SATREPS Infectious Diseases Early Warning System (IDEWS)

IDEWS KICK-OFF SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday, 5th August 2014
Bunga Auditorium
DST, Pretoria
As a mark of the initiation of this new collaborative project, a one-day symposium
will be co-hosted with the respective partners of the project. The goal of thesymposium is to inform a variety of relevant researchers, agencies and the student
community, and to discuss the latest developments and plans, with respect to thisproject. An opportunity to engage with the key role players and to inform theproject partners of related work of relevance to the project will be provided.
Those interested in attending the meeting are asked to visit this website toregister their participation.
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AGENDA
Registration: 08.30-09:00
1. Opening Session(Chair: Ms Lisa Du Toit, DST)
09:00-09:05

Address I

Dr Phil Mjwara (Director General, DST)
Welcome and overview of DST’s support and coordination
for the IDEWS

09:05-09:10

Address II

Mr Hiroyuki Kinomoto (JICA Chief Representative)JICA’s support fo
the IDEWS under the SATREPS frameworks

09:10-09:15

Address III

Dr Frew Benson (Chief Director: Communicable Diseases Control,DoH) Welcome and overview of DOH’s support and coordination
for the survey and implementation plans of IDEWS

09:15-09:20

Address IV

Mr Shinichi Asazuma (Minister, The Embassy of Japan)
Japan and South Africa cooperation for sustainable
developments of southern Africa.

2. First Session: Infectious Disease Analysis and Modeling(Chair: Prof. Minakawa, Rapporteur: Y. Morioka)
09:30-09:50

Prof. Noburu Minakawa
The research background for the development of IDEWS and plans of actions.

09:50-10:10

Prof. Masahiro Hashizume
Past and current researches related to IDEWS

10:10-10:30

Dr. Phillip Kruger
Malaria control in South Africa.

10:30-10:50

Prof. Angela Mathee
Disease surveillance systems: hospital and community based approach(pneumonia &diarrhoea)

10:50-11:10

Prof Coleen Vogel
Effective communication systems for IDEWS and contributions to society

11:10-11:30

Dr. Raj Maharaj
Application and contributions to adjacent countries

Second Session: Climate Analysis and Prediction for Infectious Disease Modeling(Chairs: Dr. WillemLandman: Rapporteur: SA)
11:30-11.50

Dr. Willem Landman
Developing a multi-model climate prediction system in South Africa for thedisease early warning system.

11:50-13:00 Lunch

(Chairs: Dr. Willem Landman:Rapporteur: SA)

13:00-13:20

Dr Swadhin Behera
Climate variability in Southern Africa

13:20-13:40

Dr. Takeshi Doi
The state of the art JAMSTEC climate prediction system for developing a diseaearly warning system in southern Africa.

13:40-14:00

Babatunde Abiodun
Downscaling efforts on seasonal time scales in SA

14:00-14:20

Dr. J. V. Ratnam
Effective downscaling of SINTEX-F climate predictions to be used in the diseearly warning system.

14:20-14:40

Asmerom Beraki
The SAWS Climate prediction system and its role on the development ofearly warning system applications

14:40-15:00

Dr. Yushi Morioka
The role of local and remote climate influences on the rainfall variations andrelated disease outbreaks over southern Africa.

15:00 - 15:20 Coffee Break
3. Third Session
Panel Discussion(Chair: Dr. Neville Sweijd: Rapporteur: J.V. Ratnam )15:20-15:30

Dr. Neville Sweijd
iDEWS in context – Seasonal Cycles Africa

15:30-16:00

Short presentations of related projects and programmes.

16:00-16:45

Discussion
Plans of actions to develop and establish IDEWS, engaging the stake holders andeffective dissemination of information to be used by local authorities and public