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WSPID, 22-24 February 2022 - Last call to submit your abstract!

Fri, Sep 3, 2021

There is a week left to submit your abstract and be a game changer in the field of pediatric infectious diseases. Contribute to the future of child care and to the WSPID 2022 program!

We have already received submissions in topics such as:
• Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Control
• Other bacterial infections
• Global Child Health
• Influenza infection and respiratory virus infections

Send us your work and make sure your research theme is part of this important world congress.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 September 2021

For more information visit https://wspid2022.com/abstract-submission/

Prof. Abdoulaye Djimde has been appointed Director of MRTC-Parasito - CONGRATULATIONS!

Fri, Oct 26, 2018

EDCTP would like to congtaulate Professor Abdoulaye Djimde (EDCTP Senior Fellow and RIA Coordinator) on his new appointment as the Director of MRTC-Parisito - Congratulations!

 

SSI/ISID Infectious Diseases Research Fellowships | Deadline for applications: 16 June 2023

Tue, May 30, 2023

The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI) are inviting applications for their joint Infectious Diseases Research Fellowship Program. The purpose of this programme is to support infectious disease physicians and scientists from under-resourced countries through multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training at a select biomedical institution in Zurich, Switzerland. The one-year SSI/ISID Fellowship programme is open to applicants who are 40 years or younger, citizens and permanent residents of under-resourced countries or Eastern Europe. The deadline for applications is 16 June 2023. 

More information: https://na.eventscloud.com/eSites/748378/Homepage 

13th African Rotavirus Symposium - 3-4 November 2021

Mon, Aug 2, 2021

The 13th African Rotavirus Symposium (ARS), organised under the auspices of the African Rotavirus Network (AfrRN), will be a virtual event. The symposium is hosted by the University of Nairobi in partnership with WHO African Regional Office (WHO AFRO), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).
The 13th ARS will be held on the 3rd and 4th November 2021 and the format will be one 3-hour session on each day.

The theme of the symposium is “Maintaining momentum for rotavirus immunization during the COVID-19 era”

The session topics are:
Update on Rotavirus Vaccines and Immunization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
New Research Updates

  • Host interactions with rotavirus (immune/microbiome/etc.)
  • Rapid fire updates from the field
The symposium organisers are reaching out to rotavirus researchers, policymakers, clinicians, public health practitioners and health officials to share ideas, expertise and learning across organizations and countries in the areas of rotavirus vaccine introduction, vaccine impact and diarrheal disease prevention and control in Africa.

For more information visit http://afr-rn.samrc.ac.za/ars2021/abstracts.html