DAY 1: Data, impact and preparedness
- Welcome & introduction
- Risk awareness quiz
- Pandemic preparedness: for which pathogens (lecture)
- Movie: unseen enemy
- One Health - Planetary Health
- How well is Belgium prepared?
- Panel discussion
DAY 2: Outbreak management
- 10 steps of outbreak investigation (simulation exercise)
- crisis communications (hands-on session)
- Science communication in outbreaks: do's and don't's (interactive session)
- Risk assessment and surveillance of infectious diseases
- Surveillance systems for infectious diseases: experiences from Vietnam (tbc)
DAY 3: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- The silent pandemic of AMR (case-based exercise)
- Hospital outbreak management (interactive session)
- Implementation of vaccine campaigns in hard to reach populations
- Ethical issues in outbreaks
- Well-being HCP and resilience in outbreaks
- Panel discussion
DAY 4: Vaccination and preparedness
- Vaccine confidence (lecture)
- Vaccine confidence, communication and the role of medical doctors (simulation exercise)
- Role play on communication
- Vaccination for special patient groups (interactive lecture)
- Vaccination and public health crises (Ebola, measles, TBC) (lecture)
- Why pandemic preparedness? The cost of pandemics (lecture)
- Tour of Vaccinopolis
- Group dinner in the evening
DAY 5: High consequence infections
- The Friday afternoon patient (case simulation)
- Which pathogens require an HLIU and how to define 'high consequences'
- Tour of the HLIU at UZA
- Demo's at HLIU
- The Friday afternoon patient (continued)
- The human being behind the severe infection (testimonial)
- A new outbreak: from first data to models and back (lecture)
- Farewell and drinks (starting at 5PM)