On the occasion of the visit to French Guyana of Mrs Dorothée KINDE-GAZARD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Abomey Calavi, the MINEA laboratory is organising a conference. This will take place on Wednesday 26 April 2023 from 9am in amphitheatre A on the Troubiran campus. The conference will focus on the management of chronic diseases.
This seminar will provide a cross-country perspective between French Guyana and Benin, highlighting practices and experiences in the management of chronic diseases in these two territories, which are faced with specific health realities.
During the visit, a number of meetings and conferences will be held in Cayenne, Saint-Laurent du Maroni and Macouria. During these conferences, a number of players from the region's healthcare sector will be taking the floor. Lecturers and researchers from the University of Guyana will discuss various aspects of the management of chronic diseases, with a particular focus on high blood pressure, HIV and malaria; a cross-cutting approach between Guyana and Benin.
Programme
Monday 24th April
- Departure for a discovery tour of Macouria.
- Tuberculosis" public health conference - City of Macouria / ARS Guyane.
Tuesday 25 April
- Visit to the local research units: TBIPP and Institut PASTEUR.
- Malaria" public health conference - City of Macouria / ARS Guyane.
Wednesday 26th April
- Multi-disciplinary round tables: "The management of chronic diseases, a cross-section of Benin and French Guyana" - University of French Guyana / MINEA Laboratory.
- Meeting with health students - Université de Guyane / IFSI / Externat / IUT de Kourou.
Thursday 27 April
- Visit to Saint-Laurent du Maroni.
- Meeting with the Mama Bobi association - Local de l'
- Alternative medicine and interculturality" conference - at the SLM CHOG.
Information and registration for conferences
Macouria Town Hall: kaGRACEETIENNE@villedemacouria.fr
University of Guyana: 0694244450 monique.blerald@univ-guyane.fr
MINEA: +33 6 95008069 hugues.domingo@univ-guyane.fr
Guyana-Benin correspondent: 0694226062 happykoffi@gmail.com
A few words about Dorothée Akoko Kindé-Gazard
Dorothée Akoko Kindé-Gazard (KINDE-GAZARD) has been Full Professor of Parasitology-Mycology at the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin since 2012, after obtaining her agrégation in 2004. Her internationally renowned expertise has earned her several awards, including:
- Knight of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic (2009)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour of Benin (2014)
- Ministerial Heath Leadership Harvard (2014)
- Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club Medal
Professor KINDE-GAZARD is currently Chair of the Global Fund's Strategy Committee, and was Coordinator of the National Malaria Control Programme (2001-2005) in Benin and Co-Director of the 1st and 2nd International Francophone Malaria Control Courses as part of the "Roll Back Malaria" initiative (2000 and 2003).
An international expert and consultant, Professor Dorothée KINDE-GAZARD has worked with a number of international institutions, including the WHO (World Health Organisation; she was even a candidate for the Africa regional directorate in 2014). UNICEF, Pan-African Steering Committee, UNFPA etc.
Chair of the Global Fund CCM: Mobilisation of rounds 5 HIV/AIDS, round 6 Tuberculosis, round 7 and Chair of the Regional Coordination Committee of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor project to combat HIV/AIDS among migrant populations, Professor KINDE-GAZARD has recently held the positions of Head of the Parasitology-Mycology Training and Research Unit at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Cotonou; Coordinator of the Integrated Malaria Control Centre (CLIP); Deputy Director of the Clinical Research Institute of Benin (IRCB); and Coordinator of the Diploma of Special Studies in Clinical Biology from 2015-2022.
Professor Dorothée Akoko KINDE-GAZARD is 65 years old and eligible for retirement. She is the author of more than seventy (70) scientific publications and the director of some sixty PhD theses in medicine and pharmacy in Africa.
