Conferences and Courses

CANADA
6TH 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
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
Fax: +41 61 284 8106.
E-mail: sticourses@ubaclu.unibas.ch

SCOTLAND
Parasitic Helminths from Genomes to Vaccines II
Edinburgh
8-11 July 1999
For further information contact: Dr Mark Baxter, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, Room 311, King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT.
Telephone: (+44) 131 650 6760
Fax: (+44) 131 650 5450

CANADA
The World Congress on Wilderness Medicine
Whistler, BC
7-12 August 1999
For further information contact: Wilderness Medical Society, 3595 East Fountain Blvd, Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO80910
Fax: 1 800 967 7494

HONG KONG
The Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (ASPIC)
9-11 August 1999
Pre-Congress Workshop will be held in Macau on 9 August
For further information contact: MV Destination Management Ltd.
Telephone: (852) 2735 8118
Fax: (852) 2735 8282
E-mail: moreview@mvdmc.com

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
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
Fax: +44 (0) 1625 430544
E-mail: james.arthur@cmc.co.uk

USA
Review Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
San Francisco, California
23-24 September 1999
For further information contact: ASTMH
Telephone: (847) 480 9592
Fax (847) 480 9282
E-mail: astmh@astmh.org

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
Fax: +41 61 284 8106
E-mail: sticourses@ubaclu.unibas.ch

GERMANY
Hallenser Travel Medicine Forum
Halle (Saale)
18 September 1999
For more information contact: Dr H J Deuber, Martin Luther University Halle, Wittenberg, Clinics for Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Ernst Grube Strasse 40, 0-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Telephone: +49 345 557 2717
Fax: +49 345 557 2236
E-mail: brigitte.kassner@medizin.uni-halle.de

UGANDA
5th 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
E-mail: 106021.2721@compuserve.com

USA
Travel Related Vaccine, Preventable Illnesses
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Hilton Washington and Towers; Washington DC
27-28 November, 1999
For further information contact: ASTMH
Telephone: (847) 480 9592
Fax (847) 480 9282
E-mail: astmh@astmh.org

BRAZIL
Fourth Annual Amazon International Health Update
The University of Alabama, Birmingham
22-29 January, 2000
For further information contact: International Expeditions Inc, One Enviorns Park, Helena, AL 35080
Telephone: 800 633 4734
Fax: (205) 428 1714
E-mail: nature@ietravel.com

PERU
Learn Tropical Medicine in the Tropics
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine
Annual 9 week Diploma Course next available 31 January - 31 March, 2000
For a full information package contact: David O Freedman, MD, The Gorgas Memorial Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 2170, USA
Telephone: 800-UAB-MIST (US) or 205 934 2687 (from overseas)
Fax: 205 933 5671
E-mail: gorgas@geomed.dom.uab.edu

ARGENTINA
9th 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
Telephone: (617) 277 0551
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
Fax: +39 11 3825682
E-mail: planet@cse.it