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Programme

THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER
FRIDAY, 3 NOVEMBER
SATURDAY, 4 NOVEMBER

THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER

Strep A Vaccines Pathogenesis & Other Biological Insights Clinical Presentation & Contemporary Management Tertiary Care & Surgery
9:00 – 10:30 Opening Plenary
A Global Movement to End RHD
Yas Grand 1,2,3
10:30 – 11:15 Break / Poster Sessions
11:15 – 12:15 Symposia
Identifying and Developing Strep A Vaccine Candidates
Yas Grand 1 		Molecular Epidemiology of Strep Infection: Insights to Better Tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease
Yas Stada 1 		Housing, Environment, and Health: New, Novel, and Next in Primordial Prevention
Yas Stada 2 		Improving Access to Catheter-Based Therapies
Yas Stada 3
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Symposia
Evaluating Strep A Vaccine Candidates
Yas Grand 1 		Diagnostics and Biomarkers: How Far Along Are We?
Yas Stada 1 		Pragmatic Vs Perfect Primary Prevention Programmes
Yas Stada 2 		Getting Patients to Timely Cardiac Surgery
Yas Stada 3
14:30 – 15:15 Break / Poster Sessions
15:15 – 16:15 Symposia
Making Strep A Vaccines a Priority
Yas Grand 1 		Streptococcal Mechanisms: Novel Models and New Insights into Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
Yas Stada 1 		Start Early and Aim High: Advances in Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Yas Stada 2 		Risk Stratification Models for Valvular Surgery and interventions
Yas Stada 3
16:30 – 17:30 Opening Ceremony
Yas Grand 1,2,3

FRIDAY, 3 NOVEMBER

Strep A Vaccines Pathogenesis & Other Biological Insights Clinical Presentation & Contemporary Management Tertiary Care & Surgery
8:00 – 9:00 BREAKFAST SESSION
Every Heartbeat Matters: What more can we do to impact underserved RHD patients?
9:00 – 10:30 Symposia
Introducing Vaccines in Rheumatic Heart Disease Endemic Countries
Yas Grand 1 		Host-Focused Mechanisms Leading to Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
Yas Stada 1 		The Know-Do Gap: Implementing and Disseminating Best Practices
Yas Stada 2 		Innovations in Catheter-Based Therapies
Yas Stada 3
10:30 – 11:15 Break / Poster Sessions
11:15 – 12:15 Plenary
Strep A Vaccines: The Holy Grail or Finally Within Realistic Reach
Yas Grand 1,2,3
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Symposia
Vaccine Safety
Yas Grand 1 		Tackling the Neglected Stage of a Neglected Disease: Insights, Innovations, and Improvements for Rheumatic Fever
Yas Stada 2 		Community Action to Drive Access to Catheter and Surgery
Yas Stada 3
14:30 – 15:15 Break / Poster Sessions
15:15 – 16:15 Plenary
Establishing Integrated National Rheumatic Heart Disease Programmes
Yas Grand 1,2,3
16:15 – 17:30 Symposia
Building Demand for Strep A Vaccines: From Communities to Policymakers
Yas Grand 1 		SPECIAL SESSION Beyond the Diagnosis: Living with Rheumatic Heart Disease Around the World
Yas Stada 1 		Is Digital Health the Future? Innovations and Opportunities in Rheumatic Heart Disease
Yas Stada 2

SATURDAY, 4 NOVEMBER

Strep A Vaccines Pathogenesis & Other Biological Insights Clinical Presentation & Contemporary Management Tertiary Care & Surgery
9:00 – 10:30 Symposia
Think Tank: What Does Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Look Like in 10 Years’ Time?
Yas Grand 1 		How to implement the 2023 WHO Guidelines
Yas Stada 2 		More in Medical Therapies for Rheumatic Heart Disease
Yas Stada 3
10:30 – 11:15 Break / Poster Sessions
11:15 – 12:15 Plenary
A Global Action Plan for Rheumatic Heart Disease: A View from Each Continent
Yas Grand 1,2,3
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Symposia
Funding Vaccination Programmes
Yas Grand 1 		The Importance and Implications of Early Rheumatic Heart Disease Detection and Treatment
Yas Stada 2 		Innovations in Cardiac Surgery
Yas Stada 3
14:30 – 15:30 Closing Ceremony
Call to Action on Ending RHD
Yas Grand 1,2,3
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