Patient Welfare Foundation (PAWEM)

Email

lodzene@yahoo.co.uk

Phone

T: +265 09936-42094

Address

PO Box 27, Chikhwawa Chikhwawa Malawi
About Patient Welfare Foundation (PAWEM)

Mission:

To advocate for patient and vulnerable community groups rights and responsibilities in ensuring their welfare through the provision of quality and equitable health and community development services.

Vision:

To be the leading welfare foundation in advocating for high quality, humane, equitable, patient-centered health and development services.

Our core values:

The following are the four main core values that we cherish in our operations:

1. We are open and honest

  • PAWEM is reliable, trustworthy and transparent

2. We inspire people

  • Through our commitment to vulnerable people, we actively cooperate with others.
  • We strive to inspire people to take communal responsibility for their own lives and for the lives of others

3. We work on the basis of equality

  • PAWEM respects differences among people, cultures and Organizations and works towards health and community development based on equality, non- discrimination irrespective of race, tribe, religious or political affiliation

4. We focus on achieving sustainable results

  • We work in a competent, efficient, cost-effective, results-oriented, high quality and sustainable manner to achieve our goal

Objectives:

The goal of PAWEM is to advocate for the rights of patients and vulnerable community groups in order for them to access high quality, equitable and humane health and community services for the attainment of their respective welfare including environmental, social and economic activities.

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Hepatitis and PWID/harm reduction 

 

11:35 – 11:40  

Chair: WHO – Intro and set the scene.  

 

11:40 – 11:55  

Co-chair:  EMCDDA – Monitoring viral hepatitis elimination among PWID in Europe. 

 

11:55 – 12:00 

ID 29: Ema Pos (not yet registered) 

Title: If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed: lessons from a decentralized Infectious Disease consultation. 

 

12:05 – 12:10  

ID 152: Brian Conway (Registered in person) 

Title: Community Pop-up Clinic: Cascade of Care and HCV Treatment of Vancouver’s inner-city PWID Populations.

 

12:10 – 12:15 

ID 212: Jasmine West (not yet registered) 

Title: From lived experience to lived expertise: a syndemic approach. 

 

12:15 – 12:20 

ID: 299 Mercy Nyakowa (Registered in person) 

Title: HCV and HBV prevalence and associated risk factors among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Kenya 

 

12:20 – 12:25 

ID: 133 Nalinikanta Rajkumar (Registered in person) 

Title: Rapid regimen of HBV vaccination: Does it work for high risk groups?  

 

12:25 – 12:30 

Q&A and closing remarks   

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effective case finding strategies

Supported by Vir Biotechnology, Inc

During this session you will hear from hepatitis Delta expert, Dr. Maria Buti, and a patient who has lived with hepatitis Delta in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Carey Hwang, Chief Medical Officer (interim) of Vir Biotechnology. This panel will inform perspectives on patient needs, opportunities for enhanced screening, and strengthening linkages to care.

Session Agenda

14:40 – 14:45    

Panel overview and introductions facilitated by Dr Carey Hwang (Vir Biotechnology)

14:45 – 15:05   

Panel discussion: Dr Maria Buti (University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Spain), Milanka Barbosa, Dr Carey Hwang (Chief Medical Officer interim), Vir Biotechnology

15:05 – 15:10    

Final remarks and close