Conferences and Courses

PERU
The Gorgas Expert Course
18 - 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

PERU
3^rd 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

USA
Wilderness Medical Society, Annual Winter Meeting
Montana
6-11 February 1999
For further information: WMS, PO Box 2463, Indianapolis IN 46206
Telephone: (317) 631 1745 or
Fax: (317) 269 8150

UGANDA
4^th Tropical Medicine Expedition
In collaboration with the University of Makerere, Uganda
14-27 February 1999
Secretariat: Kay Schaefer, Travel Medicine Center, Teutoburgerstr 14, 50678 Cologne, Germany.
Telephone/Fax: +49 221 3404905 or
E-mail: 106021.2721@compuserve.com

UNITED KINGDOM
First Scientific Conference of the British Travel Health Association
London
20 February 1999
Secretariat: BTHA, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Clifton House,
Clifton Place, Glasgow G3 7LN.
Telephone: (44) 141 300 1153 or
Fax: (44) 141 300 1170.
E-mail: mmiller@scieh.tcom.co.uk

KENYA
7^th Tropical Medicine Expedition
In collaboration with the University of Nairobi, Kenya
7-20 March 1999
Secretariat: Kay Schaefer, Travel Medicine Center, Teutoburgerstr 14, 50678 Cologne, Germany.
Telephone/Fax: +49 221 3404905 or
E-mail: 106021.2721@compuserve.com

SWITZERLAND
The Basics of Travellers' Health
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
8-12 March 1999
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
One Week Travel Medicine Course
12 April - 16 April 1999
For further information contact: The Registry, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP.
Telephone: 0171 299 4646 or
Fax: 0171 323 0638.
E-mail: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk

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
6^TH Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine
Montréal, Québec
6-10 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

AFRICA
Medical Practice with Limited Resources
7-25 June 1999
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

CUBA
Dengue Fever,
a menace at the door of the year 2000
Havana
23 August - 3 September 1999
Please contact: Professor Maria G Guzman, Instituto "Pedro Kouro", Autopista Novia del Mediodoa, Km 6, PO Box Mnao 13, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
Telephone: 53 7 220450 or Fax: 53 7 220633.
E-mail: lupe@ipk.sld.cu

UNITED KINGDOM
Vaccines and Immunisation in the next millennium
Manchester
7-10 September 1999
For further information please contact: James Arthur. Telephone: +44 (0) 1625 624060 or Fax: +44 (0) 1625 430544.
E-mail: james.arthur@cmc.co.uk

UGANDA
5^th Tropical Medicine Expedition
In collaboration with the University of Makerere, Uganda
7-19 November 1999
Secretariat: Kay Schaefer, Travel Medicine Center, Teutoburgerstr 14, 50678 Cologne, Germany.
Telephone/Fax: +49 221 3404905 or
E-mail: 106021.2721@compuserve.com

ARGENTINA
9^th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
10-13 April 2000
For further information please contact: International Society for Infectious Diseases, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
0Telephone: (617) 277 0551 or
Fax: (617) 731 1541. E-mail: isidbos@aol.com

ITALY
Infettivologia 2000
Infectious Diseases Past and Present
Casale Monferrato
15-19 May 2000
Organising Secretariat: Planet srl, Via Borgone 57-10139 Torino, Italy
Telephone: +39 11 3825357 or
Fax: +39 11 3825682.
E-mail: planet@cse.it

SWITZERLAND
Accidents due to Venomous and Poisonous Animals
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
27-30 September 1999
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