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Mongolian Digestive Disease Week 2019
The Mongolian Gastroenterology Association
was established on 1998 and
in 2019 held its 12th annual conference
of the Mongolian Digestive
Disease Week. Mongolian Digestive
Disease Week is the main event to
discuss digestive diseases in Mongolia
and always draws a high number of
participants. This conference aimed
to improve knowledge of the doctors
and medical workers arising from the
current situation of digestive disease
among Mongolia and worldwide.
Mongolian Digestive Disease Week
2019 took place at the Novotel Hotel
in Ulaanbaatar from 15 – 18 May. The
conference included four main symposium
days. Over 350 participants attended,
including experts from Korea,
Japan, China, India, USA, Germany,
Kazakhstan and Vietnam.
The current situation in Mongolia
is that digestive disease is the second
most common disease among the
Mongolian population. Moreover, the
incidence of liver and gastric cancers
are the two most common cancers
with the highest mortality rate.
After welcoming remarks from Prof.
Davaadorj Duger, President of the
Mongolian Gastroenterology Association,
and Prof. Tserenchimed Sarantuya,
Congress Chairman, Day One
of the conference began with a focus
on Helicobacter pylori infection. Mongolian,
Korean and Japanese experts
presented a total of 20 presentations.
Day Two was focused on Digestive
Endoscopy and was co-organized
with International Digestive Disease
Network, the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy as well as the
Mongolian Society of Interventional
GI Endoscopy.
This day was divided into 4 main
sessions:
1. Live demonstration, from
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
department of Ulaanbaatar
Songdo Hospital. Esophageal and
Gastric ESD procedure for early
cancers, performed by a team of
Korean experts with a Mongolian
endoscopist;
2. Basic Techniques of Gastric ESD:
Four presentations were presented
and discussed by Korean experts;
3. Advanced techniques of ESD: Four
presentations were presented and
discussed by Korean experts; and
4. Current status of Gastric ESD
in IDEN key member countries:
Four presentations were presented
and discussed by representatives
of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Turkey
and Vietnam.
Day Three consisted of an International
Symposium on Viral Hepatitis
and was co-organized with Kanazawa
University in Japan.
The Symposium was divided into 5
main sessions:
1. WHO session: Three presentations
were presented and discussed
by representatives of WHO and
Ministry of Health;
2. HBV and HDV session: Six
presentations were presented and
discussed by Mongolian, Japanese,
Chinese and Vietnamese experts;
3. HCV session: Four presentations
were presented and discussed by
Mongolian, Japanese, Chinese and
Vietnamese experts;
The current situation in Mongolia is that digestive disease
is the second most common disease among the Mongolian
population.
WDHD participants in Mongolia