Conferences and Courses

UNITED KINGDOM
Second European Congress on Tropical Medicine
Liverpool
14-18 September 1998
Secretariat:  European Congress Office, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA.
Telephone:  (44) 151 708 9393
or Fax: (44) 151 708 8733.
E-mail: eurocong@liv.ac.uk

GERMANY
2nd Travel Medicine Forum of Halle
Martin Luther University Halle, Wittenberg, Germany
19 September 1998
Further details from:  Dr Deuber
Telephone:  49 345 557 2070/2717
or Fax: 49 345 557 2236

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in co-operation with the American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine
Review Course for Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travellers' Health
Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego, California
22-23 September 1998
For additional information please contact:  ASTMH at (847) 480-9592, <astmh@astmh.org>, or <www.astmh.org>.

Travel Related Vaccine Preventable Illnesses
Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico
17-18 October 1998
For information please contact: ASTMH at (847) 480-9592, <astmh@astmh.org>, or <www.astmh.org>.

SWITZERLAND
The Basics of Travellers Health
Fifth International Short Course
Basel
21-25 September 1998
For further information and registration please contact:  Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, PO Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Telephone:  +41 61 284 8280 or Fax: +41 61 284 8106.
E-mail: sticourses@ubaclu.unibas.ch

Accidents due to Venomous
and Poisonous Animals
Basel
28 September-1 October 1998
For further information and registration please contact:  Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, PO Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Telephone:  +41 61 284 8280
or Fax: +41 61 284 8106.
E-mail: sticourses@ubaclu.unibas.ch

UNITED KINGDOM
Travel Medicine 1998
Regents College Conference Centre, London
1-2 October 1998
For further information contact:  Conference Manager, Mark Allen International Communications Ltd, Croxted Mews, 286A-288 Croxted Road, London SE24 9BY.
Telephone:  0181 671 7251
or Fax:  0181 674 4550.
E-mail:  conferences@MarkAllenGroup.com

FRANCE
6th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Montpellier
10-15 October 1998
Details from:  Docteur Catherine Goujon, Service des Vaccinations, Hopital Institut Pasteur, 209 rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France

MONTREAL
10th Conference on the Health of International Travellers, Montréal
5-6 November 1998
For more information contact:  Mrs Louise Blanchard, 1001 Saint-Denis Street, Montréal, Québec, H2X 3H9.
Telephone:  514 281 2106 or Fax:  514 281 3296.  E-mail:  nicole.c@sympatico.ca

NEW ZEALAND
1ST New Zealand Travellers Health Conference
Auckland
7-8 November 1998
Course Organiser:  Vena Persaud.
Fax:  +64 9 520 5832 or E-mail:  mtshaw@ibm.net.

UNITED KINGDOM
5th Conference of the Federation of Infection Societies
Manchester
25-27 November 1998
For further information contact:  FIS 1998 Conference Secretariat Index Communications Meeting Services, Crown House, 28 Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire.
Telephone:  +44 (0) 1794 511332/511331
or Fax:  +44 (0) 1794 511455.  E-mail:  address:fis.icms@dial.pipex.com

PERU
The Gorgas Expert Course
18 January - 29 January 1999
For a full information package:  The Gorgas Memorial Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Alabama 35294 2170, USA.
Telephone:  800 UAB MIST (US) or 205 934 2687 (from overseas) or Fax: 205 933 5671.  E-mail:  gorgas@geomed.dom.uab.edu/Gorgas/expert.html

PERU
3rd Annual Amazon Travel Medicine Course
22-30 January 1999
Secretariat:  Charlotte deFrances, International Expeditions, One Environs Park, Helena, Alabama, USA 3580.
Telephone:  205 428 1700 or Fax:  205 428 1714.  E-mail:  chuck@ietravel.com

NEPAL
Trekking and Travel Medicine in Nepal
16-30 April 1999
For further details please contact:  Master Travel, Croxted Mews, 288 Croxted Road, London, England SE24 9BY.
Telephone:  0181 671 7521
or Fax:  0181 671 7327
E-mail:  tours@mastertravel.co.uk

CANADA
The 6th ISTM Conference in Travel Medicine
Québec
6-11 June 1999
Information is available from:  Dr Dominique Tessier, Centre de Medécine de Voyage du Québec, 1001 Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec,
Canada H2X 3H9.
Fax: 514 281 2189 or E-mail:  tesd@generation.net

THAILAND
5th Asia-Pacific Congress on Animal Plants and Microbial Toxins
Pattaya
October 1999
Secretariat:  5th Asia-Pacific Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Telephone:  (662) 2520161-4 Ext 50
or Fax:  (662) 2540212