Nutrition IV: Nutrition Assessment
The Hospital for Sick Children & ADRA Canada
Good nutrition and nutrition-related behaviours are critical for a child’s healthy growth, development and survival. Globally, approximately 45 percent of deaths among children under 5 are linked to undernutrition and 22.3 percent, or more than one in five children under age 5 worldwide has stunted growth. Across Kenya, mor....
Effects of Drugs on the Eye and Vision; includes Intra-ocular Pressure
Eóin Harty
This session reviews the effects of anaesthetic drugs and common ophthalmic drugs on the eye, focusing on intraocular pressure.
Social drugs: Alcohol
Eóin Harty
This session looks at how the acute and chronic effects of alcohol affect the day-to-day work of the anaesthetist.
Social Drugs: Non-legal Drugs
Eóin Harty
This session looks at the legislation surrounding illicit drugs, their pharmacology and some of the anaesthetic issues raised by their acute and chronic abuse.
Social Drugs: Tobacco
Mike Carrick and Caroline Thomas
This session covers the constituents of cigarette smoke and the negative consequences of cigarette smoking as well as the associated morbidity and mortality in the perioperative period. Smoking cessation programmes are also discussed.
An Introduction to Heart Failure and Valve Disease
Dr Raj Thakkar and Dr Kate Gatenby
This session provides an introduction to heart failure (HF) and heart valve disease (HVD) in the UK.
Secondary Care Management of Heart Failure
Dr Simon Duckett and Dr Sue Piper
Welcome to this session on the management of heart failure in secondary care. In this session you will learn about the role of secondary care in: - the diagnosis of heart failure - the medical treatment of heart failure - device treatment for heart failure - the management of acute heart failure
Image Interpretation of the Cervical Spine: Session 2
Claire Giles
This session will describe common fractures, dislocations, pathologies and normal variants found in the cervical spine. These will be illustrated using radiographic examples.
Image Interpretation - Adult Skeleton (X-ray): Wrist - Session 2
Claire Giles
This session will describe common fractures, dislocations, pathologies and normal variants found in the wrist joint. These will be illustrated using radiographic examples.
Image Interpretation - Adult Skeleton (X-ray): Knee - Session 1
Tracy O'Regan
This session will look at injuries related to the knee, tibia and fibula. It will focus on identifying anatomy demonstrated on both diagrams and radiographs, and offer examples of radiographic technique. Mechanisms of injury (MOI) will be discussed to develop a knowledge base in clinical presentations.
Module 7: Guidance on Estimating Resource Requirements for a Minimum Package of Services
Dr. Caroline Forde, Dr. Nata Duvvury
Module 7 is a guide on estimating resource requirements for a minimum package of services, based on selected ‘essential actions’ identified across the police and justice, social services and coordination modules in the Essential Services Package, produced in 2020.
Diagnostics for Drug-Resistant TB: Verification in Uganda, Implementation in Mozambique
Dipti Lallubhai, Dr Willy Ssengooba, and Dr Claudia Cardoso Mutaquiha
On 4 July, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted an Extended ECHO session about improving diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a significant public health concern, given the increasing resistance to the effective foundation drugs, including Rifampicin and Isoniazid. In this session, we focus on....
Surveillance of Histidine-rich Protein Genes Deletion in Plasmodium Falciparum
Dr Xavier Ding, Mr Bokretsion Gidey and Dr Bosco Agaba
On 11 April 2024, ASLM’s LabCoP convened an Extended ECHO session focussing on surveillance of histidine-rich protein genes deletion in plasmodium falciparum (pfhrp2/3). Globally, malaria remains a pressing health concern, with an estimated 249 million cases and 608,000 deaths reported in 2022 alone. Africa bears a disproportion....
The Revised WHO-AFRO SLIPTA Checklist, Changes and the Transition Roadmap
Mr Teferi Mekonen and Dr Samba Diallo
On 20 June 2024, ASLM’s LabCoP hosted an Extended ECHO session that focused on the revised WHO-AFRO SLIPTA Checklist. The session presentation was made by Mr Teferi Mekonen and Dr Samba Diallo of ASLM and highlighted key changes to, and the transition roadmap for the WHO-AFRO SLIPTA checklist version 3. The session also covered....
Clinical Use of Antiarrhythmic Agents
Alexander Photiou
This sessions describes the use of antiarrhythmic agents most commonly used in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. It covers the pharmacology, clinical indications, contraindications and side-effects of such agents.
Pharmacokinetics: Elimination
Nidhi Gautam
This session discusses the pharmacokinetic process of elimination, which includes excretion and metabolism (biotransformation). It also discusses the kinetics of elimination and pathways of biotransformation, including the factors influencing it.
Fertility Awareness Methods and Apps
Julia Bailey and Professor Jill Shawe
This session explores the mechanism of action of different fertility awareness methods, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to use these methods to prevent pregnancy.
Central and Autonomic Regulation of Cardiac Function
Natasha Lawrence and Stephen Webb
This session provides an outline of the central and autonomic mechanisms which regulate cardiac function.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Fetal Heart and Chest
Sophie Bale and Allison Harris
This session will focus upon the fetal heart and chest. Anatomy and physiology will be discussed alongside ultrasound imaging technique and the presentation of common pathologies which can be detected antenatally.
AMR CoP ECHO Session Dec 2022: Advancing AMR Surveillance in Surgical Interventions
Remy Pacifique Ntirenganya
This AMR CoP ECHO session explores surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance profiles occurring after Bellwether procedures in rural Liberia. In this session, we explore the Liberian experience on antibiotic resistance profiles from surgical site infections that occur after surgery, the main causes of healthcare....
AMR CoP ECHO Session Oct 2022: Advancing AMR Surveillance Programs
Prof. Jeremiah Seni and Reuben Abednego
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we learn about how Tanzania has managed to implement an AMR surveillance system based on the WHONET software and implementing the WHO Point Prevalence Survey on Antibiotic Use in Hospitals, as part of their National Action Plan on AMR implementation. We also discus....
AMR CoP ECHO Session Late Aug 2022: Advancing AMR Surveillance to Public Health Action
Mary Magdalene Osei and Ibrahim Mugerwa
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we discuss the worrying pattern of AMR observed in children under-5 years in one region in Ghana and its implication on AMR National Action Plan (NAP) implementation. We also explore strategies adopted by Uganda to support AMR surveillance and the role of country A....
The Revised ISO 15189:2022 Standard Part 2: Implications at the Country and Facility Levels
Teferi Mekonen and Prof Kilian Songwe
The February 2023 LabCoP ECHO session is part 2 of The Revised ISO15189:2022 Standard series. It takes a deep dive into changes needed at country and facilities levels to align to and meet the requirements of the revised standard. The focus is on how to systematically handle the transition for both accredited and non-accredited....
Integrated Hepatitis Testing as Part of the Response to WHO’s Triple Elimination Strategy
Mr Chukwuemeka Agwuocha
LabCoP’s December 2022 ECHO session shares practical insights on integrated testing for HBV and Xpert HCV to align with the World Health Organization’s goal for the triple elimination of HIV, HBV and syphilis. Using a case from Nigeria, we discuss implementation experiences at the point-of-care sites, the existing tuberculosis (....
