SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

THEME: LIFESTYLE DISEASES & CANCERS

VENUE: GENERAL HOSPITAL AND KAINDI DWU CAMPUS

SUNDAY 29 TH AUGUST 2010 09:00 –17:00 Registration: Wewak General Hospital 19:00 –22:00 Cocktail Reception: Kaindi DWU Campus – Welcome by Honorable Peter Wararu, Governor for East Province and Dr Godfrey Naboam, Chairman of the Symposium Organising Committee Traditional Welcome by East Sepik Dancers MONDAY 30 ST AUGUST 2010 VENUE: Kaindi DWU Campus 07:45 –08:00 Medical Society Ceremonial Procession, Colonel (Rtd) Dr Jethro Usurup & Dancers Master of Ceremony Mr John Maru Convenes Meeting 08:05 –08:10 Opening Prayer – Catholic Bishop Wewak Diocese, Bishop Tony Burgess 08:10 –08:20 Introductory Remarks by Chairman of Organizing Committee – Dr Godfrey Naboam 08:20 –08:30 Welcome by President of Medical Society of PNG – Dr Mathias Sapuri, OL 08:30-08:40 Opening Remarks by Honourable Saza Zibe, MP – Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS 08: 40 –08: 55 Speech by the Patron of 46th Medical Symposium – Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH CF, KStJ 08: 55 –09:10 Official Opening by Prime Minister Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH CF, KStJ

Session One: Non Communicable Diseases Chairman: President Dr Mathias Sapuri, OL Co-Chairman: Dr Godfrey Naboam

09:10 –09:55 Keynote Speaker: Professor Sir Isi Kevau, Kt,CBE Keynote Address: Non Communicable Diseases are here to stay in Papua 09:55 –10:25 Guest Speaker : Professor NG Patil, MBE Lifestyle Disease: A Global Issue: What lessons to learn? 10:25 – 10:35 NESCAFE MORNING BREAK Session Two: Health Policies on Lifestyle Diseases and Surgery in PNG Chairman : Dr Nicholas Mann, CMS Co-Chairman: Dr Eigil Sorenson

10:35 –11:05 Guest Speaker : Dr Clement Malau, Secretary NDOH National Department of Health Policy on Lifestyle Diseases

11:05 -11:35 Guest Speaker: Professor Ian Civil, President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeon Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Support towards Surgical Training In PNG

11:35 -12:05 Guest Speaker: Professor David Watters, Professor of Surgery, Geelong Hospital, University of Melbourne History of Surgery in

Launch of the book, “ History of Surgery in Papua New Guinea ” by Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH CF, KStJ

12:05 - 13:00 LUNCH Session Three: Non Communicable Diseases Chairman: Dr Clement Malau, Secretary NDOH Co-Chairperson: Dr Jane Thomason

13:00 -13:30 Guest Speaker : Dr Hai-Rim Shin, WHO Regional Adviser Non Communicable Diseases Lifestyle diseases and Cancers in the Western Pacific Region 13:30 -14:00 Pugu R: National prevalence study of diabetes, hypertension, and non communicable disease risk factors 14:00 -14:15 Wari V: Look globally and act locally to reduce NCD burdens in PNG 14:15 -14:30 Ramalingam KP: Holistic approach of physiotherapy on lifestyle diseases 14:30 -14:45 Giara T: Spectrum of chronic complications in patients with diabetes mellitus in PMGH 2009 14:45 -15:00 Salini G: A review of surgical management of diabetic foot ulcers at the National Referral Hospital, Honiara 15:00 –15:15 Geita L: The report of the Ministerial Task Force Report on improving maternal health 15:15 –15:30 NESCAFE AFTERNOON BREAK Session Four: NCD, Tuberculosis Chairman: Dr John Sairere Co-Chairperson: Dr Joe Bana Koiri

15:30 –16:00 Guest Speaker: Dr Thomas Vinit, Lifestyle Disease Specialist, NDOH Today’s Lifestyle HealthRisks are Tomorrow’s Chronic Diseases 16:00 –16: 30 Guest Speaker: Dr Thomas Vinit: Fight Obesity and prevent lifestyle related NCD burden in PNG – A public health approach 16:30 –16:45 Emori RB: Tuberculosis knowledge, attitude and practice among the general population in Province of Papua New Guinea 16:45 –17:00 Ley SD: Tuberculosis active case detection in sentinel sites across Papua New Guinea 17:00 – 17:15 Baliff M: Insight into tuberculosis molecular epidemiology in Madang, Papua New Guinea 17 :15 –17: 30 Harino P: Clinical algorithm for predicting TB treatment outcome in adult pulmonary TB patients at Modilon General Hospital 17:30 –18:00 Chairman: Dr Goa Tau, CMO and Executive Manager Clinical Standards, NDOH

