2nd International ZIKA Conference and Workshop
Posted: 3/6/2017 (Conference)
Each day of the conference will offer papers on a wide range of topics including:
- Travel-Related Cases
- Elimination of Breeding Site
- Culturally Diverse Populations
- Preparing Community Strategies
- Local Partnership and Participation
- Current Outbreak of Zika Virus Infection
- Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication
- Traveling to a Region with Ongoing Zika Virus Transmission
- Emergency Response and Hospital/Healthcare Coordination
- Recommended Surveillance and Response Actions for Local Agencies Including Vector Control Agencies and Health Departments
Panel Discussions include:
- Diagnostic Platforms
- Health Department Response
- Mosquito response in Louisiana
- Community Strategies/Partnership
- Mitigating Public Health Vulnerabilities
- Mosquito Vector Surveillance and Control
- Clinical Picture: Country Report & Outbreaks Update
- Zika Virus Prevention, Community Engagement and Cultural Equity
- Community Mosquito Control Methods, Shortcomings & options
- Defending Susceptible Communities from Spread of Arbo Viruses
- Establishment and Implementation of A Scalable Vectorborne Disease Response Plan at the Local Level
Over 20 breakout sessions will be offered addressing a wide range of issues, including:
- Breakout: Zika & Politics
- Breakout: Diagnostic Platforms
- Breakout: Dengue fever, Hawaii
- Breakout: Zika Virus, Locally Acquired
- Breakout: Health department Response
- Breakout: Zika Virus, Travel-Associated Cases
- Breakout: Living With Imported Cases of Zika
- Breakout: How to reach out to Latino Communities
- Breakout: Learn Message Tools, Skills and Mapping
- Breakout: Locally acquired Dengue–Key West, Florida
- Breakout: Global Outbreak and Response Network (GOARN)
- Breakout: Contingency Planning for local transmission at local level
- Breakout: How the do cities combat the Zika Virus?
- Breakout: Perspectives on Zika and Other Emerging/Re-emerging Infections
- Breakout: Defending Susceptible Communities from Spread of Arbo Viruses
- Breakout: Chikungunya, Dengue, Yellow Fever & Zika Comparison of Signs & Symptom
- Breakout: The role of local health departments public health preparedness program
- Breakout: Recommended Surveillance and Response Actions for Local Agencies Including Vector Control Agencies and Health Departments
- Breakout: Emerging/Re-emerging pathogens (ZIKV, MERS-CoV, Flu, etc.) case for strengthening collaboration on global health security
Workshops include:
- Learn How To Plan
- Know How To Respond
- Learn Message Tools, Skills & Mapping
- Learn Message development strategies.
- How To Harness The Power Of Social Media
- Develop Effective Risk And Crisis Communication Plan
- How To Work Effectively With News Media & Journalists
- Make everyone a stakeholder. Spell out roles and responsibilities
- Crafting Risk and Crisis Messages & Best Practices across Risk Phases
- Develop strategies needed to enhance believability, trust, and credibility
- Establish social media best practices for communications with the public during an outbreak
Date: 03/29/2017
Location: Herndon, VA