Congress Programme

Time	Session

08:00 09:30	Plenary Session 3: Pain in SCD Kalpna Gupta Co-Chair Wally Smith Co-Chair Understanding the pathophysiology of pain Treatment of acute and chronic pain in SCD Patient session
09:30 10:00	Break
10:00 11:00	Symposium 2: Pharma Sponsored Session
11:00 11:30	Break
11:30 13:00	Parallel Session 4: Basic Science David Archer Co-Chair Enrico Novelli Co-Chair	Parallel Session 5: Clinical Science - Transfusion Therapy in SCD, Challenges of Transfusion in SCD - High Income vs. LMIC (Iron Overload, Alloimmunization, etc) Rafaella Columbatti Co-Chair	Parallel Session 6: Women
13:00 14:00	Lunch
14:00 15:30	Parallel Session 7: Co-morbidities Impacting SCD Severity - Malaria, Malnutrition	Parallel Session 8: Clinical Science - End-Organ Damage and Co-morbidities Jennifer Knight-Madden Co-Chair	Parallel Session 9: Public Health / Implementation Science - PEN and PEN Plus and WHO AFRO Treatment Guides and Framework, WHO HQ SCD Guidelines for LMICs Kofi Nyako Co-Chair
15:30 16:00	Break
16:00 17:30	Parallel Session 10: Health Care Transition Jane Hankins Co-Chair	Parallel Session 11: Increasing Knowledge of Patients and Community About SCD Lewis Hsu Co-Chair	Parallel Session 12: Educational Efforts to Train and Increase the Healthcare Professional Capacity (Includes Nurse Training in Sickle Cell Disease) Session Olivat Rakoto Co-Chair
17:30 19:00	Poster Sessions