19:00 –22:00 East Sepik Province Governor Honorable Peter Wararu Welcome Dinner Venue: Moem Barracks Entertainment by East Sepik and West Sepik Dancers TUESDAY 31 st AUGUST 2010 VENUE: Kaindi DWU Campus Session One: Cancers and Surgery Chairman: Professor Sir Isi Kevau, Kt, CBE Co-Chairman: Professor NG Patil, MBE

08:00 –08:30 Keyno te Speaker: Dr Jacob Morewaya, Head of Pathology, SM&HS, UPNG Cancers in Papua New Guinea – the occupation and occupational 08:30 –08:45 Endican S: ‘Team surgery’, A new concept in head and neck cancer surgery 08:45 –09:00 Maima K: Association of oral c ancer with socio -economic background: a case/control study in PMGH, PNG 09:00 –09:15 Hasola DJ: The role of cigarette smoking in bladder cancers in PNG 09:15 –09:30 Kune G: Impact of childhood surgical conditions on children health in 09 :30 –09:45 Asa H: Blood stream infection in General Surgery at Modilon general Hospital 09:45 –10:00 Seneka MB: The concept of mobile surgical clinic: A tool for rural health service delivery in PNG

10:00 –10:15 NESCAFE MORNING BREAK Session Two: Malaria and Filariasis Chairman: Professor Michael Alpers, CSM, AO Co-Chairman: Professor Francis Hombhanje

10:15 – 10:45 Guest Speaker: Professor David Watters, Professor of Surgery, Melbourne Unversity, Geelong Hospital Diet, Lifestyle and Breast Cancer 10:45 –11:00 Robinson LJ: Patterns of P. falciparum and P.vivax infection and morbidity in young children from the Maprik District of East Sepik Province 11:00 –11:15 Huaupe H: Antibody responses to specific P. vivax merozoite antigens during pregnancy 11:15 –11:30 Gideon G: Treatment seeking behavior for fever patients and the availability of malaria diagnostic tools and treatment in health facilities 11:30 –11:45 Siba P: Assessing the quality of Malaria treatment at health facilities in Papua New Guinea 11:45 –12:00 Paru RP: “Predictors of success and influence of the initial level of endemicity in a control programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis 12:00 –13 :00 LUNCH Concurrent Session Three: NCD, Cholera and Miscellaneous Chairman: Professor John Vince Co-Chairman: Professor Peter Siba

13 :00 –13: 30 Guest Speaker: Dr Viliami Puloka, Secretariat of the Pacific Community The TWO Organisations, ONE Approach to NCDs 13: 30 –13: 45 Hilton D: The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 2010 and beyond: Mastering disease through discovery 13: 45 –14:00 Addy B: Cholera in 14:00 –14 :15 Greenhill A: The molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholera, the causative agent of cholera in PNG 14: 15 - 14:30 Jonduo ME: Influenza surveillance in PNG 14:30 –14: 45 Watson A: In-House oxygen production at Hospital – A critical review of the first 12 months of operation 14: 45 –15:00 Farmer J: Improving eye care delivery through training of eye nurses: a successful partnership 15:00 –15 :15 Wal A: Emergency Aerial Retrieval in the Northern Territory 15: 15 –15: 30 Umo P: Breast Lumps: Sonographic Correlation of Mammographic findings Concurrent Session Four : Surgery and Miscellaneous Chairman: Dr Lawrence Warangi Co-Chairman: Dr Osborne Liko

13:00 –13:30 Guest Speaker: Professor Francis Hombhanje, Head of Health Research, DWU Research Unit for Tropical Diseases in DWU 13:30 –13:45 Hasola DJ: Microbiology of appendicitis at the General Hospital 13:45 –14:00 Mol W: Audit of reconstructive surgery services at Goroka General Hospital 14:00 –14:15 Heritrenggi M: Management of spinal injuries at the surgical unit of General Hospital 14:15 –14:30 Lapu K: Conservative management of penetrating anterior abdomi nal wounds at Angau General Hospital 14:30 –14:45 Burks D: Transfusion alternative strategies 14:45 –15:00 Soma MM: Effectiveness of radiation protective measures used by radiographers at PMGH 15:00 –15:15 Nad P: Job stress, social support and work characteristics of nurses at PMGH, PNG 15:15 –15 :30 NESCAFE AFTERNOON BREAK 15:30 –18:00 Medical Society of PNG (AGM) 46th Annual General Meeting Chairman : Dr Mathias Sapuri, OL Venue : Kaindi DWU Campus

