The OR-day is a dedicated event to share the latest operational research findings and discuss how to translate them into changing policies and practices. Hosted every June by LuxOR in Brussels, the OR-day brings together researchers, medical professionals and field staff of MSF and partner organizations.
OR Day 2018
The OR Day 2018 took place in Brussels and live streamed on 1 June 2018.
This year’s panel topics focused on providing care for migrants, refugees, and victims of sexual violence, latest findings from HIV- and TB programmes in Malawi and Mozambique, and featured presentations on infectious and non-communicable diseases.
The OR Day is open to MSF colleagues, partners, and external guests and can be followed live online. For questions and further information, reach us at or@luxembourg.msf.org.
PROGRAM
[To see the presentations, click on the red underlined title]
Master of Ceremonies – Tony Reid
9h00 OPENING REMARKS
Bertrand Draguez
09h15 SLOT 1
The Paradox of survival: "I prefer dying fast than dying slowly"; pain, disease and life in limbo
Chairs: Aurélie Ponthieu & Umberto Pellecchia
- Pain and musculoskeletal complications post-sexual violence – an added value of physiotherapy in the rehabilitation of victims of sexual violence?
Engy Sawah - "I prefer dying fast than dying slowly" - How institutional abuse worsens the mental health of stranded Syrian, Afghan and Congolese migrants on Lesbos Island
Christos Eleftherakos - "I feel like I am less than other people": Self-perceived vulnerabilities of male migrants travelling alone on their journey to Europe
Jovana Arsenijevic - Life in limbo – holistic provision of mental health and psychosocial support to asylum seekers in destination countries in Europe
Jenny Gustafsson
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
11h00 COFFEE BREAK
11h30 SLOT 2
Sex, Drugs & Prisons; working for the unwanted, the untested, the untreated and the "unsuppressed"
Chairs: Daniela Belen Garone & Marc Biot
- Improving TB case finding in Malawian prisons: MSF experience 2014-2017
Reinaldo Ortuno Gutierrez - Characteristics and outcomes of HIV-infected patients admitted for inpatient care to a rural district hospital in Malawi
Pier Francesco Giorgetti - Provision of oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Beira, Mozambique
José Carlos Beirão - Improving pediatric TB diagnosis in North Kivu, DR Congo, by targeted Gene Xpert on gastric aspirate
Daan van Brusselen
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
13h00 LUNCH
14h00 SLOT 3
Viruses, bacteria & parasites; sensitive, resistant and emerging
Chairs: Johan van Griensven & Ernestina Repetto
- Malaria in Cambodia (a synthesis of research findings)
Martin De Smet - Field evaluation of Joachim clinical score and rapid diagnostic test for paediatric bacterial pharyngitis in a refugee camp, Beirut, Lebanon
Chantal Lakis - Household disinfection kits distribution during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia: The MSF experience
Peter Maes - Late breaker: Care for Syrian refugees with Diabetes in a crisis context: The Médecins Sans Frontières experience in the Levant
Krystel Moussally
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
15h30 SLOT 4
Panel discussion: Who pays? User fees making a comeback…
Chair: Wim Van Damme
The discussion summarized in drawings. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
16h20 CLOSING REMARKS
Sebastian Spencer