Naivasha, Kenya

11th Annual IPNET-K
Conference 2024

3 Days . Over 40 Speakers . Over 30 Sponsors

Event Starts On
Tues, 13 Aug - Thur, 15 Aug, 2024
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About The Conference

11th INFECTION PREVENTION NETWORK KENYA (IPNET-K) Conference 2024

Themed "BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL." Will be held from 13th to 15th August 2024 at lake Naivasha Resort.

Event Address

LAKE NAIVASHA RESORT

Time

Tuesday to Thursday (7:00 am - 5:00 pm) 13 - 15 Aug, 2024

Theme

BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL.

Sub Themes

  1. One Health IPC Strategies and Effective Governance:

    • Prevention of Cross-Species Disease Transmission

    • Integrated Surveillance Systems for Human, Animal, and Environmental Health:

    • Fostering collaborative governance structures to support One Health IPC Programs.

    • Implementation and Governance Impact:

  2. Sustainable IPC Solutions and Health Systems Strengthening:

    • sustainable IPC solutions implementation

    • Integration of IPC Strategies in Health Policies

    • Capacity Building and Training in IPC for Health Systems Resilience

    • Community Engagement and education in IPC to Combat Infectious Diseases

    • Disease Outbreaks Preparedness and Response

  3. Antimicrobial Resistance:

    • Economic implications of AMR

    • Leveraging Technology in AMR Mitigation

    • Community Engagement and Educational Initiatives

    • AMR as a Public Health Threat

    • Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship

4. IPC's Role in Preventing Public Health Threats:

  •  Cholera Outbreak Preventing Emerging and re-emerging infections

  • Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

  • Integrating Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) measures into IPC

5. Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Control and Prevention:

  • Integrating IPC strategies in NTD programs

  • Sustaining efforts in NTD control

  • Innovative IPC practices within vulnerable communities

6. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Practices for Climate Resilience:

  •  Global warming effects on WASH practices

  •  Recycling of Water WASH innovations to conserve the environment

Submission Deadline

Sun, 02 June, 2024

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Memories from Meetup

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Infection Prevention and Control Network, Kenya (IPNET-K) is the leading society for healthcare professionals with an interest in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). For more than 10 years, IPNET- K has been capacity building, advocating and championing for patient safety by actively ensuring that  IPC and AMR are core/priority programs at all levels of healthcare as well as at the  medical training institutions.

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