Program
11:00-11:05
Opening
Henri van Werkhoven (clinical epidemiologist)
11:05-11:30
Antibiotic stewardship for community-acquired pneumonia in Dutch hospitals
Valentijn Schweitzer (medical microbiologist)
11:30-11:55
Behavioural intervention bundles to rationalise antibiotic use in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo
Marianne van der Sande (medical epidemiologist)
11:55-12:20
Improving antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in frail elderly in the Netherlands
Alma van de Pol (GP researcher)
12:20-13:00
Lunch break
13:00-13:40
Community education and surveillance on antibiotic use among young children in Nepal
Yubraj Acharya
We are very pleased to welcome Yubraj Acharya on this symposium. He is associate professor of Health Policy & Administration, and Demography at the Pennsylvania State University. We look forward to learn from his experience as the principle investigator of a randomized controlled trial on community education and surveillance on antibiotics use among young children in Nepal
13:40-14:00
Interactive panel discussion
Panel members:
Henri van Werkhoven
Elske Sieswerda (medical microbiologist)
Kim Romijnders (implementation expert)
Esther van Kleef (senior scientist and technical consultant, WHO)
To register, please email episecre@umcutrecht.nl before January 12, 2025.
A free vegetarian lunch is included. Indicate any dietary restrictions upon registration.