46th Annual Medical Symposium Technical Advisors and Rapporteurs : Final Resolutions for actioning – • Dr Paison Dakulala, MBE Deputy Secretary for Health • Professor Maxine Whittaker, University of • Mr Alexander Rosewell, World Health Organization • Dr Geoff Clark, World Health Organization • Mr Enoch Posanai, Executive Manager, NDOH Chairman: Dr Goa Tau, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Manager Health Standards, NDOH 19:00 –22:00 Medical Society Dinner: Guest Speaker – Honorable Sasa Zibe, MP, Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS Venue: Kaindi DWU Campus Medical Society Life Membership Award Entertainment: East and West Sepik Traditional Dancers

WEDNESDAY 01 ST SEPTEMBER 2010 VENUE: Kaindi DWU Campus Session One: HIV & AIDS Chairman: Dr Sylvester Lahe Co-Chairman: Dr John Millan

08:00 –08:30 Guest Speaker: Dr Edwina Wright, Consultant Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine Consultant, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Overview of HIV and Neurological diseases 08:30 –08:45 Trowale E: Traditional best practice for HIV/AIDS prevention in Yangoru-Sausia District 08:45 –09:00 Kange S: Building skills in private company to deliver HIV prevention programs: Lessons learnt from Tingim Laip: Agri-industries perspectic 09:00 –09:15 Ryan CE: The direction of HIV and STI biological research at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research 09:15 –09:30 Toliman P: Investigation of aetiological agents concurrently infecting people with HIV and associated risk factors 09:30 –09:45 Ryan C: Molecular analysis of HIV-1 subtype C in Papua New Guinea 09:45 –10:00 Iga J: Laboratory evaluation of three DNA Extraction Kits 10:00 –10:15 NESCAFE MORNING BREAK Session Two: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Research Papers Chairman: Professor Nakapi Tefuarani, OL Co-Chairman: Professor Bediako Amoa

10:15 –10: 45 Guest Speaker: Professor NG Patil, MBE, Associate Dean University of Hong Kong Medical School Problem-based learning: What works and what doesn’t? 10: 45 –10: 55 Kumbu J: Outcome of HIV exposed and infected children at a resource limited setting, PMGH, PNG, three years after anti-retroviral therapy was introduced. 10: 55 –11:05 Malangan M: Monitoring of ART in HIV/AIDS in patients in Port Moresby General Hospital using comparative CD4 count and viral load technologies 11:05 –11:15 Renton N: Early infant diagnosis of HIV in Papua New Guinea 11:15 –11:25 Willie B: Optimising an in-house real time-polymerase chain reaction for the simultaneous detection of Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis 11:25 –11:35 Uluk T: The use of an interferon gamma release assay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children in PNG 11:35 –11:45 Rarau P: Prospective study on the co-infection with viral respiratory infection and malaria in a cohort of children aged 3-27 months in Madang Province 11:45 –11:55 Siba V: The molecular detection of salmonella typhi and other salmonella species from blood using polymerase chain reaction 11:55 –12:05 Bebes S: Rotavirus infection in children <5 years of age admitted with acute gastroenteritis, Paediatric Ward, Goroka Base Hospital – WHO Surveillance 12:05 –12:15 Sungu M: An assessment of drinking water sources related to symptomatic diarrhoea and skin irritation in Angabanga community, Central Province 12:15 – 12:25 Yohang G: The experience of a rural general practitioner in rural Papua New Guinea 12:25 – 12:30 STUDENTS QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

12:30 –13:30 LUNCH Session Three: Environmental pollutants, Mental Health and Miscellaneous Chairman: Professor Trevor Duke Co-Chairman: Dr Guapo Kiage

