Thursday 18 May
09.30 – Registration of participants
10.00 – Introduction and institutional greetings
- Amanda Succi – President MedCom Forum
- Francesco Priolo – Rector University of Catania
- Giovanna Volo – Health Councillor Sicilian Region
- Salvatore Requirez – Director General DASOE Department for Health Activities and Epidemiological Observatory
- Igo La Mantia – President of the Medical Association of the Province of Catania
10.30 – Keynote speaker
Ranieri Guerra – Director of International Relations of the National Academy of Medicine. Former Director General of the Prevention Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Deputy Director of WHO.
The management of infectious diseases in the Mediterranean area
11.00 – Keynote speaker
Claudio Mastroianni – SIMIT President
Viral infectious diseases in the Mediterranean area: the role of scientific societies for integrated healthcare
11.30 Round Table 1
Shared organisational models: What benefits for health in the Mediterranean area
- Mohamad Fawzy El Nahif – Coordinator of the event-based surveillance programme – IHR focal point of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population – Egypt
- Haider Muftah Salem El Saeh – Director General NCDC National Centre for Disease Control – (Libya)
- Tiziana Frittelli – President Federsanità Anci
- Anna Teresa Palamara – Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases ISS Istituto Superiore Sanità
- Claudio Pulvirenti – Director USMAF SASN Sicily Ministry of Health
Moderator: Michele Ferraro – Director InSanitas
13.00 – Light lunch
15.00 – Round Table 2
Sicilian Infectologists and General Managers Group
Approach to infectious diseases in the Mediterranean area: the contribution of the different stakeholders involved
- Bruno Cacopardo – Director Infectious Diseases ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania
- Antonio Cascio – Full Professor of Infectious Diseases / Director UOC Infectious Diseases – AOU Policlinico ‘P. Giaccone’, Palermo.
- Fabrizio De Nicola – General Director Arnas Garibaldi
- Haider Muftah Salem El Saeh – DG NCDC National Center for Diseases Control – (Libia)
- Daniela Faraoni – Extraordinary Commissioner of the Palermo ASP
- Salvatore Giuffrida – Extraordinary Commissioner Cannizzaro Hospital of Catania
- Carmelo Iacobello -Director UOC of Infectious Diseases Cannizzaro Hospital of Catania
- Arturo Montineri – Director UOC Infectious Diseases San Marco Catania
- Giuseppe Nunnari – Regional President SIMIT Sicily
- Fabrizio Pulvirenti – Director UOC of Infectious Diseases Gela Hospital
- Fabrizio Russo – Extraordinary Commissioner ASP Ragusa
Moderator: Bruno Cacopardo -Director U.O.C. Infectious Diseases Arnas Garibaldi
17.30 – Keynote speaker
Frederico Da Silva – General Manager Gilead Sciences
Gilead’s commitment to innovative and sustainable therapeutic solutions
17.45 – Keynote speaker
Francesco Santocono – Lecturer in Health Law Giustino Fortunato University / Head of U.O.S Institutional Communication ARNAS Garibaldi Catania
Regulatory aspects and the institutions’ approach to the proposed topic
18.00 – Screening of the HIV awareness film Io&Freddie a kind of magic Directed by Francesco Santocono
20.30 – Social dinner
Friday 19 May
9.00 – Keynote speaker
Matteo Bassetti – President Sita
Antibiotic resistance in the Mediterranean area and critical issues between research and access to new antibiotics: which organisational models to share
10.00 – Round Table
Disease management: current organisational models in individual countries
- Mohammad Al-Ma’ayteh -Director of the Laboratory Department of the Jordan Centre for Disease Control – Giordania
- Orlando Armignacco – Medical Director Our Lady of Good Counsel Hospital, Tirana – Albania
- Leila Bouabid – Director of Environmental Monitoring, Training and Communication at the National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases of the Tunisian Ministry of Health – Tunisia
- Antonio Craxì – Full Professor of Gastroenterology / former Director, Complex Operative Unit of Gastroenterology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico ‘Paolo Giaccone’ Palermo
- Haider El Saeh – Director General NCDC National Centre for Disease Control – Libia
- Sally Mohamed Ismaiel – Director Department of Prevention and Infection Control – Ministry of Health and Population Egypt – Egitto
- Madona Matar – President of the Infectious Diseases Society of the Lebanese Ministry of Health – Libano
- Ahmed Rguig – Director of Epidemiology Surveillance Service of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Morocco – Marocco
Modera: Ahmed Mohamed Alaruusi – Physician at the Emergency Department for Public Health NCDC Lybia – Libya
12.00 – Logics, Experience and Values in Training: the Model of the School of General Medicine in Sicily
- Roberto Sanfilippo – General Director CEFPAS Sicilian Region
- Eleonora Indorato – Head of School of General Medicine CEFPAS Sicilian Region
12.30 – Keynote speaker
Walter Ricciardi – Full Professor of Hygiene at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Director of the Department of Public Health at the Policlinico ‘A. Gemelli’, Commissioner of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and President Cts Sihta
Public Health as a global health community: opportunities to create and sustain better social protection systems
13.00 – Light lunch
15.00 Round Table 4
Proposals for an effective Mediterranean network dedicated to infectious diseases
- Mira Al-Amer – Medical Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Threat Response Department at the Jordan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention JCDC – Jordan
- Abdulmenem Alkmashe – Director NCDC Technical Cooperation Office Libia
- Antonio Biondi – Lecturer General Surgery University of Catania
- Mohamad Fawzy El Nahif – Coordinator of the event-based surveillance programme – IHR focal point of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population – Egypt
- Antonio Mistretta – Associate Professor of General and Applied Hygiene / ISS Superior Health Institute
- Chiara Montaldo – Head of Medical Unit Medici Senza Frontiere MSF Italia
- Salvatore Requirez – Director General DASOE Department for Health Activities and Epidemiological Observatory
- Stefania Stefani – President Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM)
Moderator: Giuseppe Nunnari– President SIMIT Sicily Region
16.45 – Relationship management and awareness building for a shared project
Amanda Succi – President MedCom Forum
Marco Magheri – Secretary General of the Public Communication Association
17.00 – Closing remarks
Francesco Priolo – Rector University of Catania
Giuseppe Laccoto – President of the ARS Health Commission
Orazio Schillaci – Minister of Health of the Italian Republic
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