We are glad to have been part of the 11th National Health Research Conference which was held at Mulungushi Conference Centre from 15th to 17th October 2024 where we did not only participate, but we were also a Platinum sponsor for this prestigious event. Local and international research experts and health practitioners converged to disseminate the latest research findings, share best practices and exchange knowledge aimed at improving public health outcomes. As the national health research institution, our presence at this event was inevitable. Not only did our scientists present cutting-edge findings from their research work and chaired breakaway sessions, we also co-hosted a very well attended Symposium titled ‘The Future of Serosurveillance in Zambia’ and among the chairpersons for this symposium was TDRC Director and CEO Dr. Gershom Chongwe.
We presented the following abstracts:
- Dr. Ngula Monde – First and Second-Line Drug-Resistance in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Zambia.
- Dr. Sam Miti – Healthcare Provider Perceptions of IntegratingHPV Vaccination in Adolescent HIV Clinics in Ndola District, Zambia.
- Dr. Jonathan Gwasupika – Characterising bacterial causes of community acquired bloodstream infections in children at Arthur Davison children hospital in Ndola, Zambia.
- Mr. Ephraim Chikwanda – Antimicrobial resistance profile of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens among patients attending healthcare at Ndola Teaching Hospital, Zambia: A Retrospective cross-sectional study.
- Dr. Jean-Bertin Bukasa Kabuya – Supplementing routine hospital surveillance of malaria to capture excess mortality and epidemiological trends: a five-year observational study.
Poster presentations:
- Mr Samson Mwale – Bacterial contamination and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolates from elevator surfaces and staircase rails at Ndola Teaching Hospital, Copperbelt, Zambia.
- Mr. Kelvin Kapungu – Implementing HPV vaccination among adolescent girls: Where are the men? Results from an ethnographic assessment of three study sites in Ndola, Zambia.
- Mr. David Mwakazanga – Evaluating the impact of male circumcision on HIV risk among men in Zambia: An Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting for Causal Inference study.
We are dedicated to our vision of being a Centre of excellence in the promotion of health in Zambia and the African Region through research.
