08:30 – 08:45
08:45 – 09:00
Keynote
Pan-India Syndromic Surveillance of Acute Diarrhoeal Disease through ICMR/DHR VRDL & IRDL Network
09:00 – 09:15
Keynote
Inaugural Address
Rakesh Gupta (remote)
Title: Importance of surveillance and why countries should invest in it.
09:15 – 10:30
Research Studies
Diarrhea etiology, incidence, and severity
Facilitator: Eric Houpt
- Etiology and Burden of Diarrheal Disease in Early Life: Multisite Findings from the MAL-ED Study — Venkataraghava Mohan
- Uncovering the aetiology and outcomes of moderate to severe diarrhea in low resource settings: GEMS & VIDA — Karen Kotloff
- Diarrhea aetiology and severity from ABCD & EFGH & Implication for future surveillance — Patty Pavlinac
Key findings from landmark etiology studies and lessons for future sustainable surveillance.
10:30 – 11:00
Break
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Surveillance
Diarrhea etiology, incidence, and severity
Facilitator: Jason Mwenda
- The Global Pediatric Diarrhea Surveillance (GPDS) Network 2017-2024 — James Platts-Mills
- National diarrhea surveillance (South Africa) — Nicola Page
- National diarrhea surveillance (Bangladesh) — Tahmeed Ahmed
- Diarrhea surveillance (South Asia) — Watcharapong Kumla (tbc)
12:30 – 13:15
Break
Lunch
13:15 – 14:15
Plenary
Diarrhea mortality
Facilitator: Robert E. Black
- Diarrhea-attributable U5M in LMICS: Preliminary systematic review findings — Sofia Donovan
- Contribution of Diarrhoeal Disease to Mortality in Resource-Poor Settings of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Findings from Verbal Autopsies in Selected Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance Systems — Chodziwadziwa Kabudula (remote)
- Minimally invasive tissue sampling to quantify & understand the contribution of diarrheal diseases and associated co-infections in children — Portia Mutevedzi
14:15 – 15:45
Global Burden
Modeled estimates
Facilitator: John Crump
- Global burden of diarrheal diseases & pathogens, 1990-2023 — Hmwe Kyu (remote)
- Global and regional causes of death from diarrhea in children less than five years (2000-2021) — Robert E. Black
- GPDS: Incorporating access to care and etiology-specific CFR into mortality estimates — Maria Garcia Quesada
- Updated estimates of the global, regional and national burden and aetiology of diarrheal diseases transmissible via food (FERG) — Margaret Kosek
- Modelling & projecting climate impact: PLAN-EO & SPRINGS projects — Josh Colston
15:45 – 16:00
Break
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop
Workshop 1
3 Parallel Tracks:
- 1a. Co-infections (Liz McQuade)
- 1b. Adenovirus (Tintu Varghese, Maria Garcia Quesada)
- 1c. Special populations (Richard Omore)
19:00
Social
Welcome Reception & Dinner
08:00 – 09:15
Plenary
Broader consequences of diarrheal diseases
Facilitator: Alejandro Cravioto
- Impact of diarrhea on linear growth faltering; evidence across Gates funded studies — Liz McQuade
- The gut of the problem: Diarrhea and malnutrition in children — Temsunaro Rongsen
- EED - does it matter? — Paul Kelly
- Diarrhea and cognitive outcomes: Evidence from Indian birth cohorts — Beena Koshy
09:15 – 11:00
Scientific Session
Diagnostics
Facilitator: Senjuti Saha
- Overview of molecular diagnostics and diarrhea etiology — Eric Houpt
- Redefining feasibility in diarrheal surveillance: long term nucleic acids stability with simple, low-cost stool preservation — Amanda Debes
- Diagnostic Utility of Fecal Inflammatory Biomarkers and their relevance for Shigellosis Case Identification in Surveillance Systems — Billy Ogwel
- Landscape review of new diarrhea surveillance diagnostics — Keerthi Boddupally
11:00 – 11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Plenary
AMR
Facilitator: Iruka Okeke
- Antimicrobial Resistance in South Asia: The Growing Threat from Diarrheal Pathogens and the Surveillance Challenge — Balaji Veeraraghavan
- The Global AMR surveillance system (GLASS) — Silvia Bertagnolio
- Antibiotic resistant Shigella and E.coli - Lessons learned from EFGH and ABCD — Patty Pavlinac
- Panel — Balaji Veeraraghavan, Senjuti Saha, Claudio Lanata, Megan Carey, Richard Omore
13:00 – 14:00
Break
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
Workshop
Workshop 2
2 Parallel Tracks:
- 2a. Vaccines (Miren Iturriza, Carl Kirkwood, John Clemens, James Meiring)
- 2b. Nonclinical approaches to diarrhea surveillance (Labanya Mukhopadhyay, Mami Taniuchi, Jen Cornick, Richelle Charles)
15:30 – 16:00
Break
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30
Report
Plenary Report: Workshop 1 & 2
19:00
Social
Dinner
08:00 – 09:45
Plenary
Building sustainable surveillance for the future
Facilitator: Rebecca Grais
- Lessons learned from GRSN — Shilpa Iyer
- Lessons remaining from other WHO surveillance programs — Mick Mulders
- Lessons learned from Integrated Disease surveillance initiatives — Goitom Weldegebriel
- Re-Imagining the future of Global Pediatric Diarrhoea Surveillance: feedback from a stakeholder consultation — Thomas Cherian
09:45 – 11:00
Workshop
Workshop 3
Building sustainable surveillance for the future
Small Group Discussions:
- 1. Diagnostics (Fac: Keerthi Boddupally, Chitra Pattabiraman)
- 2. Design (Fac: Thomas Cherian, Kirsten Vannice)
- 3. Finance and operation (Fac: Arindam Ray, Sarang Deo)
11:00 – 11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Report
Workshop 3 Plenary Report
12:30 – 12:50
12:50 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00
Break
Lunch
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