Industry Sponsored Symposium 11

PERTUSSIS IN ADULTS: WATCH FOR THE WARNING SIGNS

Company: Sanofi
Date: Thursday 30.6.
Time: 12:30 –13:30
Location: Room 11+12

It is our pleasure to invite you to the Sanofi-sponsored symposium, ‘Pertussis in adults: watch for the warning signs’ where an expert faculty will highlight the burden and warning signs of pertussis in adults—in general and in high-risk adult populations—and discuss the importance of vaccination in adults to prevent pertussis disease.

This is a promotional symposium organised and sponsored by Sanofi. Relevant prescribing information (PI) and obligatory information will be provided during the symposium. This symposium will be live-streamed and will also be available on demand via the online congress platform.

FACULTY

MEETING CHAIR
Peter Kardos, MD
Maingau Hospital of the Red Cross, Frankfurt, Germany

Donald Middleton, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, US

Paul Boyce, MD, MPH
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, US

PROGRAMME

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Peter Kardos (3 min)

WATCH FOR THE WARNING SIGNS

Recognising the warning signs of pertussis in adults
Donald Middleton (10 min)

Pertussis in high-risk adult populations
Paul Boyce (10 min)

TAKING ACTION: PERTUSSIS VACCINATION IN ADULTS

Setting the scene for pertussis vaccination in adults
Peter Kardos (10 min)

Discussion: The importance of pertussis vaccination in adults
All faculty (10 min)

SESSION CLOSE

Peter Kardos (2 min)

Programme in a PDF format is available here.