Final Programme
Final Programme
Thursday 5 September
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13:00 - 13:55 |
Lunch and registration for workshop delegates only |
Venue: Restaurant |
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14:00 - 17:15 |
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS |
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14:00 - 17:15 |
Workshop 1 |
Venue: Ondini |
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Roger Soll (USA) |
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14:00 - 17:15 |
Workshop 2 |
Venue: Zunckels |
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Tanya Hoch (Drager) & Sarel van der Walt (RCA) |
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14:00 - 17:15 |
Workshop 3 |
Venue: Amphlett |
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18:00 |
Registration for main conference opens |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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19:00 |
Dinner at leisure/own cost |
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Friday 6 September
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07:30 - 08:15 |
Registration |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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08:15 - 11:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 1: Gentle Ventilation |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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08:15 - 08:30 |
Welcome and Opening of Congress |
Gugu Kali (USANA President) |
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Intermittent Hypoxaemia in Preterms |
Peter Reynolds (UK) |
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09:00 - 09:20 |
Evolution of Gentle Ventilation |
Michael Harrison |
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09:20 - 09:40 |
Updated European Guidelines on Respiratory Distress |
Daynia Ballot |
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09:40 - 10:00 |
Updates and New Recommendations in Neonatal Resuscitation (ILCOR 2021) |
Sithembiso Velaphi |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Update on Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia |
Merran Thomson (UK) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Q&A |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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11:30 - 12:45 |
PLENARY SESSION 2: Minimal Handling |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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11:30 - 11:50 |
Safety and Recent Evidence for Kangaroo Mother Care in Ventilated Babies |
Mantoa Mokhachane |
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11:50 - 12:10 |
Use of Point of Care Devices in Neonatology (CRP, TCB, Blood Gas) |
Lizel Lloyd |
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12:10 - 12:30 |
Blood Products in Neonates: What is the Evidence? |
Shakti Pillay |
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12:30 - 12:45 |
Q&A |
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12:45 - 13:45 |
Lunch and Poster Café |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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13:45 - 15:15 |
PLENARY SESSION 3: Using Oxygen Judiciously |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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13:45 - 14:05 |
What’s New in Retinopathy of Prematurity? |
Radhika Singh |
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14:05 - 14:25 |
Nurse Led Programs for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Screening |
Vik Dudhia (UK) |
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14:25 - 14:55 |
Oxygen Saturation Targeting and Alarm Limits and Role of Non-invasive Transcutaneous CO2 Monitoring |
Peter Reynolds (UK) |
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14:55 - 15:15 |
Q&A |
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15:15 - 15:45 |
Tea/Coffee |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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15:45 - 17:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 4: Therapeutic Hypothermia: Where are we with Cooling? |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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15:45 - 17:00 |
Alan Horn: Hypothermia in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: Outcomes, challenges and who should we cool? |
Panellists: |
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17:00 - 18:15 |
USANA Biennial General Meeting 2024 |
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18:15 - 20:00 |
Welcome Cocktail Function with Trade |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
Saturday 7 September
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07:00 - 08:00 |
Registration |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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07:00 - 07:55 |
Morning Symposium (Mbuso Medical Supplies) |
Venue: Ondini |
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08:00 - 10:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 5: Eat to Live |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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08:00 - 08:20 |
Feeding Preterm Babies: Rapid Enteral Advancement |
Michael Harrison |
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08:20 - 08:40 |
Update on European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Guidelines |
Hannelie Kemp |
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08:40 - 09:00 |
Necrotising Enterocolitis: Management Challenges and What's New? |
Phumza Nongena |
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09:00 - 09:20 |
Total Parenteral Nutrition: When and Why? |
Hannelie Kemp |
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09:20 - 09:40 |
Which Vitamins, Why and When? |
Pinky Chirwa |
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09:40 - 10:00 |
Q&A |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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10:30 - 12:30 |
PLENARY SESSION 6: Changes in Neonatology Practice |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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10:30 - 10:50 |
Update in Treatment of Neonatal Seizures |
Gugu Kali |
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10:50 - 11:10 |
Time for a Local Update On Phototherapy And Exchange Transfusion Guidelines? |
Alan Horn |
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11:10 - 11:40 |
Probiotics: Should We or Shouldn’t We? |
Merran Thomson (UK) |
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11:40 - 12:00 |
NeoPOCUS 101 |
Firdose Nakwa |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Surfactant Therapy: Who should get it and how should I give it? |
Roger Soll |
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12:30 - 12:35 |
Q&A |
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12:35 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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12:45 - 13:25 |
