Fostering an Interdisciplinary Woundcare E-learning in Neglected Tropical Diseases for the World Health Organization, a Step Toward Lessening Function Loss 1849

Thursday, October 30, 2025

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Location: ROOM: Continental Ballroom B DIRECTIONS: Lobby Level: From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right toward the FedEx Office. At the Fed Ex Office, turn right and proceed past the ACRM Registration Desk and into the Continental Foyer. Continental B Lobby is directly adjacent to the center section of the Continental Ballroom.

Presenting Author(s)

Hubert B. Vuagnat, MD (he/him/his)

Attending Physician
Woundcare Program, Geneva University Hospitals
Genève 4, Geneve, Switzerland

Slides Slides

Non-presenting Author(s)

Michele E. Murdoch, BSc, MB BS, FRCP (Lond)

Consultant Dermatologist
West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, Herts. U.K. WD18 0HB
Chalfont St. Giles, England, United Kingdom
Jannine Ebenso, MA (she/her/hers)

Head of Knowledge Management & Learning
The Leprosy Mission International
Brentford, England, United Kingdom
Cristina Galván-Casas (she/her/hers)

Dermatologist
Retired
VILLANUEVA DE LA CANADA, Madrid, Spain
Linda F. Lehman, OT MPH (she/her/hers)

Independent consultant for rehabilitation in NTDs
Retired
Rio Rancho, NM, United States
Melina Longoni, MD

RESEARCHER
Universidad Abierta Interamericana
BRUNETE, Madrid, Spain
NM

Nelson Elibariki Mosha, n/a

Dermatologist
Regional dermatology Training Center (RDTC).KCMC
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
IN

Indra Bahadur Napit, Dr

Research Director
The Leprosy Mission Nepal
Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal
JR

Jose Antonio Ruiz Postigo, n/a

Médical officer
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland
Jan Rice, Mast Wound Care Monash University

Wound Consultant
Australian Wound and Skin Alliance
MOUNT WAVERLEY, Victoria, Australia
VS

Valeria Silvestri

Specialist in Vascular Surgery/honorary adjunct staff parasitology
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Latina, Lazio, Italy
Terry A. Treadwell, MD, FACS, FAAWC

Medical Director, Consultant
Wound Care Solutions Consulting
Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Wound care in NTD

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to able to know more about Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Upon completion, participant will be able to able to see the need in rehabilitation in skin related NTDs
Upon completion, participant will be able to able to know more about the woundcare e-learning on WHO Academy websitethe and its other resources