The OR Day is an event dedicated to sharing the latest operational research findings and discussing how they can be used to change policies and practices. Hosted by MSF’s operational research unit LuxOR and the MSF Operational Centre OCB in Brussels every year in late spring, the OR Day brings together researchers, medical professionals, and field staff from MSF and partner organizations.
The OR Day is open to MSF colleagues, partners, and external guests and can be followed live online. For questions and further information, please contact or@luxembourg.msf.org.
OR Day 2019
This year, the OR Day has taken place on Friday 31 May 2019 at the MSF Brussels office.
Panel topics will focus on the right care for victims of violence, new and persisting challenges in HIV and TB care, and moving from operational research to policy and practice change.
OR Day 2019 Agenda
This year's slots will focus on the right care for victims of violence, new and persisting challenges in HIV and TB care, and moving from operational research to policy and practice change. For more information, check out the agenda.
PROGRAM
9:15 - INTRODUCTORY VIDEO AND OPENING REMARKS
9:30 to 11:00 - SLOT 1
The Right Care for Victims of Violence
Chairs: Séverine Caluwaerts and Reem Mussa
Presentations:
- “My mind is not like before”: Psychosocial rehabilitation of refugee victims of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in Athens - Christina Popontopoulou
- “What about men and boys?” Access to care and type of assault suffered among male victims of sexual violence, a multicentric study of MSF programs in seven countries in Africa - Anaïs Broban
- “Better dead than being mocked”: Unwanted pregnancy and abortion, an anthropological study on perceptions and attitude. Mweso, Mambasa and Lulingu, DRC 2018 - Doris Burtscher
- Research Initiative: Migration History Tool: An innovative way to collect information from people on the move - Juan-Carlos Cubides
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
11:30 to 13:00 - SLOT 2
Chairs: Daniela Belen Garone and Nathan Ford
Presentations:
- High levels of HIV-1 drug resistance pre-treatment and with first-line ART failure in Mozambique - Valentina Carnimeo
- Very poor short- and medium-term patient outcomes amongst critically ill patients hospitalized for HIV in Guinea, Conakry - Kassi Nanan-N’Zeth
- Responding to the substance use challenge in rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: Preliminary outcomes of a primary health care substance use management model in Khayelitsha, South Africa - Laura Triviño-Duran
- Research Initiative: MSF KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Bending the Curves of HIV & TB: 2011-2018 - Vinayak Bhardwaj
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
14:00 to 15:30 - SLOT 3
Chairs: Olumide Ogundahunsi and Bjørn Nissen
Presentations:
- An innovative water, sanitation and hygiene toolkit to fight cholera and typhoid fever: The road to change in Harare, Zimbabwe - Danish Malik
- Diphtheria anti-toxin administration, outcomes, and safety in response to a diphtheria outbreak in 2018 - Nell Eisenberg
- “When you welcome well, you vaccinate well”: Reasons for sub-optimal vaccination coverage in urban settings in Conakry, Republic of Guinea - Julita Gil Cuesta
- Research Initiative: Measurement properties of an Activity Independence Measure for Trauma (AIM-T) patients in humanitarian settings - Bérangère Gohy
Each study has its drawing!
Click on the drawings to see them closer. © Drawnalism/Alex Hughes
15:30 - Closing Remarks
