{:en}Institute of Tropical Disease – RC-GERID has held an international conference entitled ICITD (International Conference on Infectious and Tropical Disease) for 2 days on 29th-30th November 2021. This conference carried the theme “update on management of COVID-19 and tropical diseases”.
On the first day, this event was started by singing Indonesian National Anthem and Universitas Airlangga Hymn. After that, the performance of the Indonesian dance called cunduk menur was displayed by the students from UKTK Unair. The first welcoming speech was delivered by Prof. dr. Maria Inge Lusida , M.Kes, PhD, Sp.MK(K) as the Chief of the organizing committee. The second welcoming speech was relayed by Prof. Dr. Kuntaman, dr., M.S., Sp.MK(K) as chairman of the Indonesian Association of Clinical Microbiology Specialists (PAMKI). Then, The Rector of Universitas Airlangga, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nasih, SE., MT., Ak, CMA, gave the opening remark of this international conference.
After the opening, the first lecture was presented by Dr. Soedarsono, dr.,Sp.P(K) explaining the management of COVID-19 in Indonesia. The second speaker was Dr. Gatot Soegiarto, dr., SpPD, K-AI, FINASIM who spoke about the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and the need for booster vaccination. The next speaker was Prof. Masanori Kameoka who elucidated the developing neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate. The last program of the first day was oral and poster presentations by participants.
The program on the second day was commenced with oral and poster presentations. Subsequently, the speech was presented by a keynote speaker from NIHRD representative, Dr. Vivi Setiawaty, dr., M. Biomed. The following lectures were delivered by the invited speakers. The first was Prof. Dr. Fedik Abdul Rantam, drh from Institute of Tropical Disease explaining the development of merah putih vaccine inactivated platform. Secondly, Prof. Dr. Habibah Wahab from Universitas Sains Malaysia elaborated the natural products based drug discovery efforts for the discovery of drugs for dengue and COVID-19. The following speaker was Dr. Jonathan Wong, Ph.D, The director of scientific development, Immunitor Inc, who conveyed the current and future development in the treatment of virus-induced cytokine storm. Lastly was Prof. Kazufumi Shimizu who brought up a lecture entitled COVID-19 is self-limiting epidemic: The first outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in East Java ended with the decrease of the viral loads in the patients.
At the end of this event, Laura Navika Yamani, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D as the committee coordinator announced the winner of the best presentation and poster competition followed by the closing of ICITD.{:}{:id}Lembaga Penyakit Tropis – RC-GERID telah menggelar acara seminar internasional dengan nama ICITD (International Conference on Infectious and Tropical Disease) selama 2 hari yaitu tanggal 29-30 November 2021. Acara ini mengangkat tema update on management of COVID-19 and tropical diseases.
Pada hari pertama , Acara ini diawali dengan nyanyian lagu Indonesia raya dan hymne Universitas Airlangga. Selanjutanya disajikan tarian asli indonesia yaitu cunduk menur yang dibawa oleh mahasiswi yang tergabung dalam uktk unair. Sambutan pertama dibawakan oleh Prof . dr . Maria Inge Lusida , M.Kes, PhD, Sp.MK(K) selaku ketua panitia. Sambutan kedua dibawakan oleh Prof. Dr. Kuntaman, dr., M.S., Sp.MK(K) selaku ketua perhimpunan dokter spesialis mikrologi klinik indonesia (PAMKI). kemudian Rektor Universitas Airlangga Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nasih, SE., MT., Ak, CMA memberikan sambutan terakhir sekaligus membuka acara seminar nasional ini.
Materi pertama disampaikan oleh Dr. Soedarsono, dr.,Sp.P(K) yang menjelaskan tentang managemen covid-19 di Indonesia. Pemateri kedua di isi oleh Dr. Gatot Soegiarto, dr., SpPD, K-AI, FINASIM terkait varian virus covid dan kebutuhan penambahan vaksin. Selanjutnya di isi oleh Prof. Masanori Kameoka yang menjelaskan tentang pengembangan uji netralisasi untuk kandidat vaksin. Setelah itu dilanjutkan acara presentasi oral dan poster oleh para peserta.
Pada hari kedua, acara ini di awali dengan presentasi oral dan poster. Selanjutnya penyampaian materi dari keynote Speaker oleh perwakilan dari kementrian kesehatan Dr. Vivi Setiawaty, dr., M. Biomed. Materi berikutnya dibawakan oleh para invited speakers. Pemateri pertama adalah Prof. Dr. Fedik Abdul Rantam, drh dari lembaga penyakit tropis terkait pengembangan vaksin merah putih. Pemateri kedua Prof. Dr. Habibah Wahab dari universitas sains malaysia menjelaskan tentang Upaya Penemuan Obat Berbasis Bahan Alami untuk Penemuan Obat Demam Berdarah dan COVID-19. Selanjutnya Dr. Jonathan Wong, Ph.D. selaku direktur pengembangan ilmiah, imunnitor, menyampaikan terkait pengembangan saat ini dan masa depan terkait menghadapi virus penyebab badai sitokin. Terakhir di isi oleh Prof. Kazufumi Shimizu dengan judul “COVID-19 adalah Epidemi yang Membatasi Diri: Wabah Pertama SARS-CoV-2 di Jawa Timur Berakhir dengan Penurunan Viral Load pada Pasien”.
Di akhir acara, Laura Navika Yamani, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D selaku Koordinator panitia mengumumkan pemenang kompetisi presentasi oral dan poster terbaik yang diikuti oleh penutupan acara.{:}