee Break 30 min
Part II: THE KILLING DUAD: MALNUTRITION AND INFECTION
15.20 - 15.50: Interactions between undernutrition and infection – Professor Henrik Friis, UC
15.50 - 16.40: Short presentations:
The thymus in children with malnutrition (Maren Rytter) 15 min,
Probiotics for diarrhea in children with severe acute malnutrition (Benedikte Grenov) 15 min,
Pigs as animal models of malnutrition (Thomas Thymann) 15 min
16.40 - 17.10: PANEL DISCUSSION: How can our knowledge make more children survive? (André Briend,
Henrik Friis, Nicky Dent, Thomas Thymann, Vibeke Brix Christensen, a representative from UNICEF)
The meeting is open to all
Register by 1.11.15, at [email protected]