ADJUDICATED POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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12:45 - 12:48 |
Using the Vermont Oxford Network data to understand variations in neonatal outcomes in a private healthcare group in Southern Africa. |
Aline Hall (Mediclinic) |
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12:48 - 12:51 |
Successful management of an extremely low birth weight preterm neonate at mulago specialized women and Neonatal hospital Uganda |
Rehema Abdalah (Mulago Hospital, Uganda)) |
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12:51 - 12:54 |
Utilising the VON EBM quality improvement standards to improve patient outcomes in the NICU of a private sector hospital in eThekwini, South Africa |
Antoinette Andrews (Lenmed) |
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12:54 - 12:57 |
Outcomes of hearing screening in very low birth weight infants in a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
Gugu Kali (SU) |
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12:57 - 13:00 |
It’s a matter of degrees |
Bongiwe Zama (Netcare) |
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13:00 - 13:03 |
Knowledge, attitudes and awareness regarding donor breast milk: a cross-sectional study in a high HIV prevalent area |
Thobeka Hadebe (UKZN) |
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13:03 - 13:06 |
A review of culture-positive late onset sepsis in very low birthweight neonates on the Groote Schuur Hospital Vermont Oxford Network from: 2019-2023 |
Candice Nelson Afonso (UCT) |
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13:06 - 13:09 |
Respiratory management of low birth weight neonates with respiratory distress in rural district and regional hospitals in the Western Cape during 2019 |
Johanna Maria Read (SU) |
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13:09 - 13:12 |
A neonatal service improvement project in a lower middle-income country: Situational analysis of neonatal services |
Mogomane Khomotso Y. Masemola (UP) |
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13:12 - 13:15 |
Survival of very low birth weight babies born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital: Retrospective Study |
Chrisenda M Roman (Wits) |
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13:15 - 13:18 |
Perspectives of mothers of preterm infants regarding donor milk. |
Chioma Ibekwe (SU) |
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13:18 - 13:21 |
The effect of incubator disinfecting and changing on bacterial and fungal colonization in neonates admitted to St Augustine’s Hospital from September 2022 until May 2024. |
Bongiwe Zama (Netcare) |
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13:21 - 13:24 |
Diagnosis And Management Of Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy In Africa South Of The Sahara: A Survey |
Helga E. Naburi (UCT) |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 7: Perinatal Palliative Care |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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Navigating Perinatal Palliative Care: Best Practices and Compassionate Approaches |
Nicolette Brown |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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15:45 - 17:30 |
ADJUDICATED FREE PAPERS/ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS |
Venue: Ondini |
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15:45 - 15:55 |
Incidence, Characteristics, Management and Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital |
Delisha Naidoo (Wits) |
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15:55 - 16:05 |
Neuroprotective care practices for extremely low birth weight preterm infants in neonatal units in the Western Cape Province, South Africa – a health care provider survey |
Ritah Nazziwa (UCT) |
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16:05 - 16:15 |
Missing Data, Missing Answers: Enhancing Neonatal Data Collection |
Dr Alette Rheeder (Life Healthcare) |
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16:15 - 16:25 |
Subgaleal Haemorrhage After Vacuum Delivery vs. Obstructed Labour: A Prospective Double-Cohort Study with Nested Case-Control Analysis |
Dr Gabriel Nel (UP) |
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16:25 - 16:35 |
Lay health worker home visits to care for preterm neonates in South Africa: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis |
Dr Shakti Pillay (UCT) |
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16:35 - 16:45 |
Therapeutic Facilities For Managing Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy in Tertiary Neonatal Wards In South African Public Hospitals: A National Survey |
Dr Nosipho Dhlomo (UCT) |
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16:55 - 17:05 |
Theoretical impact of a bedside decision-making tool on antibiotic use for suspected neonatal healthcare-associated infection: An observational study |
Dr Lizel Lloyd (SU) |
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17:05 - 17:15 |
Surviving Preterm Birth: Three-year health-outcomes of very low birth weight infants admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital: An Observational Study using the Vermont Oxford Network Database |
Dr Yolanda Nkanuka (UCT) |
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17:15 - 17:25 |
Effectiveness of simulation-based education on initial neonatal care knowledge among nursing students in Tanzania |
Ms Rosemary Malya (Kilimanjaro Christian College, Tanzania) |
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18:30 |
Gala Dinner & Awards |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
Sunday 8 September
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07:30 - 08:30 |
Registration |
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08:30 - 10:30 |
PLENARY SESSION 8: Views on Ethics and Research |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Common Pitfalls in Quality Improvement Projects |
Roger Soll (USA) |
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Research Ethics and Artificial Intelligence |
Peter Reynolds (UK) |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Medico-Legal Aspects: Why Neonatologists get Sued - Implications for Practice |
Alan Horn |
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09:40 - 10:00 |
Perinatal Palliative Care in Low-Middle Income Settings |
Nicolette Brown |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Q&A |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
PLENARY SESSION 9: Green or Rotten Apples? |
Venue: Monk's Cowl |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Principal Investigator: NESHIE |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Q&A |
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12:30 |
Close of Conference |
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12:45 |
Farewell lunch & departures |
Venue: Summit/Exhibition Hall |