13:30 –13: 45 Kirarock W: Oxidative stress and inflammation in PNG newborns exposed prenatally to high levels of indoor air pollution 13:45 –14 :00 Umezaki M: Evaluation of environmental burden due to subsistence transition in PNG: A preliminary report 14:00 –14 :15 Kotapu S: Baseline heavy metal status and persistently occurring pollutants in Basamuk Bay, Madang 14:15 –14 :30 Kotapu S: The baseline chemical-heavy metals and the persistently occurring pollutants of the Sepik River, ESP 14:30 –14 :45 Jose O: Mental Illness in Papua New Guinea 14:45 –15 :00 de Moore G: Psychiatric care service at Westmead Hospital, NSW 15:00 –15 :15 Wangillen B: Anthropometric Study on Lihir demonstrating marked changes in overweight and obesity 15:15 –15 :30 Horwood P: Fevers of unknown origin in Papua New Guinea 15:30 –15 :45 Laman M: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Papua New Guinea children 15:45 – 16:00 NESCAFE AFTERNOON BREAK 14:00 – 18:00 Overseas Visitors Tours. Tour One: Mission Hill Tour Two: East and West Coast Tour Three: Cruise to Robin Island

15:00 – 18:00 NATIONAL DOCTORS ASSOCIATION (NDA) GENERAL MEETING (AGM) – Kaindi DWU Campus HEALTH EXTENSION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) – Kaindi DWU Campus 19:00 –22 :00 Cultural Night Dinner Guest Speaker: Honorable Dr Moses Manwau, Member for Wewak Venue: Kaindi DWU Campus Presentation of Corporate Sponsors Award President’s Award for the Best Symposium Paper Deborah Lehmann Award for the Best Research Paper Leading to Implementation Dean’s Award for the Best Students Research Paper Announcement of Student Scholarship Entertainment: Traditional Dancing

Formal Handover Ceremony: Wewak General Hospital team Dr Godfrey Naboam to the Chairman of the

proposed venue, Dr Victor Golpak, General Hospital . THURSDAY 02 ND SEPTEMBER 2010 VENUE: SPECIALTY PROGRAM

06:30 –08:00 Christian Doctors Association Breakfast Meeting 08:00 –16:00 SPECIALTY MEETINGS VENUES

Obstetrics & Gynaecology ESP Health Office Conference Room ENT TBA Surgery Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Ophthalmology TBA Medicine TBA Public Health East Sepik Centre of Hope Sexual Health East Sepik Centre of Hope Paediatrics Wewak Hospital Conference Room Anaesthesia TBA Dentistry TBA Psychiatry TBA Emergency Medicine TBA Biomedical & Social Sciences TBA Pharmacy TBA Pathology Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Rural and Remote Medicine TBA Medical Imaging TBA

19:00 –22:00 Specialty Dinners (Specialty Society Arrangements)

Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr Godfrey Naboam’s Residence Emergency Medicine & Anesthesia Gala Restaurant Psychiatry TBA Ophthalmology Dr David Pahau’s Residence Surgery Dr Lawrence Warangi’s Residence Medicine Talio Lodge Biomedical & Social Science TBA Paediatrics Dr Guapo Kiage’s Residence Public Health TBA Sexual Health East Sepik Centre of Hope ENT TBA Dentistry TBA Pharmacy TBA Pathology Dr Louis Samiak’s Residence Rural and Remote Medicine TBA Medical Imaging Mr Robin Gawi Residence

FRIDAY 03 RD SEPTEMBER 2010 VENUE: SPECIALTY PROGRAM

08:00 –16:00 SPECIALTY MEETINGS VENUES

Obstetrics & Gynaecology TBA ENT TBA Surgery Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Ophthalmology Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Medicine Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Public Health East Sepik Centre of Hope Sexual Health East Sepik Centre of Hope

Paediatrics Wewak Hospital Conference Room

Anaesthesia Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos

Dentistry TBA

Psychiatry TBA Emergency Medicine Mercy Secondary School, Yaropos Biomedical & Social Sciences TBA Pharmacy TBA Pathology TBA Rural and Remote Medicine TBA Medical Imaging TBA 19:00 till late National Doctors Association Official Closing Ceremony Dinner and Dance Presidents address : Dr Kauve Pomat, President of NDA Guest Speaker: Mr Samson Torovi, Provincial Administrator Venue: Wewak Yacht Club

POSTER PRESENTATION

1. Wangi PK: Lifestyle diseases: Could the cure be in HERBS? Herbal Detoxification 2. Sommi SS: Using the Theatre drama as an effective media for Health Communication in Morobe Province 3. Kotapu S: The Mining Boom a Health Doom – The Medical Perspective 4. Humphrey B: Save the Children’s Program in East Sepik Province