Symposia
Symposia 1998 - 2017
The African Rotavirus Network’s symposium series is a biennial event held under the auspices of the AfrRN since 2000. The series is aimed at bringing African rotavirus researchers, policy-makers, clinicians, public health practitioners and health officials together to share ideas, expertise and learning across organizations and countries in the areas of rotavirus vaccine introduction, vaccine impact and diarrheal disease prevention and control in Africa.
11th African Rotavirus Symposium, Lilongwe, Malawi, 28-30 May 2017
Symposium proceedings
Jason M Mwenda, Inácio Mandomando, Khuzwayo C Jere, Nigel A Cunliffe, A Duncan Steele. Evidence of Reduction of Rotavirus Diarrheal Disease After Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in National Immunization Programs in the African Countries: Report of the 11th African Rotavirus Symposium Held in Lilongwe, Malawi. Vaccine 2019 May 21;37(23):2975-2981. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.047. Epub 2019 Apr 24.
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10th African Rotavirus Symposium, Bamako, Mali 1-2 June 2016
Symposium proceedings
Sow SO, Steele AD, Mwenda JM, Armah GE, Neuzil KM.Sow SO, et al. Reaching every child with rotavirus vaccine: Report from the 10th African rotavirus symposium held in Bamako, Mali. Vaccine. 2017 Oct 9;35(42):5511-5518. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.084.Vaccine. 2017. PMID: 28893479
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9th African Rotavirus Symposium, Maputo, Mozambique, 8-10 December 2015
Symposium proceedings
Inácio Mandomando, Goitom Weldegebriel, Nilsa de Deus, Jason M Mwenda. Feasibility of Using Regional Sentinel Surveillance to Monitor the Rotavirus Vaccine Impact, Effectiveness and Intussusception Incidence in the African Region. Vaccine 2017 Mar 23;35(13):1663-1667. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.072. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
8th African Rotavirus Symposium Zambezi Sun Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia 12-13 June 2014
Symposium proceedings
Rudd C, Mwenda J, Chilengi R. Rotavirus landscape in Africa - Towards prevention and control: A report of the 8th African rotavirus symposium, Livingstone, Zambia. Vaccine 2015 June; 33(29): 3263-67.
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7th African Rotavirus Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. November 2012
Symposium proceedings
Seheri LM, Mwenda JM, Page N. Report of the 7th African Rotavirus Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, 8th November 2012. Vaccine. 2014 Nov 12;32(48):6336-41. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.05.002. Epub 2014 May 14. PMID: 24837779
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6th African Rotavirus Symposium. Johannesburg, South Africa. July 2010
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5th African Rotavirus Symposium. Mauritius, 16-17 July 2008
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4th African Rotavirus Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. 6-7 November 2005
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3rd African Rotavirus Symposium. Berg-en-Dal, Kruger Park, South Africa. 28-31 May 2003
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2nd African Rotavirus Symposium. Legon, Ghana. 15-17 September 2002
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1st African Rotavirus Symposium. Warmbaths, South Africa 2-5 July 2000
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The ARS were preceded by one-day satellite sessions at various African scientific meetings since 1998.
The Rotavirus Sessions were arranged at the following African scientific meeting.
African Rotavirus Network Scientific Presentations 1998-2003
• 19th African Health Sciences Congress. 14-18 May 1998, Arusha, Tanzania
• 20th African Health Sciences Congress. 19-23 April 1999, Accra, Ghana
• 21st African Health Sciences Congress. 24-28 April, 2000. Nairobi, Kenya
• 23rd African Health Sciences Congress. 22-26 April, 2002. Kampala, Uganda
• 24th African Health Science Congress. 28 Sept – 2 Oct 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
