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Globally it is estimated that one person in three has no guaranteed access to essential medicines. In the poorest parts of Africa and Asia, this proportion increases to one-half. Considerable attention has been paid to the issue of access to medicines for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, however little attention has been paid to questions of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases and diabetes. It therefore appears important to develop action research programs to define new strategies to improve diabetes management in resource-con-strained settings, and it is felt that an expert meeting will be a good tool to build a roadmap for action.

Monday, November 11, 2019 - 9 h to 18 h 30
Campus Biotech, Geneva

Key note presentation – Open to public

13 h - 14 h

Opening remarks
Dr Soumya Swaminathan - Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)

Precision diabetes
Pr Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine; SIB; Health 2030 Genome Center; iGE3

• Access to the meeting requires registration.
• Access to the key note presentation is free.

La Semaine internationale du Cerveau se déroule chaque année dans plusieurs villes de Suisse. A Genève, cet événement est organisé par le Centre Interfacultaire de Neurosciences. Vivre ensemble en est le thème en 2019.

Des conférences pour le grand public sont proposées chaque soir de la semaine du lundi 11 au vendredi 15 mars 2019, à 19 h 00 à Uni Dufour, Auditoire Piaget / U600.

The Faculties of Medicine and Science are pleased to invite you to celebrate the new doctoral school of Life Sciences at the University of Geneva, created in June 2018. The conference will provide an overview of the new PhD School and showcase research and theses from both faculties.

Seminars

Go with the flow - Connexins in atherosclerosis
Pre Brenda Kwak - Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

The sick sense is in the nose
Pr Ivan Rodriguez - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science

My Thesis in 180 s

Drug resistance in breast cancer
Dina Hany - Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science

Recipe for an anti-staphylococcal cocktail revealed by metabolomics
Bartosz Gdaniec - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 17 h 00 to 18 h 30
Uni Dufour - Auditorium Charles Rouiller / U300

• Registration is required and free of charge.
• Presentations will be followed by a drinks reception.
• Deadline for registration: February 28, 2018