XXVI International Congress of the
International Academy of Pathology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada



Long Course 03 - Diagnosing AIDS and Emerging Infections in Resource-Limited Settings:
The Role of the Pathologist in Patient Care and Disease Surveillance

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 08:00 - 17:30



  Moderators: Dr. Ann Marie Nelson and Dr. Martin Hale
  Disclosure: In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Long Course) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. Faculty members for this Long Course have indicated they have no disclosures to make.

Introduction
Clinical staging and adequate treatment require specific diagnoses. This infrastructure is lacking in countries with high incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other emerging infectious diseases. It is imperative that use of pathology and other diagnostic services is increased. Systematic anatomic and clinical pathology studies in diverse populations and geographic areas can provide valuable information for the development of staging and treatment algorithms and to monitor effects and toxicity of antiretroviral therapy.

The objectives of this session are:

  1. to provide an overview of the approach to diagnosis of infectious diseases using basic tools available in most hospitals worldwide

  2. to present available regional reference centers/resources and to establish partnerships for diagnosis and research

  3. to demonstrate the importance of pathology diagnosis in disease surveillance in given populations


Click any blue section number below to display text and references for individual lectures:
1. Diagnostic Methods: Maximizing the use of routine procedures to establish case-based diagnoses and to determine disease prevalence in given populations. Moderator, Ann Marie Nelson (USA)
Section 1 - The Autopsy
Sebastian Lucas, United Kingdom
Section 2 - Surgical Pathology
Patrick Adegboyega, Nigeria and Martin Hale, South Africa
Section 3 - AIDS In Children
Cecelia Ridaura-Sanz, Mexico
Section 4 - Role Of Cytopathology In Patient Care And Disease Surveillance
Andrew Field, Australia
Section 5 - Microbiology
Barth Reller, USA
Section 6 - HIV Testing in Resource-limited Settings - The Project SIDA Experience
Michel Lubaki, Canada
2. Establishing Regional Centers of Reference: Regional experts will discuss the current status of AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases in their centers, followed by a round-table discussion that will allow course participants to discuss implementation of the diagnostic modalities and the establishment of the regional networks for referral and training. Moderator, Martin Hale (South Africa)
Section 7 - East and Southern Africa
Martin Hale, South Africa
Section 8 - Spectrum Of Tissue Pathology In HIV/AIDS In India
Dhaneshwar Lanjevar, India
Section 9 - Avian Influenza
Jiang Gu, China
Section 10 - Expert Referral Centres For HIV & Emerging Infection Pathology: The United Kingdom
Sebastian Lucas, United Kingdom
Section 11 - The American Society For Clinical Pathology (ASCP) And The President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR)
Lee Hilborne, USA